Buck

Buck, a Black man, was held in the jail at Bluffton. According to an Atlanta news dispatch datelined July 2, 1891, and printed a week later in the Jamestown Weekly Alert, a party of about 200 men took him from the jail. The dispatch says they hanged him from a tree and shot him repeatedly.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Atlanta news dispatch reports that a party of about 200 men took Buck from the Bluffton jail, hanged him from a tree and shot him repeatedly.

Reported by: Atlanta news dispatch (reporters).

Source

• Jamestown Weekly Alert, July 9, 1891, page 6 Jamestown Weekly Alert, July 9, 1891