Charley Jones

Charley Jones, a Black man, was in the custody of officers in Gibson County, Tennessee, when a report in the Dodgeville Chronicle says four men took him from them. The paper reports that the men hanged him, and dates the death to June 30, 1871. The report gives no further details of his life or of the events before his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says four men took Charley Jones from officers and hanged him.

Reported by: newspaper report.

Source

• Dodgeville Chronicle, June 30, 1871, page 4 Dodgeville Chronicle, June 30, 1871