Died in jail or a lockup
Estes Hairston
Estes Hairston, a Black man, was held at the Stokes County jail in North Carolina. A despatch printed in the Daily Observer says a mob took him and another Black man from the jail on a Monday night in June 1881 and hanged them. A later account in the Winston Republican, reprinted in the Charlotte Messenger in December 1882, also says a mob took him from the jail and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Winston Republican reports that a mob took Estes Hairston from the jail and hanged him, and the Daily Observer despatch says he was taken from the Stokes County jail on a Monday night and hanged.
Reported by: Winston Republican (reporters); Daily Observer despatch (reporters).