Died in jail or a lockup
Estes Hairston
Estes Hairston, a Black man, was held in the Stokes County jail in North Carolina. According to a despatch published in the Daily Observer, a mob took him and another Black man from the jail on Monday night, June 20, 1881, and hanged them. The despatch is the only account cited for these events.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Daily Observer despatch reports that Estes Hairston was taken from the Stokes County jail and hanged by a mob, and the item does not say whether jailers resisted or handed him over.
Reported by: Daily Observer despatch (reporters).