George Lowry
George Lowry was held by an officer when a mob seized him and killed him near Massey's Hill in Nelson County, Virginia, on October 7, 1880, according to the Daily Republican. The Centre Democrat reported that he and his brother-in-law, David Thomas, were taken from an officer by an armed group of citizens and killed. Neither account says where he was being held or whether the officer resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob seized George Lowry from an officer and lynched him near Massey's Hill, Virginia, and a second report says an armed body of citizens took him from an officer in Nelson County and killed him.
Reported by: Centre Democrat (reporters).