Grand Oliver

Grand Oliver, Nat Caldwell and Anderson Holland, three Black men, were held in the jail at Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. On the night of Wednesday, September 27, 1871, a band of about ten disguised men took the three out of the jail, shot them and hanged them. A Nashville dispatch printed in the Daily Dispatch on September 30 reported three Black people hanged at the Winchester jail, but did not name them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to an 1871 newspaper report, a band of about ten disguised men took Grand Oliver from the Winchester jail, shot him and hanged him.

Reported by: 1871 newspaper report (reporters).

News reports (2)

• The Daily Dispatch, September 30, 1871, page 3 The Daily Dispatch, September 30, 1871
• Memphis Daily Appeal, October 1, 1871, page 2 Memphis Daily Appeal, October 1, 1871