Died in jail or a lockup
Grant
Grant was one of three Black men held in the jail at Brock Haven, Mississippi, when a crowd of about 1,000 citizens took them out and hanged them on the evening of August 22, 1874, according to the Los Angeles Daily Herald. The paper's account does not name the jail's keeper or sheriff or say whether he resisted the crowd, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of about 1,000 took Grant from the Brock Haven jail and hanged him on the evening of August 22, 1874.
Reported by: news reports.