Grant Oliver

Grand Oliver was one of three Black men held in the Winchester jail in Franklin County, Tennessee. In late September 1871, on a Wednesday night, about ten disguised men took Oliver and two others out of the jail. According to the Memphis Daily Appeal, the men were shot and hanged. The Tipton Advertiser reported Oliver's death as a hanging by a party of disguised men.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A mob of about ten disguised men took Grant Oliver from the Winchester jail in Franklin County, Tennessee, and hanged him, according to the Tipton Advertiser, with a Nashville dispatch describing three people hanged from the jail.

Reported by: The Tipton Advertiser (reporters); a Nashville dispatch (reporters).

Sources (4)

• The Daily State Journal, September 29, 1871, page 4 The Daily State Journal, September 29, 1871
• 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
• The Tipton Advertiser, October 5, 1871, page 2 The Tipton Advertiser, October 5, 1871