Died in custody
Henry Jackson
Henry Jackson, a Black man, was being taken by a posse to Brunswick, Georgia, after a court proceeding at Sterling, travelling with Wesley Lewis. According to The Daily State Chronicle, a mob surrounded the posse in the woods and hanged both men on Saturday night, February 21, 1891. The bodies were cut down the next day before about 1,000 people. The paper's account says the faces showed little sign of suffering.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.