Jaco Merriman

Jaco Merriman, a Black man, was held in the jail at Front Royal, Virginia, in August 1869. According to a New York Herald report published three days later, a mob took him from the jail on Thursday, August 19, 1869, along with another Black man held there, and lynched them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Jaco Merriman from the jail at Front Royal, Virginia, and lynched him, according to the newspaper report.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The New York Herald, August 22, 1869, page 6 The New York Herald, August 22, 1869