Jerry Young

Jerry Young was being held at the Lebanon jail in Wilson County, Tennessee, on the night of Friday, January 28, 1870. According to the Nashville Union and American, a party of about thirty men surrounded the jail and demanded the keys from the jailer, who did not resist, and then took Jerry Young out. The newspaper reported that the mob hanged him. He was one of two Black men taken from the jail that night.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A party of about thirty men took Jerry Young from the Lebanon jail, where the jailer gave up the keys without resistance, and the Nashville Union and American reported that he was hanged.

Reported by: Nashville Union and American (reporters).

Source

• The New York Herald, February 4, 1870, page 10 The New York Herald, February 4, 1870