Jim Miley

Jim Milty, a Black man, was one of three men held by the sheriff of Orange County and brought to Orlando for safekeeping. The Roanoke Times reported in March 1897 that about fifty armed men took the three from the sheriff, hanged them from trees and shot their bodies.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says about fifty armed men took him and two other men from the Orange County sheriff, hanged them from trees and shot their bodies.

Reported by: newspaper account of the time.

News reports (2)

• The Roanoke Times, March 18, 1897, page 4 The Roanoke Times, March 18, 1897
• Delaware Gazette And State Journal, March 18, 1897, page 2 Delaware Gazette And State Journal, March 18, 1897