Died in jail or a lockup
Jim White
Jim White, a Black man, was held in a jail in Tennessee when a mob broke in, took him, and killed him, according to a brief item in the Albany Register published on March 30, 1877. The item does not give the date of his death or name the jail, and it says nothing about the people he was held with or about his family. Whether the jail's sheriff or officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not described in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Albany Register (reporters).