Died in jail or a lockup
John Brown
John Brown, a Black man, was held in the jail at Jackson, Tennessee, in July 1891. Newspaper accounts describe a mob of masked men, estimated at between 100 and 500, armed with Winchester rifles, who took him from custody around midnight in late July. One account says the men broke into the jail to reach him. They hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a masked mob broke into the Jackson, Tennessee, jail, took him from custody and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard.
Reported by: newspaper report.