Died in jail or a lockup
John Carter
John Carter, a Black man, was moved from Hinton in Summers County to the Greenbrier County jail at Lewisburg, West Virginia, for safe keeping. Around four in the morning on July 22, 1889, a mob of ten or twelve men took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree about a mile from Lewisburg. A coroner's jury that sat for seven days found that named men and others made up the mob and unlawfully killed him. The men named were indicted, according to The Valley Virginian.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found that named men and others made up the mob that took John Carter from the Greenbrier County jail and hanged him.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).