Died in custodyUnder 18
John Miller
John Miller, a Black teenager about 17 years old, was held in the custody of a deputy sheriff near Crystal Springs. According to a February 1879 report in The Weekly Clarion, a large crowd took him from the deputy, led him into the woods and killed him. The newspaper described the killing as a lynching and named none of the people involved.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.