Lea Tyson

Lea Tyson, a Black woman, was held in the Chatham County jail near Pittsboro, North Carolina. On the night of September 28, 1885, a mob took her from the jail and killed her, according to a dispatch datelined Raleigh and published in The Sun on September 30. Her body was found the next morning hanging from a tree near a public road.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Sun reported that a mob took Lea Tyson from the Chatham County jail and hanged her from a tree.

Reported by: The Sun, reporting from a Raleigh dispatch (reporters).

Source

• The Sun, September 30, 1885, page 1 The Sun, September 30, 1885