Lee

Lee, a Black woman, was the wife of Jerry Finch, according to the Portland Daily Press. On the night of Monday, September 28, 1885, a mob took her from the jail near Pittsboro, North Carolina, along with three other Black people. Her body was found the next morning hanging from a tree about a mile from town. The Pittsboro jail held her when the mob came for her, and she was killed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob reportedly took Lee from the jail near Pittsboro, North Carolina, and hanged her from a tree a mile from town; the article does not say whether jail staff resisted.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Portland Daily Press, September 30, 1885, page 1 The Portland Daily Press, September 30, 1885