Died in jail or a lockup
Lewis Grant
Lewis Grant was a Black man held in civil custody in Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, in October 1868, together with George Washington Smith and other Black men. He died on the night of October 4, 1868, on the road after he had been taken from custody. A 2019 Texas Observer account describes a crowd as having killed him. The account calls his death murder.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The account says a crowd murdered him on the road after he left custody that night.
Reported by: unnamed historical newspaper account.