Died in jail or a lockup
Lewis Oat
Lewis Oat, a Black man, was held in the jail at Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on September 4, 1874, according to a Louisville dispatch reprinted by The Arizona Sentinel. The governor then directed a judge in Jessamine County to arrest those involved in the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Lewis Oat from the Nicholasville, Kentucky jail and hanged him, according to a Louisville dispatch.
Reported by: Louisville dispatch (newspaper report) (reporters).