Died in jail or a lockup
Marcellus Floyd
Marcellus Floyd, a Black man, was held in the jail at Richmond, Texas. On the morning of July 18, 1879, an armed mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree on the roadside. Newspaper accounts from the following week report the killing in only a few lines.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed mob took Marcellus Floyd from the jail at Richmond, Texas, and hanged him from a tree on the roadside on the morning of July 18, 1879.
Reported by: news reports.