Died in jail or a lockup
Mat Brown
Mat Brown, a Black man, was one of five men held in the jail at Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee. According to the Nashville Union and American, a group of men broke into the jail on the night of January 25, 1870, overpowered the guards, and took the five men from the jailer's custody. They were shot a short distance from town, and Brown, who had already been wounded in the thigh in an earlier shooting, was killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group of men broke into the Huntingdon jail, overpowered the guards, took Mat Brown from the jailer's custody and shot him a short distance from town.
Reported by: Nashville Union and American (reporters).