Died in jail or a lockup
Mitchell Mozeley
Mitchell Mozeley, a Black man, was being held at the Franklin jail in Macon County, North Carolina, in November 1898, two days before the state election. According to John deVille, a history teacher who organized a 2021 memorial, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from the bridge over the Little Tennessee River. In 2021 a local group marched to the jail and the bridge to remember him on the anniversary of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. John deVille, a history teacher and memorial organizer, says a mob hanged Mitchell Mozeley from a bridge after taking him from the Franklin jail.
Reported by: John deVille, history teacher and memorial organizer; news reports.