Patterson Soraitt
Patterson Soraitt was one of three Black men held in the county jail at Plymouth, North Carolina, in January 1888. According to The Indianapolis Journal, a masked group broke in, took the three men from the jail, tied them to trees in woods on the edge of town and shot them to death. The paper reports that the jailer refused the group's demand but was overpowered. The account comes from a single 1888 newspaper report, and the sheriff and jailer's own statements are not recorded in the sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked group took Patterson Soraitt from the county jail at Plymouth, North Carolina, and shot him to death in woods on the edge of town, according to the newspaper report.
Reported by: news reports.