Died in jail or a lockup
Sam Camden
Sam Camden, a Black man, was held in the Harboursville jail in West Virginia. According to a Cincinnati Enquirer report, about thirty masked men came to the jail early in the morning of August 21, 1876, overpowered the guard and took him out of the building. The report says the mob hanged him from a tree and left his body hanging there.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that thirty masked men overpowered the jail guard, took Sam Camden from the Harboursville jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Cincinnati Enquirer, Huntington special (reporters).