Taylor

Taylor, a Black person, was taken from a jail in Michigan by a mob on the night of Monday, September 3, 1866, and killed, according to a brief Fayetteville Observer report published September 6, 1866. The report names no jail and does not say whether the sheriff or jailer resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed Taylor over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Fayetteville Observer, September 6, 1866, page 2 Fayetteville Observer, September 6, 1866