Name not reported

A Black man, whose name is garbled in the surviving 1869 newspaper text and cannot be read reliably, was taken from a jail near Front Royal, Virginia, by citizens and hanged from a cherry tree, according to the Clearfield Republican, which reported his death on September 8, 1869. The paper described him as the second of two Black men taken from custody in this way. The account gives the date of his death as September 3, 1869.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Clearfield Republican, September 8, 1869, page 6 Clearfield Republican, September 8, 1869