Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died February 17, 1869 · Burnsville jail, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

According to an unconfirmed report that reached Nashville, Klan members took five men from the jail at Burnsville, Mississippi, on the night of Wednesday, February 17, 1869, and hanged them. The men had been held at the jail, and the report gives no names for them. The account appeared in the Nashville Union and American on February 19, 1869.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unconfirmed report reaching Nashville said Klan members took five men from the Burnsville, Mississippi jail and hanged them; the paper said the report needed confirmation.

Reported by: unconfirmed report reaching Nashville (reporters).

Source

Nashville Union And American, February 19, 1869, page 4 Nashville Union And American, February 19, 1869

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