Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Governor Brownlow told the Tennessee Legislature that Haun was a loyal Union man from Greene County and that Haun and the other men hanged with him were honest and respectable, leaving their families destitute. Brownlow said Haun was held in the Greene County jail during the Civil War. Brownlow said he was in the same jail and saw Haun taken from it to the place of execution, where Confederate authorities hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Governor Brownlow says Confederate authorities hanged Haun after holding him in the jail.
Reported by: Governor Brownlow, in his message to the Tennessee Legislature.