Name not reported

A Black man held at the Troy jail in Troy, Kentucky, died on New Year's Day, 1859, when a mob broke down the jail doors, took him from the building and burned him at a stake in the jail yard. A correspondent's account, reprinted from the Marysville Eagle, puts the crowd at 1,500 to 2,000 people, several hundred of them Black. The account is the only source for his death, and it does not give his name.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Marysville Eagle correspondent reported that a mob broke into the Troy jail, took a Black man from it and burned him at a stake.

Reported by: Marysville Eagle correspondent (reporters).

Source

• Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph, February 5, 1859, page 2 Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph, February 5, 1859