Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of five people taken from the jail at Biersburg, Tennessee, and shot to death by a crowd of citizens on January 29, 1869, according to a brief item in The Albany Register published February 6, 1869. The report says nearly all of the citizens took part in the shooting and made no attempt at disguise. The person is not named in the item, and it gives no age or other details about them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper report.