Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Valley Virginian reported in September 1874 that masked men took a Black person from the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, and killed them. The paper counted this death among fourteen Black people taken in this way. The person was held in the Trenton jail when the mob took them. The report attributes the killing to masked men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Valley Virginian reported that masked men summarily murdered one of fourteen Black people taken from the Trenton, Tennessee jail.
Reported by: The Valley Virginian (reporters).