Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In September 1874, The Valley Virginian reported that a Black person held at the jail in Trenton, Tennessee, was taken from the jail by masked men and killed. The paper said the victim was one of fourteen Black people killed in this way, though the name of this person is not given. The killing is dated only to 1874.
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).