Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person whose name is not recorded was taken from the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, and killed by masked men, according to The Valley Virginian, a September 1874 newspaper report. The paper counted this person among fourteen Black people it said had been killed in this way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Valley Virginian reported that masked men summarily murdered him after taking him from the jail at Trenton, Tennessee.
Reported by: The Valley Virginian (reporters).