Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a September 1874 report in The Valley Virginian, this Black person was one of fourteen people taken from the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, and killed by masked men. The paper attributed the killing to the masked men, who took the people from the jail and killed them. Their death is recorded here as one in which the jail held them when a mob took them.
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).