Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name and age are not recorded, was among those taken from the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, in late August 1874, when a mob forcibly broke in and killed him. The Valley Virginian reported fourteen people killed in the episode, and that sixteen Black people were taken from the jail in total. Two others were reported mortally wounded. The account gives no detail about this man as an individual.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.