Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died August 1874 · Gibson County, Tennessee

This person, who was Black, was held in the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, when a mob forced its way in and took them out in late August 1874. Among sixteen people taken that night, fourteen were killed, including this person. Two others were mortally wounded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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