Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Albemarle County jail in Virginia was one of four men taken from the jail in February 1865 on the order of Major Mason. According to The Daily Dispatch, citing an unnamed source, he was carried to Shiflett's Hollow in Albemarle County. The newspaper reports that he was shot there.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Dispatch reported that four men held in a jail were taken out on the order of Major Mason and shot at Shiflett's Hollow in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Reported by: The Daily Dispatch (reporters).