Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
One of five Black men held in the jail at Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee, whose name was not given in the report. According to the Nashville Union and American, as reported by the Daily Dispatch, a group of men broke into the jail on the night of January 25, 1870, took the five men from the jailer's custody, and shot them a short distance from town. The account describes the killing as a lynching carried out by a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Nashville Union and American reported that a group of men broke into the Huntingdon jail, took the five men from the jailer and shot them a short distance from town.
Reported by: Nashville Union and American (reporters).