Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the jail at Orange Court-house, Virginia, in early August 1884. A group of mounted men took him from the jail early one morning and hanged him from a tree in a nearby wood. His name is not recorded in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper report of the lynching.