Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held at the jail in Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, died when a fire destroyed the building in 1897. Four people were inside when the fire broke out, and three of them, all Black, died in the blaze. One other person held there escaped. The newspaper account gives burning in the jail fire as the cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident