Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A fire destroyed the Stewart County jail in Dover, Tennessee, in 1897, while four people were being held there. Three Black people, one of them a woman, died in the fire, according to the Leader and the Macon Beacon. The newspapers reported the cause only as a fire.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: news reporting on the Dover, Tennessee jail fire (reporters).