Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the Lawrenceville jail in Lawrenceville, Virginia. On the night of August 5, 1921, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. He died while in the jail's custody, and the mob's killing of him is the only account of his death given here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched