Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Petersburg, Virginia dispatch printed in the Barton County Democrat in January 1891, one of five Black people held in the Mecklenburg County jail was taken from the jail and lynched. The dispatch names no one in this group and gives no age or other details about this person. It does not say how the sheriff or jailers responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Petersburg, Va. dispatch reprinted in the Barton County Democrat reports that a mob took this person from the Mecklenburg County, Virginia jail and killed them.
Reported by: Petersburg, Va. special dispatch reprinted in the Barton County Democrat (reporters).