Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of five Black people held in the Mecklenburg County, Virginia jail was reportedly taken from the jail and lynched, according to a Petersburg, Va. dispatch printed in the Barton County Democrat in January 1891. The dispatch says a mob took the prisoners from the jail and killed them. It gives no name or other detail about this person.
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 five Black people from a Mecklenburg County, Virginia jail and lynched them.
Reported by: special dispatch from Petersburg, Va., reprinted in the Barton County Democrat (reporters).