Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
He was one of five Black men taken from a jail in Nashville at night by a group of men and shot, according to a short reprinted item in The Republican Journal from February 1870. He was held at the jail when the group took him out and killed him. The death took place on January 27, 1870.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper reprint (OCR text) (reporters).