Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Several Black people held at the Trenton jail in Tennessee were taken from it by men who, according to a September 1874 report, later killed some of them. Nelson McGee was among those taken, and a letter he is said to have written to his wife from Hickman, Kentucky, was cited. Officials believed nine others may have escaped, since no bodies had been found. The Grand Jury and Governor Brown were said to be seeking the men responsible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis dispatch reporting an investigation and statements by Gov. Brown says men took several Black prisoners from the Trenton jail and later murdered some of them.
Reported by: Memphis dispatch (reporters); Gov. Brown.