William McMillans
William McMillans was held in the jail at Martinsburg, Elliott County, Kentucky, in October 1879. According to a Cincinnati dispatch citing a special report from Grayson, Ky., about two hundred men rode into town, surrounded the jail, and got the keys from the jailer. The men took him from his cell and hanged him from a tree near the courthouse, and one account says they held a brief trial presided over by one of their own first. The jailer handed over the keys, according to the same reports.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati dispatch citing a Grayson, Ky. special report says about two hundred men overpowered the jailer at Martinsburg, Elliott County, took McMillan from the jail and hanged him from a nearby tree.
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch citing a special from Grayson, Ky. (reporters).