William Thompson

Wm. Thompson was held in the Culpepper jail in Culpepper, Virginia. The Jackson Standard reported in August 1877 that a mob of about sixty men took him from the jail and hanged him. He was in the jail's custody when the mob took him from it.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

• The Jackson Standard, August 16, 1877, page 2 The Jackson Standard, August 16, 1877