Died in jail or a lockup
Ayeock
Ayeock was held at the Watkinsville jail in Oconee County, Georgia, when a mob forced the jailer to surrender the keys. According to a 1905 account reprinted in The Monroe Journal, the men were taken from the jail to a spot nearby, tied to fence posts and shot. Ayeock protested his innocence to the end, and the account notes that many people did not believe he was guilty. Joe Patterson was also shot but survived.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Ayeock from the Watkinsville jail after forcing the jailer to surrender the keys, and shot him after tying him to a fence post.
Reported by: The Monroe Journal, reprinting an account of the lynching (reporters).