Darden

Darden was being held in the jail at Augusta, Georgia, according to a dispatch datelined March 13, 1869 and published in The Union Democrat on March 20. The dispatch says disguised men took Darden from the jail the night before, carried them out of town and shot them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Disguised men took Darden from the Augusta, Georgia jail, carried him out of town and shot him, according to a March 13 dispatch.

Reported by: news reports.

News report

• The Union Democrat, March 20, 1869, page 4 The Union Democrat, March 20, 1869