Died in jail or a lockup
Dave Spearman
Dave Spearman, a Black man, was held in the jail at Prosperity when a crowd took him from it and shot him, according to a report from the Columbia (S.C.) Register reprinted in January 1881. Another Black man was taken from the same jail and shot in the same way. The report says Spearman was killed outright.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Columbia Register, as reprinted in the Savannah Morning News, reports that a crowd took Dave Spearman from a jail at Prosperity and shot him.
Reported by: Columbia (S.C.) Register, as reprinted in the Savannah Morning News (reporters).