Died in jail or a lockup
Jan Williams
Jan Williams, a Black man, was taken from the jail in Orangeburg, South Carolina, at about two in the morning on October 13, 1881, and hanged, according to a short report datelined Charleston. The jail held him at the time, and a mob took him from it and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.