Died in custody
Mark Woodard
Mark Woodard, a Black man, was held by a constable in Clarke County in December 1877 while a jury of inquest looked into the disappearance and deaths of a family there. According to the Brookhaven Ledger, as reprinted in the New Orleans Daily Democrat, he led the constable to a boy's body. A crowd of citizens then took him from the constable and burned him near the place where the boy was found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Brookhaven Ledger reported that a crowd of citizens took him from the constable and burned him.
Reported by: Brookhaven Ledger, reprinted in the New Orleans Daily Democrat (reporters).