Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Williams
Robert Williams, a Black man about twenty years old, was held in a jail in Georgia in August 1876. On August 26, 1876, according to the Clarke Courier, a party of men from the surrounding countryside broke down the jail gates with axes, took Robert Williams from custody, and shot them dead. The paper reported that the body was badly mutilated afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.