Died in jail or a lockup
Sylvanus
Sylvanus was one of several Black men taken from the Union County jail in South Carolina by a group of Klansmen during the Reconstruction-era violence, according to a 1916 retrospective in The Union Times. The article says the men were tied, carried to the first mile rock and shot. It says one man feigned death to survive. The number killed and the accuracy of this secondhand reminiscence are not established.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1916 newspaper retrospective says a group of Klansmen took Sylvanus from the Union County jail, tied him, and shot him at the first mile rock.
Reported by: 1916 newspaper retrospective (reporters).