Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail in Dooley County, Georgia, was taken from the jail on the night of Tuesday, March 30, 1869, by a disguised mob, according to a brief telegraphic report, and burned to death. The account, a short telegraphic dispatch, appeared in the Fayette County Herald on April 1, 1869. The report attributes the killing to the mob, which took the person from the jail before burning them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news telegram reprinted in the Fayette County Herald (reporters).