Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the Dooley County jail in Georgia was taken from custody on March 30, 1869, by a disguised mob, according to a newspaper report published on April 1. The mob burned them to death. The report gives no name or age for the person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account reports that a disguised mob took the person from the Dooley County, Georgia jail and burned them to death.
Reported by: newspaper account.