Died in custody
Name not reported
Four men held in the custody of the Abbeville County sheriff in South Carolina were taken from him by a crowd of about three hundred people and shot to death in 1876. The Marietta Journal reported that the shooting took place in the presence of about three hundred people and that more than 100 shots were fired. The People's Advocate carried a brief account of the killings in May 1876.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Marietta Journal (reporters).