Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Oconee County, Georgia

One of eight people held in the jail at Watkinsville, Georgia, was shot to death in 1905 when a mob took them from the jail. No name is recorded for this person, and the victims are not identified individually. The jail was where the state held them, and the mob took them from its custody and killed them by gunfire.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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