Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Oconee County, Georgia

This person was one of eight people shot to death when a mob took them from the jail at Watkinsville, Georgia, according to a report in The Times Dispatch published in July 1905. The report says the mob took them from the jail and shot them, and the jail was where they were held in custody at the time.

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

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