Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Ten Black men were reportedly taken from a sheriff's posse while being moved under guard to the jail at Anderson, South Carolina, and lynched by a group of men from Georgia, according to an unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, South Carolina, dated December 10, 1876. The report is unconfirmed. Whether the posse resisted or handed the men over is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C., says a group of Georgians lynched the men, who had been taken from a sheriff's posse while being moved to the Anderson jail.
Reported by: unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C. (reporters).