Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not known, was reportedly one of ten Black men taken from a sheriff's posse while being moved under guard to the jail at Anderson, South Carolina, in December 1876. A telegraph report datelined Columbia, South Carolina, and printed in The Daily Dispatch said a group of men from Georgia lynched them. The report is unconfirmed, and it does not say whether the escorting officers resisted or gave the men up.
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 after they were taken from a sheriff's posse.
Reported by: unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C. (reporters).