Name not reported
Ten Black men were being moved under guard to the jail at Anderson, South Carolina, in December 1876, according to an unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C., dated December 10 and printed in the Daily Dispatch on December 12. The report says the men were taken from the sheriff's posse escorting them and lynched by a group of men from Georgia. The report gives no names, places, or other details. It has not been confirmed by any other source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C. says a group of Georgia men lynched one of ten Black men taken from a sheriff's posse being moved to the Anderson jail.
Reported by: unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C. (reporters).