Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A telegraph report datelined Columbia, South Carolina, and dated December 10, 1876, said that ten Black men were lynched by a group of men from Georgia after they were taken from a sheriff's posse. The men were reportedly being moved under guard to the jail at Anderson, South Carolina, when the mob seized them. The report, printed by The Daily Dispatch on December 12, 1876, gave no names or places, and it has not been confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C., says a group of Georgians lynched men taken from a sheriff's posse.
Reported by: unnamed telegraph report datelined Columbia, S.C. (reporters).