Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Abbeville County jail in May 1876 was taken from custody and shot by a crowd of about 300 people, with more than one hundred shots fired. His name is not given in the account. The sheriff's and jailer's response to the crowd is not reported in this summary of the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched