Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In May 1876, a man held in the Abbeville County jail was taken from custody by a crowd of about 300 people and shot, with more than one hundred shots fired. He was one of four men the sheriff was holding at the time. The reported facts come from a single newspaper account published on May 25, 1876. The source gives no information about whether the sheriff resisted the crowd or handed the man over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched