Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black person held in the custody of officers at Nelson, Georgia, was taken from them by a mob and hanged, according to The Iola Register, which reported the killing on December 29, 1882. The report gives no name for this person, so they are referred to here as they. The mob's killing of them is the event the report describes.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched