Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the Dooley County jail in Georgia was taken from the jail by a disguised mob on the night of Tuesday, March 23, 1869, and burned to death. Their name and age are not recorded in the accounts. The mob's act was the killing of someone the county jail was holding, and the person's death is recorded as a homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.