Name not reported

Three Black people were held in the Abbeville County jail shortly before the end of the Civil War. According to a 1916 reminiscence column in The Abbeville Press and Banner, a crowd of townspeople took the three from the jail. The column says they were taken to a point near Lowndes Road and hanged there.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Abbeville Press and Banner's reminiscence column says a crowd took him from the county jail and hanged him near Lowndes Road.

Reported by: The Abbeville Press And Banner, reminiscence column.

Source

• The Abbeville Press And Banner, February 9, 1916, page 5 The Abbeville Press And Banner, February 9, 1916