Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Upton, a Black man, was held in the jail at Appling, Georgia. A dispatch in the Charleston Daily News on January 11, 1869, reports that a mob broke into the jail, took him from it along with other men held there, and killed them. Upton died while in the custody of that jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.