Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This man was held in the jail at Appling, Georgia, when a mob took him from it and killed him, along with a man named Upton and two others. The Charleston Daily News reported the lynchings in an item published January 11, 1869. His name is not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a mob took him from the jail at Appling, Georgia, and lynched him.
Reported by: unattributed news report.