Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Eight Black people held in the jail at Barnwell Court House were taken out and lynched by a mob, according to telegraph reports cited in a Baptist Courier editorial published January 16, 1890. The editor condemned the killings and said some of those taken may have been innocent. The article gives no names or ages for those killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Baptist Courier, citing telegraph reports, says a mob took eight Black people from the Barnwell Court House jail and lynched them.
Reported by: Baptist Courier (reporters).