Cabarrus County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

JOE, (KIZER)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

JUN

20

1828

1

MOLLY, (LONG)

 

BLACK

FEMALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

JUN

20

1828

2

WEIR, JOSEPH

 

WHITE

MALE

?

AID RUNAWAY SLVE

HANGING

JUN

20

1828

3

PINKSTON, JOHN

 

?

MALE

LABORER

MURDER

HANGING

MAR

15

1879

 

GRAHAM, WILL

 

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

DEC

18

1908

 

PARNELL, BAXTER

33

WHITE

MALE

FARMER

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

DEC

9

1938

 

DIXON, JAMES

38

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

MAY

5

1939

 

GRASS, CLYDE

31

WHITE

MALE

TEXTILE WORKER

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

DEC

10

1943

 

 

 

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