Chatham County Executions

 

 

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

ABSALOM

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

APR

24

1829

 

HESTER, WILLIS

 

WHITE

MALE

?

AID RUNAWAY SLVE

HANGING

MAY

5

1855

 

WREN, ALLIDAY

 

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

NOV

11

1886

 

DAVIS, JAMES

 

WHITE

MALE

MINISTER

MURDER

HANGING

MAR

28

1890

 

MITCHELL, PEARL

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER-BURGLARY

ELECTROCUTION

JUN

10

1927

 

GOLDSTON, BEN

36

BLACK

MALE

FARMER

MURDER

ELECTROCUTION

AUG

21

1931

 

PERRY, WILLIAM

18

BLACK

MALE

FARM HAND

MURDER-RAPE

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

DEC

10

1937

2

 

 

 

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Source: This page developed from materials originally featured on

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Rob Gallagher

This page was developed from the data file "Executions in the United States, 1608-1987: The ESPY File", Espy, M. Watt, and John Ortiz Smykla, Principal Investigators. Funded by the National Science Foundation. This dataset represents the most complete list of executions in the United States compiled to date

 

 

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