Craven County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

JOHNSTON, DANIEL

 

WHITE

MALE

CHEMIST

MURDER

HANGING

JAN

 

1752

1

JILLETT, WILLIAM

 

WHITE

MALE

BLACKSMITH

COUNTERFEITING

HANGING

JAN

 

1752

2

SMITH, DAVID

 

WHITE

MALE

?

?

HANGING

JAN

 

1752

3

ISAAC, (TEAGUE)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

DEC

6

1759

1

CHARLES, (PRATT)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

DEC

6

1759

2

JACK, (ROBERTS)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

APR

26

1762

 

ANTOINE, MANUEL

 

WHITE

MALE

RIGGER

MURDER

HANGING

MAY

12

1826

 

BAILEY, HENRY

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

AUG

31

1906

 

PERKINS, LEE

 

BLACK

MALE

LABORER

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

ELECTROCUTION

JAN

10

1917

 

FRAIZER, LUKE

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ELECTROCUTION

MAY

27

1921

 

SINGLETON, WILLIAM

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ELECTROCUTION

MAY

8

1925

 

BUCKNER, WILLIS

28

WHITE

MALE

?

RAPE

ELECTROCUTION

SEP

12

1929

 

MILLER, CAESER

18

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ELECTROCUTION

SEP

6

1935

 

BROWN, ROBERT

18

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

JUL

9

1937

 

 

 

 

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