Gaston County Executions

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

Shipp, Caroline

18

?

Female

?

Murder

Hanging

Jan

22

1892

 

Neely, Sam

 

Black

Male

?

Housebrkng-Burgl

Hanging

Dec

8

1893

 

Lowry, Ernest

 

Black

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Electrocution

Feb

25

1916

1

Poston, George

23

Black

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Electrocution

Feb

25

1916

2

Mccurrie, Leo

28

Black

Male

?

Murder

Electrocution

Apr

26

1929

 

Grier, Alec

22

Black

Male

Laborer

Murder-Robbery

Electrocution

Dec

16

1932

2

Jenkins, Ed

40

White

Male

?

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jan

31

1936

 

Pressley, John

43

Black

Male

?

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Nov

13

1936

 

Deaton, Fred

39

White

Male

?

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jun

28

1946

2

 

 

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