Person County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

Harris, Bushrod

 

?

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Jun

9

1854

 

Williams, Joseph

23

White

Male

Farmer

Murder

Hanging

Jan

25

1856

 

Hunt, Adam

 

Black

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Hanging

Jun

15

1904

 

Sloan, Will

 

Black

Male

Laborer

Murder-Rape

Electrocution

Nov

7

1930

2

Thaxton, Walter

 

Black

Male

?

Murder

Electrocution

Mar

23

1934

 

Bitting, Emanuel

 

Black

Male

Tenant Farmer

Murder

Electrocution

Sep

28

1934

1


 

 

 

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Source: This page developed from materials originally featured on

"Before the Needles"  online  2002 - 2009 which read as follows:

Enjoy your research,
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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