Bertie County Executions

 

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

(Williamson)

 

Black

?

Slave

?

Hanging

Jan

22

1734

1

(Williamson)

 

Black

?

Slave

?

Hanging

Jan

22

1734

2

Essex, (Barker)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Unspec Felony

Hanging

Mar

4

1740

1

Moses, (Pollock)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Unspec Felony

Hanging

Nov

6

1766

3

Toddy, (Pollock)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Unspec Felony

Hanging

Nov

6

1766

6

Ben, (Cook)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Unspec Felony

Hanging

Nov

6

1766

11

Bacchus, (Hill)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Rape

Hanging

Dec

11

1767

6

Batt, (Robinson)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Unspec Felony

Hanging

Jan

30

1769

5

 

 

Black

?

Slave

?

Hanging

JAN

30

1769

7

(Williamson)

 

Black

?

Slave

Unspec Felony

Hanging

Dec

11

1770

9

(Williamson)

 

Black

?

Slave

Unspec Felony

Hanging

Dec

11

1770

11

Bob, (Stone)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

8

Dave

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

9

Frank, (Sumner)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

10

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

11

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

12

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

13

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

14

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

15

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

16

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

17

Wiggins, Anthony

 

Black

Male

Indentured Serv

Murder

Hanging

Nov

9

1810

 

Outerbridge, Robert

 

?

Male

Laborer

Murder

Hanging

Jun

11

1880

 

Stanley, George

 

White

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Aug

1

1906

 

Peele, George

 

Black

Male

?

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jan

10

1941

 

Harris, Otis

17

Black

Male

FarmHand

Rape

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jan

30

1942

2

 

 

 

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Source: This page developed from materials originally featured on

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

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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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