Bladen County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

CATO

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

ATTEMPTED MURDER

HANGING

SEP

13

1775

3

(LOCKE)

 

BLACK

?

SLAVE

?

HANGING

APR

30

1784

1

SELLERS, NEILL

24

BLACK

MALE

LUMBERMILL WORKR

MURDER-RAPE

HANGING

NOV

16

1904

1

BROWN, DAVE

24

BLACK

MALE

LUMBERMILL WORKR

MURDER-RAPE

HANGING

NOV

16

1904

2

STURDIVANT, ROY

29

BLACK

MALE

LABORER

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

FEB

13

1942

 

 

 

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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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