Forsyth County Executions

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
DEGRAFF, PETER		?	MALE	?	MURDER	HANGING	FEB	9	1894		FORSYTH
HAMMOND, J., W.		?	MALE	?	MURDER	HANGING	SEP	2	1905	2	FORSYTH
GANNAWAY, HARVEY		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	JAN	16	1914		FORSYTH
DAWKINS, JOHN		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ELECTROCUTION	JAN	8	1926		FORSYTH
JONES, FRED	24	BLACK	MALE	LABORER	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	JUN	11	1926		FORSYTH
THOMAS, CLARENCE		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	APR	27	1928		FORSYTH
KEATON, GEORGE		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	SEP	21	1934		FORSYTH
CROCKETT, WILLIE		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	SEP	28	1934	2	FORSYTH
WILLIAMS, GERMIE	23	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	MAY	8	1936	1	FORSYTH
DINGLE, LAWRENCE	32	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	MAY	8	1936	2	FORSYTH
GRIER, HENRY	43	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	JUL	10	1936		FORSYTH
HODGIN, WILLIAM	36	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	JUL	17	1936		FORSYTH
GALMAN, WILLIE	21	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	AUG	21	1936	1	FORSYTH
SERMONS, JAMES	29	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	JAN	21	1938		FORSYTH
JEFFERSON, L., J.	17	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	SEP	23	1938	1	FORSYTH
LINNEY, TOM	32	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	SEP	23	1938	2	FORSYTH
MARTIN, EUNICE		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	APR	11	1947		FORSYTH
CONNER, ROBERT		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	JUL	13	1956		FORSYTH

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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