Halifax County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

THOMAS, WILLIAM

 

WHITE

MALE

FARMER

MURDER

HANGING

?

 

1762

 

ROSE, (RABOUR)

 

BLACK

FEMALE

SLAVE

ARSON

HANGING

NOV

6

1766

2

RILEY, JOHN

 

WHITE

MALE

?

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

NOV

6

1766

7

ROBINSON, HENRY

 

WHITE

MALE

?

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

DEC

11

1767

4

(GREEN)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

MAY

1

1782

 

SAM, (FOORT)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

SLAVE REVOLT

HANGING

JUN

27

1802

 

BROWN, ENOCH

38

BLACK

MALE

FARM LABORER

MURDER

HANGING

MAY

2

1884

 

WELLS, EATONS

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER-ROBBERY

HANGING

JUL

17

1885

 

COBB, R., W.

23

WHITE

MALE

MILL OPERATOR

MURDER-ROBBERY

ELECTROCUTION

MAR

6

1914

 

WILLIAMS, JOHN

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ELECTROCUTION

SEP

21

1926

 

MACKLIN, EVANS

20

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

NOV

20

1936

1

BOWSER, CLAUDE, JR

22

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

JAN

28

1939

 

ALEXANDER, CHARLES

24

BLACK

MALE

FARMER

RAPE

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

NOV

17

1944

 

HART, THOMAS

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

MAY

4

1946

 

 

 

 

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