Harnett County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

Purvis, Ed

 

Black

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Nov

17

1897

 

Lee, Johnny

 

Black

Male

Laborer

Murder

Electrocution

Sep

15

1933

 

Mcneill, James

21

Black

Male

?

Murder

Electrocution

Aug

13

1937

2

Walker, George

23

Black

Male

Tenant Farmer

Rape

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jun

21

1946

 

Garner, Emmett

 

White

Male

?

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Mar

18

1949

 

 

 

 

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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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