"H, I" Counties Executions

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
THOMAS, WILLIAM		WHITE	MALE	FARMER	MURDER	HANGING	?		1762		HALIFAX
ROSE, (RABOUR)		BLACK	FEMALE	SLAVE	ARSON	HANGING	NOV	6	1766	2	HALIFAX
RILEY, JOHN		WHITE	MALE	?	UNSPEC FELONY	HANGING	NOV	6	1766	7	HALIFAX
ROBINSON, HENRY		WHITE	MALE	?	UNSPEC FELONY	HANGING	DEC	11	1767	4	HALIFAX
(GREEN)		BLACK	MALE	SLAVE	UNSPEC FELONY	HANGING	MAY	1	1782		HALIFAX
SAM, (FOORT)		BLACK	MALE	SLAVE	SLAVE REVOLT	HANGING	JUN	27	1802		HALIFAX
BROWN, ENOCH	38	BLACK	MALE	FARM LABORER	MURDER	HANGING	MAY	2	1884		HALIFAX
WELLS, EATONS		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	HANGING	JUL	17	1885		HALIFAX
COBB, R., W.	23	WHITE	MALE	MILL OPERATOR	MURDER-ROBBERY	ELECTROCUTION	MAR	6	1914		HALIFAX
WILLIAMS, JOHN		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	SEP	21	1926		HALIFAX
MACKLIN, EVANS	20	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	NOV	20	1936	1	HALIFAX
BOWSER, CLAUDE, JR	22	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	JAN	28	1939		HALIFAX
ALEXANDER, CHARLES	24	BLACK	MALE	FARMER	RAPE	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	NOV	17	1944		HALIFAX
HART, THOMAS		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	MAY	4	1946		HALIFAX

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
Purvis, Ed		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Nov	17	1897		HARNETT
Lee, Johnny		Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Electrocution	Sep	15	1933		HARNETT
Mcneill, James	21	Black	Male	?	Murder	Electrocution	Aug	13	1937	2	HARNETT
Walker, George	23	Black	Male	Tenant Farmer	Rape	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jun	21	1946		HARNETT
Garner, Emmett		White	Male	?	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Mar	18	1949		HARNETT

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
Sheffield, James	47	White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Electrocution	May	18	1934	1	HAYWOOD

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
Kilgore, Louis		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	May	21	1886		HENDERSON
Love, George		Black	Male	?	Murder	Electrocution	Jun	19	1925		HENDERSON
Edney, Plato	34	White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Electrocution	Jul	15	1932		HENDERSON
Dalton, Joe		White	Male	?	Murder	Electrocution	Jun	22	1934		HENDERSON
Brown, Grady		Black	Male	Convict	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jan	31	1947	2	HENDERSON
Munn, Thurman		Black	Male	Convict	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jan	31	1947	3	HENDERSON
Brooks, J., C.		Black	Male	Convict	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jan	31	1947	4	HENDERSON

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
Dula, Thomas		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	May	1	1868		IREDELL
Laxton, James	45	Black	Male	Farmer	Rape	Hanging	Jan	25	1878		IREDELL
Roseboro, Wilfred	22	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Sep	10	1903		IREDELL
Williams, Charles	60	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Electrocution	Sep	25	1917		IREDELL
Conner, Ralph		Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Electrocution	Sep	20	1920		IREDELL
Westmoreland, W., P.		White	Male	?	Murder	Electrocution	Nov	21	1921		IREDELL
Caldwell, Walter	37	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Rape	Asphyxiation-Gas	Dec	10	1937	1	IREDELL
Robinson, Ed	33	Black	Male	?	Rape	Asphyxiation-Gas	Nov	18	1938		IREDELL

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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