Mecklinburg County Executions

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
Neel, William		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Dec	13	1816		MECKLENBURG
Sam		Black	Male	Slave	Housebrkng-Burgl	Hanging	Jul	3	1829		MECKLENBURG
Chandler, N.V.		White	Male	?	?	Hanging	Aug		1872		MECKLENBURG
Horne, Henry		Black	Male	?	Housebrkng-Burgl	Hanging	May	7	1880		MECKLENBURG
Baxter, Marshal		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Apr	29	1881		MECKLENBURG
Johnson, Allen	25	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Jan	28	1881		MECKLENBURG
Davis, Anderson		Black	Male	?	Housebrkng-Burgl	Hanging	Dec	9	1885	1	MECKLENBURG
Stewart, Nelson		Black	Male	?	Housebrkng-Burgl	Hanging	Dec	9	1885	2	MECKLENBURG
Lambert, Jackson		?	Male	Painter	Murder	Hanging	Jul	9	1886		MECKLENBURG
Moore, George		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	Jul	29	1886		MECKLENBURG
Weddington, William		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Jul	11	1889		MECKLENBURG
Brabham, Henry		Black	Male	Gambler	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Jul	2	1891		MECKLENBURG
Johnson, Monroe		Black	Male	?	Housebrkng-Burgl	Hanging	Feb	8	1897		MECKLENBURG
Jackson, Joe		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	May	18	1899		MECKLENBURG
Alexander, Jules		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	Aug	24	1899		MECKLENBURG
Truesdale, William		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Feb	8	1900		MECKLENBURG
Monroe, William	18	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	Sep	13	1901		MECKLENBURG
Fletcher, Lewis		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Nov	20	1908		MECKLENBURG
Trull, Charles		White	Male	Debt Collector	Murder-Robbery	Electrocution	Sep	3	1915		MECKLENBURG
Clyburn, John		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Electrocution	May	25	1928		MECKLENBURG
Edwards, John	17	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Electrocution	Jul	6	1934	2	MECKLENBURG
Jones, Sam	21	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jul	16	1937	1	MECKLENBURG
Steele, Fred	22	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jul	16	1937	2	MECKLENBURG
Cureton, Noah	51	Black	Male	?	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jun	13	1941		MECKLENBURG
Brooks, George	20	Black	Male	Escaped Convict	Rape	Asphyxiation-Gas	Nov	24	1944	1	MECKLENBURG
Buchanan, James	19	Black	Male	Escaped Convict	Rape	Asphyxiation-Gas	Nov	24	1944	2	MECKLENBURG
Williams, Bessie	19	Black	Female	House Maid	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	Dec	29	1944	1	MECKLENBURG
Thompson, Ralph	18	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	Dec	29	1944	2	MECKLENBURG
Lampkins, Jethro		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jan	3	1947	4	MECKLENBURG
Mccain, Richard		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	Jan	3	1947	5	MECKLENBURG
Medlin, Monroe	23	Black	Male	Butler	Murder-Burglary	Asphyxiation-Gas	Dec	9	1949	1	MECKLENBURG

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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

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