Nash County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

Taylor, John

 

Black

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Hanging

Mar

15

1900

1

Fortune, Robert

 

Black

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Hanging

Mar

15

1900

2

Lewis, Norman

 

Black

Male

Bootlegger

Murder

Electrocution

May

12

1911

 

Wilkins, G., G.

 

Black

Male

Farm Hand

Murder

Electrocution

Jun

21

1912

 

Washington, Lee

20

Black

Male

?

Rape

Electrocution

Dec

28

1923

 

Richardson, Willie

19

Black

Male

?

Housebrkng-Burgl

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jan

27

1939

 

Cockrell, Roy

42

White

Male

Tenant Farmer

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Mar

25

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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