Onslow County Executions

 

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

SIMON, (GRANT)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

NOV

6

1766

9

BOSTON, (WARD)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

DEC

11

1767

2

(WARD)

 

BLACK

FEMALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

DEC

11

1770

8

(GRANT)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

UNSPEC FELONY

HANGING

DEC

9

1786

 

MCNAIR, GEORGE

19

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

JUN

1

1886

 

ETHERIDGE, SIDNEY

 

WHITE

MALE

FARMER

MURDER-ROBBERY

ELECTROCUTION

MAR

15

1935

 

GREY, FRED

26

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

JUL

23

1937

2

MATTOCKS, EDWARD

21

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

MAY

26

1939

 

 

  

 

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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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