Orange County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

MERRILL, BENJAMIN

 

WHITE

MALE

?

TREASON

HANGING

JUN

19

1771

1

PUGH, JAMES

 

WHITE

MALE

GUNSMITH

TREASON

HANGING

JUN

19

1771

2

MESSER

 

WHITE

MALE

?

TREASON

HANGING

JUN

19

1771

3

MATTER

 

WHITE

MALE

?

TREASON

HANGING

JUN

19

1771

4

 

 

WHITE

?

?

TREASON

HANGING

JUN

19

1771

5

 

 

WHITE

?

?

TREASON

HANGING

JUN

19

1771

6

SPARROW, WILLIAM

47

WHITE

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

MAY

12

1820

 

ADCOCK, JAMES

 

WHITE

MALE

?

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

HANGING

MAY

28

1836

1

GREEN, (WILSON)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

ARSON

HANGING

APR

26

1844

1

DICK, (MCBROOM)

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

BURG-ATT RAPE

HANGING

APR

26

1844

2

LUCIEN

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

APR

10

1863

1

ALLEN

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

APR

10

1863

2

AMERICA

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

APR

10

1863

3

DANIEL

 

BLACK

MALE

SLAVE

MURDER

HANGING

APR

10

1863

4

ANDREWS, HENRY

 

WHITE

MALE

GANG MEMBER

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

HANGING

MAY

16

1879

1

CARLTON, LOUIS

 

BLACK

MALE

GANG MEMBER

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

HANGING

MAY

16

1879

2

DAVIS, HENRY

 

WHITE

MALE

GANG MEMBER

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

HANGING

MAY

16

1879

3

BOSWELL, ROBERT

 

BLACK

MALE

LABORER

?

HANGING

JAN

31

1879

 

ALSTON, GEORGE

21

BLACK

MALE

GARDENER

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

SEP

4

1936

2

BREEZE, JOHN

 

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

JAN

16

1948

 

 

 

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