Rockingham County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

Dick, (Webster)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Murder

Hanging

Jun

1

1838

1

Moses, (Webster)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Murder

Hanging

Jun

1

1838

2

Henry, (Webster)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Murder

Hanging

Jun

1

1838

3

Williams, Robert

 

White

Male

Farmer

Murder

Hanging

Dec

7

1860

 

Carter, Matilda

 

Black

Female

Farm Hand

Murder

Hanging

Jan

13

1882

1

Hays, Joe

 

Black

Male

Farm Hand

Murder

Hanging

Jan

13

1882

2

Scales, Eldridge

 

Black

Male

Farm Hand

Murder

Hanging

Jan

13

1882

3

Broadnax, John

16

Black

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Hanging

May

22

1903

 

Foglemann, Clay

30

White

Male

Escaped Convict

Murder-Robbery

Electrocution

Aug

4

1933

 

Johnson, Jake

36

Black

Male

?

Rape

Asphyxiation-Gas

Mar

19

1936

 


 

 

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