Sampson County Executions

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL
POMPEY, (WRIGHT)		BLACK	MALE	SLAVE	SLAVE REVOLT	HANGING	SEP	8	1831	1
PIZZARO, (STANFORD)		BLACK	MALE	SLAVE	SLAVE REVOLT	HANGING	SEP	8	1831	2
(BOWDEN)		BLACK	MALE	SLAVE	RAPE	HANGING	SEP	8	1831	3
FAISON, PHILIP	35	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	HANGING	JUL	11	1882
ELLIS, AMMA		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	HANGING	JAN	29	1889
KINSAULS, ARCHIE	35	WHITE	MALE	?	MURDER	HANGING	SEP	28	1900
MOORE, ASHTON		BLACK	MALE	?	RAPE	HANGING	SEP	2	1905	1
WARD, WILLIAM		BLACK	MALE	?	BURG-ATT RAPE	HANGING	MAR	3	1909
HOPKINS, WILLIAM		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER	ELECTROCUTION	MAR	21	1921
HERRING, CHEVIS		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ELECTROCUTION	DEC	18	1931
HOWARD, PRESTON		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ELECTROCUTION	NOV	16	1934	1
HART, JOHNNY		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ELECTROCUTION	NOV	16	1934	2
JOHNSON, TOM		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ELECTROCUTION	NOV	16	1934	3
HADLEY, WADDELL	22	BLACK	MALE	?	RAPE	ELECTROCUTION	APR	29	1938	1
WILLIAMS, RAYMOND	20	BLACK	MALE	FARM LABORER	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	NOV	24	1939
SMITH, ZEDEKIEL	29	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	DEC	6	1940
MATTHEWS, HERMAN	19	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	DEC	13	1946	1
WILLIAMS, CALVIN	18	BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-ROBBERY	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	DEC	13	1946	2
ROGERS, JOHN		BLACK	MALE	?	MURDER-RAPE-ROB	ASPHYXIATION-GAS	APR	27	1951

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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