Surry County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

COUNTY

Rash, Daniel

27

White

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Sep

29

1826

 

SURRY

Mayes, John

 

?

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Hanging

Nov

11

1898

 

SURRY

Spencer, Napoleon

 

Black

Male

Laborer

Murder

Electrocution

Dec

20

1918

 

SURRY

Cain, Gardner

43

White

Male

Laborer

Murder

Electrocution

Mar

5

1920

1

SURRY

Cain, Joe

39

White

Male

Laborer

Murder

Electrocution

Mar

5

1920

2

SURRY


 

 

 

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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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