Warren County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

COUNTY

Lewis, Oliver

 

White

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Jun

25

1825

 

WARREN

Burnet, Pleasant

 

White

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

May

17

1839

 

WARREN

Christmas, Thomas

 

?

Male

?

?

Hanging

May

1

1840

 

WARREN

Rainey, William

 

Black

Male

Tramp

Murder

Hanging

Nov

8

1878

 

WARREN

Jefferson, William

 

Black

Male

Escaped Convict

Rape

Hanging

Dec

6

1878

 

WARREN

Marshall, Norvell, Jr.

31

Black

Male

?

Rape

Electrocution

Jan

27

1911

 

WARREN

Macon, John

 

Black

Male

?

Murder

Electrocution

Apr

4

1930

 

WARREN

Smith, Willie

47

Black

Male

Cement Worker

Murder-Robbery

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jan

29

1943

 

WARREN


 

 

 

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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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