Washington County Executions

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
		BLACK	MALE	SLAVE	SLAVE REVOLT	HANGING	?		1802	4	WASHINGTON
Dawson, General		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	May	22	1818	3	WASHINGTON
Skinner, John		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Apr	23	1824		WASHINGTON
Nelson, Arden		Black	Male	?	Murder-Burglary	Hanging	Jan	18	1878		WASHINGTON
Johnson, Rueben		Black	Male	Fisherman	Murder	Hanging	Dec	2	1904		WASHINGTON
Savage, John	51	Black	Male	?	Murder-Burglary	Electrocution	Aug	4	1916		WASHINGTON
Caldwell, Harry		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Electrocution	Jan	31	1921		YANCEY

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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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