Washington County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

 

 

Black

Male

Slave

Slave Revolt

Hanging

?

 

1802

4

Dawson, General

 

White

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

May

22

1818

3

Skinner, John

 

White

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Apr

23

1824

 

Nelson, Arden

 

Black

Male

?

Murder-Burglary

Hanging

Jan

18

1878

 

Johnson, Rueben

 

Black

Male

Fisherman

Murder

Hanging

Dec

2

1904

 

Savage, John

51

Black

Male

?

Murder-Burglary

Electrocution

Aug

4

1916

 


 

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Source: This page developed from materials originally featured on

"Before the Needles"  online  2002 - 2009 which read as follows:

Enjoy your research,
Rob Gallagher

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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