Wayne County Executions

NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE			MTPL	COUNTY
(Jernegan)		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	Burned	Jul	13	1805		WAYNE
(Jernegan)		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	Jul	17	1805	1	WAYNE
(Jernegan)		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	Jul	17	1805	2	WAYNE
(Jernegan)		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	Jul	17	1805	3	WAYNE
Jernigan, David		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Apr	23	1819		WAYNE
Atkinson, Harris	38	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Jun	14	1878	1	WAYNE
Cherry, Noah	64	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Jun	14	1878	2	WAYNE
Thompson, Robert	42	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Jun	14	1878	3	WAYNE
Howard, Alexander		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Jul	9	1880		WAYNE
Artis, Henry		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	Mar	11	1887		WAYNE
Wright, Sam		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Nov	10	1897		WAYNE
Newsome, Larry	22	Black	Male	Farm Laborer	Murder-Rape	Electrocution	Sep	28	1928		WAYNE
Satterfield, Rufus	44	White	Male	?	Murder	Electrocution	Dec	13	1934		WAYNE
Exum, George	22	Black	Male	?	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Aug	6	1937		WAYNE
Marshall, James	30	Black	Male	?	Housebrkng-Burgl	Asphyxiation-Gas	Feb	4	1938		WAYNE
Exum, Milford	39	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	Feb	18	1938	1	WAYNE
Woodard, Sylvester	30	Black	Male	Butcher	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	May	2	1941		WAYNE
Melvin, Tom	42	Black	Male	Florist	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Sep	5	1941		WAYNE
Smith, Walter	63	White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Asphyxiation-Gas	Aug	21	1942		WAYNE
Herring, Gurney		Black	Male	?	Rape	Asphyxiation-Gas	May	24	1946		WAYNE

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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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