Wayne County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

(Jernegan)

 

Black

Female

Slave

Murder

Burned

Jul

13

1805

 

(Jernegan)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Murder

Hanging

Jul

17

1805

1

(Jernegan)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Murder

Hanging

Jul

17

1805

2

(Jernegan)

 

Black

Male

Slave

Murder

Hanging

Jul

17

1805

3

Jernigan, David

 

White

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Apr

23

1819

 

Atkinson, Harris

38

Black

Male

?

Murder-Rape

Hanging

Jun

14

1878

1

Cherry, Noah

64

Black

Male

?

Murder-Rape

Hanging

Jun

14

1878

2

Thompson, Robert

42

Black

Male

?

Murder-Rape

Hanging

Jun

14

1878

3

Howard, Alexander

 

Black

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Jul

9

1880

 

Artis, Henry

 

Black

Male

?

Murder

Hanging

Mar

11

1887

 

Wright, Sam

 

Black

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Hanging

Nov

10

1897

 

Newsome, Larry

22

Black

Male

Farm Laborer

Murder-Rape

Electrocution

Sep

28

1928

 

Satterfield, Rufus

44

White

Male

?

Murder

Electrocution

Dec

13

1934

 

Exum, George

22

Black

Male

?

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Aug

6

1937

 

Marshall, James

30

Black

Male

?

Housebrkng-Burgl

Asphyxiation-Gas

Feb

4

1938

 

Exum, Milford

39

White

Male

?

Murder-Robbery

Asphyxiation-Gas

Feb

18

1938

1

Woodard, Sylvester

30

Black

Male

Butcher

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

May

2

1941

 

Melvin, Tom

42

Black

Male

Florist

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Sep

5

1941

 

Smith, Walter

63

White

Male

Farmer

Murder

Asphyxiation-Gas

Aug

21

1942

 

Herring, Gurney

 

Black

Male

?

Rape

Asphyxiation-Gas

May

24

1946

 

 


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Source: This page developed from materials originally featured on

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

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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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