List of people executed in West Virginia
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959.
Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965.[1] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia,[2] 102 by hanging, 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains.[2]
Executions 1861-1959[]
| Name | Race | Gender | Date of Execution | Method | Crime(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winthrow | Black | ? | January 1861 | Hanging | Unspecified Felony |
| Daniel Grogan | ? | M | February 9, 1866 | Hanging | Murder |
| Thomas Boice | ? | M | February 9, 1866 | Hanging | Murder |
| Mortimer Gibboney | ? | M | June 15, 1866 | Hanging | Murder |
| Joseph Eisele | White | M | March 6, 1868 | Hanging | Murder |
| Labon Walker | White | M | November 28, 1879 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Jenkins | Black | M | November 11, 1881 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Felix Kampf | White | M | March 7, 1890 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Martin | ? | M | June 3, 1890 | Hanging | Murder |
| Sim Johnson | Black | M | June 19, 1891 | Hanging | Rape |
| William Maier | White | M | November 17, 1892 | Hanging | Murder |
| Allen Harrison | White | M | November 22, 1892 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Hardy | ? | M | January 19, 1894 | Hanging | Murder |
| Washington Adkins | Black | M | July 20, 1894 | Hanging | Murder |
| Anderw Scott | Black | M | January 4, 1895 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jim Nichols | Black | M | December 13, 1895 | Hanging | Murder |
| Clark Lewis | Black | M | June 25, 1897 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jerry Brown | Black | M | July 25, 1897 | Hanging | Rape |
| Albert Viars | White | M | November 12, 1897 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Morgan | White | M | December 16, 1897 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Shep Caldwell | Black | M | January 10, 1899 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Broadsnax | Black | M | November 9, 1899 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Walker | Black | M | December 15, 1899 | Hanging | Murder |
| George Carter | Black | M | March 21, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Lewis Young | Black | M | May 1, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Mooney | White | M | May 9, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Friday | White | M | May 9, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Perry Christian | White | M | June 13, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| State Henry | Black | M | June 24, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Wilfred Davis | White | M | June 5, 1903 | Hanging | Murder |
| George Williams | Black | M | September 9, 1904 | Hanging | Rape |
| Edward Walton | Black | M | July 17, 1908 | Hanging | Murder |
| Arthur Brown | Black | M | August 27, 1909 | Hanging | Murder |
| Thomas Wayne | Black | M | December 23, 1910 | Hanging | Rape and Murder |
| Frank Stevenson | Black | M | February 17, 1911 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jesse Cook | White | M | March 10, 1911 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Furbish | Black | M | March 17, 1911 | Hanging | Rape |
| John Marshall | Black | M | April 4, 1913 | Hanging in chains | Murder |
| James Williams | Black | M | April 4, 1913 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Sterling | Black | M | June 6, 1913 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Bix | White | M | June 6, 1913 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Green | Black | M | March 6, 1914 | Hanging | Murder |
| Silas Jones | Black | M | July 10, 1914 | Hanging | Murder |
| Will Thomas | Black | M | July 2, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Will Stuart | Black | M | July 2, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Nat Jarrell | White | M | July 9, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Charles Forest | Black | M | September 10, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Claude Sutton | White | M | August 4, 1916 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| James Lay | Black | M | September 1, 1916 | Hanging | Murder |
| Hugh Ferguson | Black | M | August 6, 1919 | Hanging | Murder |
| Hugh Bragg | White | M | April 30, 1920 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jacob Lutz | White | M | July 22, 1921 | Hanging | Murder |
| Hobart Green | White | M | August 5, 1921 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Harbor | Black | M | January 7, 1922 | Hanging | Murder |
| Leroy Williams | Black | M | March 3, 1922 | Hanging | Rape |
| Monroe Payton | Black | M | May 4, 1922 | Hanging | Rape |
| George Banhage | White | M | November 2, 1923 | Hanging | Murder |
| Nick Salamante | White | M | January 4, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Philip Connizzaro | White | M | January 4, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Richard Ferri | White | M | January 4, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Samuel Muratore | White | M | February 15, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Tiny McCoy | White | M | September 12, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Robert Ford | Black | M | January 29, 1926 | Hanging | Murder |
| Harry Sawyer | Black | M | April 19, 1926 | Hanging | Rape |
| Philip Euman | Black | M | August 20, 1926 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Henry Jackson | Black | M | September 10, 1926 | Hanging | Murder |
| Pierce Jefferies | Black | M | February 18, 1927 | Hanging | Rape |
| Wesley Swain | White | M | February 3, 1928 | Hanging | Rape |
| Andrew Brady | Black | M | March 30, 1928 | Hanging | Rape |
| Lawrence Pike | White | M | August 10, 1928 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Henry Grogan | Black | M | February 8, 1929 | Hanging | Rape |
| Theodore Carr | White | M | June 14, 1929 | Hanging | Murder |
| Walter Wilmot | White | M | September 13, 1929 | Hanging | Murder |
| Willard Morrison | White | M | September 13, 1929 | Hanging | Murder |
| Walter Crabtree | White | M | May 9, 1930 | Hanging | Murder |
| Roosevelt Darnell | White | M | November 14, 1930 | Hanging | Murder |
| William C. Adams | White | M | February 20, 1931 | Hanging | Murder |
| Emory Stephens | White | M | February 20, 1931 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Myer | White | M | June 19, 1931 | Hanging | Murder |
| Harry Powers | White | M | March 18, 1932 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| James Blount | Black | M | May 12, 1932 | Hanging | Murder |
| Omer Brill | White | M | August 10, 1933 | Hanging | Murder |
| Leo Fraser | White | M | November 24, 1933 | Hanging | Murder |
| Joe Corey | White | M | December 8, 1933 | Hanging | Murder |
| Greely Blankenship | White | M | January 7, 1935 | Hanging | Murder |
| Robert Branch | Black | M | July 19, 1935 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Pramera | White | M | April 13, 1937 | Hanging | Murder |
| Willy Becker | White | M | June 25, 1937 | Hanging | Murder |
| Mervin Brown | Black | M | September 10, 1937 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Read | White | M | November 5, 1937 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Raymond Styres | White | M | March 13, 1938 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Travis | White | M | March 21, 1938 | Hanging | Kidnapping and Murder |
| Arnett Booth | White | M | March 21, 1938 | Hanging | Kidnapping and Murder |
| Orville Adkins | White | M | March 21, 1938 | Hanging | Kidnapping and Murder |
| Hartman Byzantine | White | M | June 28, 1940 | Hanging | Murder |
| Paul Tross | Black | M | December 6, 1940 | Hanging | Rape |
| James Chambers | Black | M | March 30, 1945 | Hanging | Rape and Murder |
| William Turner | White | M | December 28, 1945 | Hanging | Murder |
| Richard Collins | White | M | January 11, 1946 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Gordon | White | M | January 3, 1947 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Paul Burton | White | M | January 2, 1948 | Hanging | Murder |
| Mark McCauley | White | M | January 30, 1948 | Hanging | Murder |
| Matthew Perison | Black | M | September 23, 1948 | Hanging | Murder |
| Lemuel Steed | Black | M | January 15, 1949 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Bud Peterson | Black | M | February 25, 1949 | Hanging | Murder |
| Harry Burdette | White | M | March 26, 1951 | Electrocution | Murder |
| Fred Painter | White | M | March 26, 1951 | Electrocution | Murder |
| James Hewlett, Jr. | White | M | April 10, 1951 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
| Gabel Gardener | White | M | April 17, 1953 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
| Tom Ingham | Black | M | March 27, 1954 | Electrocution | Murder |
| Robert Hopkins | White | M | September 7, 1956 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
| Eugene Linger | White | M | June 5, 1958 | Electrocution | Murder |
| Larry Fudge | White | M | July 1, 1958 | Electrocution | Rape and Murder |
| Elmer Bruner | White | M | April 3, 1959 | Electrocution | Burglary and Murder |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Abolition of capital punishment in West Virginia". statelaws.findlaw.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Executions in West Virginia, from 1861-1959". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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