List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state) (pre-1972)

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Georgia before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia. For people executed after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's ruling in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), see List of people executed in Georgia.Georgia, executions recorded in statewide records, 1887-1995, Undated

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1788-1799 +NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorJames MeredithWhiteMFebruary 27, 1791ElbertMurderJames Meredith, GA, 1791 February 22Edward TelfairThree unknownsBlackMFebruary 1, 1794ChathamMurderJohn Hix, whiteUnnamed, GA, 1794 February 1George MathewsBirdMixedMJune 11, 1794RichmondHorse stealingBird, GA, 1794 June 11Thomas JonesWhiteMMarch 16, 1795BurkeGrand larcenyThomas Jones, GA, 1795 March 16John RobertsonWhiteMSeptember 19, 1795RichmondJohn Robertson, GA, 1795 September 19Samuel FowlerWhiteMApril 27, 1799ChathamMurderFemale, white (wife)Samuel Fowler, GA, 1799 April 27James Jackson

1800s +NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorUnknownBlackF1800DadeMurderUnknown, black (child)Unnamed, GA, 1800James JacksonJohn RiceWhiteMMay 20, 1802ChathamGrand larcenyJohn Rice, GA, 1802 May 20Josiah TattnallJohn RandolphWhiteMMarch 26, 1806BurkeMurderMr. McNorrel, white (sheriff)John Randolph, GA, 1806 March 26John MilledgeWilks HillWhiteMMay 1806LincolnHorse stealingWilks Hill, GA, 1806 MayPolly BarclayWhiteFMay 30, 1806WilkesConspiracy to murderMale, white (husband)Polly Barclay, GA, 1806 May 30UnknownBlackMJuly 1806LincolnMurderMrs. McCorcle, white (owner)1806 JulyNelson TaitWhiteMAugust 25, 1806HancockForgery-CounterfeitingNelson Tait, GA, 1806 August 25Robert CaseyWhiteMSeptember 26, 1806JasperMurderMale, whiteIsaac Monroe, GA, 1806 September 26Jared IrwinIsaac MonroeWhiteMBarney PareWhiteMWilliam LoveWhiteMMay 13, 1807RichmondMurderDavid Whittemore, whiteWilliam Love, GA, 1807 May 13

1810s +NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorBillyBlackM1810-1811Slave revoltBilly, GA, 1811David Brydie MitchellWilliam SmithBlackMSeptember 8, 1810ChathamSlave stealingFemale and her child, blackWilliam Smith, GA, 1810 September 8John AmosWhiteMDecember 20, 1811RichmondMurderWilliam Faircloth, whiteJohn Amos, GA, 1811 December 20William BeasleyWhiteMAugust 20, 1813Bibb (Military)DesertionN/AWilliam Beasley, GA, 1813 August 20JackBlackMJanuary 29, 1814LincolnRobberyJack, GA, 1814 January 29Peter EarlyUnknownBlackMApril 14, 1815BaldwinAttempted murder-Attempted rapeLillie Lankford, whiteUnnamed, GA, 1826James NixonWhite25MFebruary 19, 1816ChathamMurderJames Nixon, GA, 1816 February 9David Brydie MitchellNoyle NelmsWhite65MSeptember 29, 1816BaldwinCounterfeitingNoyle Nelms, GA, 1816 September 29JohnBlackMNovember 8, 1816BaldwinRapeSuzanna Cobb, whiteDaniel EldredgeWhiteMSeptember 25, 1817LincolnBurglaryDaniel Eldredge, GA, 1817 September 25William RabunMargaret SeabornWhiteFOctober 1817CamdenMurderThomas G. Seaborn, white (husband)Margaret Seaborn, GA, 1817 OctoberJohn CastellawWhiteMMarch 13, 1818JasperMurderHenry Slaughter, whiteJohn Castellaw, GA, 1818 March 13Eugene WhisonWhite22MAugust 23, 1818BaldwinEugene Whison, GA, 1818 August 23JonesBlackM1819LaurensJones, GA, 1819UnknownBlackMFebruary 12, 1819BaldwinArsonJohn A. Jones, white (owner)CocoBlackMMay 17, 1819RichmondSlave revoltCoco, GA, 1819 May 17Hamilton, GA, 1819 May 21HamiltonBlackMMay 21, 1819JohnBlackMJoseph ReosWhiteMJune 18, 1819ChathamMurderJoseph Reos, GA, 1819 June 18SharperBlackMJuly 26, 1819LaurensAttempted murderJoseph Perry, whiteSharper, GA, 1819 July 26

1820s +NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorUnknownBlackM1820-1821EarlyMurderBrown Liverman, white (owner)Unnamed, GA, 1818John ClarkJohn HobsonWhiteMApril 28, 1820Chatham (Federal)PiracyJohn Hobson, GA, 1820 April 28DickBlackMAugust 26, 1820HancockBurglaryDick, GA, 1820 August 26Thomas WellsWhiteMOctober 21, 1820ClarkeMurderPeter Perry, whiteThomas Wells, GA, 1820 October 21IsaacBlackM1821WilkesMurderSusan and Elizabeth Trammell, children, white (owners)Issac, GA, 1821EssexBlackMNovember 3, 1821EffinghamMurderMr. Saunders, whiteEssex, GA, 1821 November 3DaveBlackMJanuary 3, 1822BaldwinAggravated assaultMale, whiteUnnamed, GA, 1826Woodward TrammellWhiteMMay 16, 1823WilkesMurderSusan and Elizabeth Trammell, children, white (stepsisters)Woodward Trammell, GA, 1823 May 16GeorgeBlackMMarch 15, 1825BaldwinBurglaryGeorge TroupMatthew ColsonWhiteMNovember 18, 1825ScrevenMurderWilliam Flake, whiteMatthew Colson, GA, 1825 November 18UnknownBlackMDecember 1, 1825BaldwinAggravated assaultMale, whiteJack WinnWhiteM1826GwinnettJack Winn, GA, 1826UnknownBlackMFebruary 1826GreeneMurderMale, blackUnnamed, GA, 1826 FebruaryPatrick DunlapWhiteMJuly 7, 1826RichmondMurderWilliam Clark, whitePatrick Dunlap, GA, 1826 July 7Three unknownsNative AmericanMJune 29, 1827ThomasMurderPhillip and Nathan Paris, whiteUnnamed, GA, 1827 June 29Ludwill WattsWhiteMAugust 12, 1827ButtsMurderLudwill Watts, GA, 1827 August 12William FieldsWhiteMApril 11, 1828BibbMurderJames O. Abbott, elderly, whiteWilliam Fields, 1828 April 11John ForsythUnknownWhiteMApril 19, 1828WalkerMurderUnnamed, GA, 1828 April 19Joseph WilliamsWhiteMApril 10, 1829TwiggsMurderNimrod Phillips, whiteJoseph Williams, GA, 1829 April 10WilliamBlackMJuly 24, 1829ChathamMurderMahlon Dickinson, white (overseer)William Little, GA, 1829 July 24Little WilliamBlack16MShadeBlackMOctober 12, 1829LaurensArsonJ. B. Hathaway, white (Dublin postmaster)Shade, GA, 1829 October 12George Rockingham GilmerJennyBlackFDecember 4, 1829RichmondArsonJenny, GA, 1829 December 4

1830s +NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorEllickBlackM?GwinnettMurderMale, white (owner)Ellick, GA, 1830?HowardWhiteMApril 23, 1830WashingtonMurderMr. Wicker, whiteHoward, GA, 1830 April 23George Rockingham GilmerCindaBlackFJune 6, 1830RichmondArsonCinda, GA, 1830 June 6George TassellNative AmericanMDecember 24, 1830HallMurderMale, Native AmericanGeorge Tassell, GA, 1830 December 24William CrowderWhiteM1831DeKalbMurderFemale, white (wife)William Crowder, GA, 1831Gilmer or LumpkinHarrison SutherlandWhiteM1833CowetaMurderJ. Hillsman, whiteHarrison Sutherland, GA, 1833Wilson LumpkinAndersonBlackMApril 26, 1833NewtonMurderMr. White, white (owner)Negress Sophie, GA, 1833 April 26SophieBlackFWarrenBlackMJohn JohnsonWhiteMNovember 23, 1833BaldwinMurder-RapeElenor Bustin, 13, white (sister-in-law)John Johnson, GA, 1833 November 22Unnamed, GA, 1834ForbesWhiteMDecember 27, 1833McIntoshMurderCol. Brailsford, whiteForbes, GA, 1833 December 27John Hog SmithNative AmericanM1834WalkerMurderMale, Native AmericanJohn Hog Smith, GA, 1834Humphrey LeeBlackM1834RichmondMurderMr. Lee, white (owner)Humphrey, GA, 1834James GravesNative AmericanMNovember 21, 1834MurrayMurderUnidentified male, whiteJames Graves, 1834 November 21William WardWhiteMDecember 19, 1834HabershamMurderBenjamin Roper, whiteWilliam Ward, GA, 1834 December 19Dennis N. OwenWhiteMDecember 26, 1834BibbMurderJohn Manson, whiteDennis Owen, GA, 1834 December 26UnknownBlackMFebruary 1835GreeneMurderMale, blackUnnamed, GA, 1835 FebruaryThomas King IIIWhiteMMay 8, 1835CamdenMurderMultiple people, whiteThomas King, GA, 1835 May 8George TookeNative AmericanMOctober 1835BartowGeorge Tooke, GA, 1835 OctoberBarney SwimmerNative AmericanM1835FloydMurder-RobberyEzekiel Blatchford, whiteTerrapin, GA, 1835Lumpkin or SchleyTerrapinNative AmericanMAmyBlackFNovember 27, 1835RichmondPoisoningMrs. Moran, whiteAmy Negress, GA, 1835 November 27William SchleyLewis BakestrawBlackMMarch 25, 1836NewtonMurderFemale, black (wife)Lewis Bakestraw, GA, 1836 March 25PeterBlackMJuly 28, 1837ElbertMurderBen, black(Harper) Peter, 1837 July 28BellaBlackFDecember 26, 1837EffinghamMurderJudge E. Warren, white (owner)Bella Slave, GA, 1837 December 22George Rockingham GilmerGeorgeBlackMAugust 10, 1838RichmondRapeGeorge, GA, 1838 August 10UnknownBlackMMarch 1839GreeneBurglaryUnnamed, GA, 1839 MarchJoseph WoffordWhiteMApril 12, 1839CherokeeMurderThomas Copeland, whiteJoseph Wofford, 1839 April 12

1840s +NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorClaiborneBlackM1840JonesMurderJohn Casey, white (owner)Claiborne, GA, 1840Charles James McDonaldFive unknownsBlackMJune 6, 1840CamdenMurderAlexander Atkinson, white (owner)Unnamed, GA, 1840 June 10MondayBlackMAugust 21, 1840ChathamRapeMrs. Dotson, whiteMonday, GA, 1840 August 21UnknownBlackMFebruary 1841RichmondSlave revoltUnnamed, GA, 1841 NovemberMosesBlackMFebruary 1841StewartMurderDr. Kirkpatrick, whiteMoses, GA, 1841 FebruaryBartlett W. MurdockWhite25MApril 29, 1842TalbotMurderJohn Thurmond, whiteBartlett Murdock, GA, 1842 April 29PeterBlackMJuly 1, 1842RichmondMurderFemale, blackPeter, GA, 1842 July 1James SwetmanWhiteMSeptember 5, 1842JacksonMurderTom White, whiteJames Swetman, GA, 1842 September 5Hamilton SneadWhiteMOctober 14, 1842LumpkinMurderHugh Campbell, whiteHamilton Snead, GA, 1842 October 14Five unknownsBlackMDecember 1842JeffersonMurderRobert Cunningham, white (owner)Unnamed, GA, 1842 DecemberUnknownBlackMApril 14, 1843JacksonMurderWilliam Foster, white (owner)Unnamed, GA, 1843 April 14Thomas J. ChambersWhiteMJune 12, 1843GwinnettMurderMr. Kemp, whiteThomas Chambers, GA, 1843 June 12GreeneWhiteMJuly 21, 1843MuscogeeMurderHenry W. Arnett, whiteGreene, GA, 1843 July 21Samuel MattoxWhiteM1844LowndesMurderWilliam Slaughter, minor, whiteSamuel Mattox, GA, 1844George W. CrawfordAlex AustinWhiteM1845GwinnettAlex Austin, GA, 1845EmalineBlackFMay 10, 1845MarionMurderUnknown, child, whiteEmaline, GA, 1845 May 10SophieBlackFMay 30, 1845ThomasMurderThomas Hayes, infant, whiteSophie, GA, 1845 May 30Dave PateBlackM1846CarrollMurderUnknown, infant, black (child)Dave Pate, GA, 1846William HarrisWhiteM1847CowetaMurderJ. McCollum, whiteWilliam Harris, GA, 1847Warren J. BoonWhiteMApril 1847GreeneMurderMr. Allson, whiteWarren Boon, GA, 1847 AprilJohn HudginsWhiteMApril 30, 1847MonroeMurderJohn Anderson, white (overseer)Josiah Hudgins, GA, 1847 April 30Jones ButlerWhiteMJuly 30, 1847MuscogeeMurderMary Ann Corey, whiteJones Butler, GA, 1847 July 30UnknownBlackMAugust 27, 1847EffinghamRapeFemale, whiteUnnamed, GA, 1847 August 27TarrellWhiteM1848LaurensMurderMale, whiteTarrell, GA, 1848George W. TownsTwo unknownsBlackMMay 25, 1848RandolphMurderThomas P. Trotter and Richard Bolton, white (owners)Unnamed, GA, 1848 February 25UnknownBlack17MAugust 27, 1848ScrevenMurderMrs. James D. Parker, whiteUnnamed, GA, 1848 August 27JoabBlackM1849FranklinMurderMr. Crawford, white (overseer)Joab, GA, 1848Will TaylorBlackMJune 1849IrwinMurderMale, whiteWill Taylor, GA, 1849 July 2Elisha ReeseWhiteMSeptember 7, 1849BibbMurderMrs. Pratt, whiteElisha Reese, GA, 1849 September 7

1850s