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
editName | Race | Sex | 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 | October 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 | October 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 | October 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 |
Oshel 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.