Date of exeucution | Name | Crime, victim, etc. |
1924, Sep 13 | Howard Hinton, black | Criminal assult, first to die in chair in Georgia. |
1925, May 15 | Alex Williams, black | Murder of his pregnant wife in Jones County in Oct. 1924 |
1926, Jun 19 | Moss Stewart, black | Murder of Dr. Ashton T. Ford, white, in Sylvester, Ga. |
1926, Mar 25 | Ted Coggeshall, white | Murder of Prof. W. C.Wright, white, of Putnam Co. |
1926, Mar 25 | Floyd McClelland, white | Murder of Prof. W. C.Wright, white, of Putnam Co. |
1926 Sep 09 | Ed Glover, black | Murder of E. W. Wilson, white & Hilda
Smith, white in July 1926.
Buried Prison Cemetery re Macon paper |
1926, Oct 08 | Pringle Williams, black | Criminal assault on young white girl in Emmanuel Co. |
1926, Sep 24
1926, Nov 13 |
Tom Johnson, black
James "Smokey" Johnson, black |
Murder of Dessie Stone, black, in
a church on Easter Sunday in Jefferson Co..
Murder of Amanda Tumblin, white, in Fulton Co. Sep. 13, 1926 |
1927, Jun 03 | Mel M. Gore, white | Murder of William H. Cheek, white, robbery in Atlanta Dec 19, 1925 |
1927, Jun 03 | Herbert Fennell, black | Murder of his wife in Liberty County |
1927, Jun 06 | Oscar Mars, white | Murdered his estranged wife |
1927, Jul 12 | John Rounsaville, black | Murdered his infant step-son |
1927, Jul 15 | Cellus Stewart, black | Murder of black woman in Early Co. in 1925 |
1927, Oct 14 | Wilmer/Wilbur Galloway, black | Murder of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Andrews, white. in Dodge Co. Jul 24, 1927 |
1927, Oct 14 | Lee Chamblee, black | Murder of black man over 5 cents |
1927, Oct 14 | Mose Parker, black | Murder of his daughter & niece while trying to shoot his estranged wife in Pike Co. June 1926 |
1927, Oct 26 | Roy Pryor, black | Assaulted aged white woman at Dames Ferry in Monroe Co. |
1927, Nov 11 | George Clark, black | Criminal assault of white Jasper County woman in 1927 |
1927, Nov 18 | John Sanders, black | Criminal assault on mother of two children in Fulton Co. |
1928, Jan 20 | Albert Quinn, black | Murder of J. Wash Sutton, white, in Terrell Co. in May 1927 |
1928, Jan 20 | Garfield Fuller, alias C. R. Davis. black | Murder of Lilly Belle Davis, black, in Molena, Ga. in 1927 |
1928, Feb 21 | Robert Coates, black | Murder of his wife Lilly B. Coates in Wrens Ga, Nov 20, 1926 |
1928, Apr 18 | Henry Ellis, black | Murder of John Taylor, black in Fulton Co. in 1927 |
1928, May 4 | Edgar Price, black | Murder of two men in Cairo Ga Dec. 25, 1926 |
1928, May 18 | James E. Grant, black | Murder of nightwatchman at Buick Motor Co. in Atlanta |
1928, Jun 8 | Charlie Hicks, black | Murder of nightwatchman at Buick Motor Co. in Atlanta |
1928, Jun 28 | Robert Jones, black | Murder of Wesley P. Short, white of Macon, Ga. |
1928, Jul 6 | Harold Hammond, white | Murder of Mrs. Lottie Bell Ingram, white
& her 14 mo old. child Feb 1927 in Atlanta.
Buried Prison Cemetery |
1928, Jul 7 | Medie/Neely McCloud, black | Murder of white policeman in Bainbridge, Ga. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1928, Jul 13 | Sam Gower, white | Murder of Jim Bennefield white & his
10 yr old son near Dacular, Ga. Dec 1927.
Buried Prison Cemtery |
1928, Jul 13 | Preddie Taylor, black | Murder of W. H. Cleveland, white, in 1927. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1928, Aug 3 | Jim Hugh Moss, black | Murder of Coleman Osborne, white, during a robbery in Chatsworth, Ga. in 1927 |
1928, Aug 3 | Clifford Thompson, white | Murder of Coleman Osborne, white, during a robbery in Chatsworth, Ga. in 1927 |
1928, Dec 19 | R. H. "Whitey" Shephard/Shepperd, white, said to be a former Texas Ranger | Murder of Homer Fowler, white, Feb 1927 in Atlanta. |
1929, Jan 18 | Marshall Redding, black | Murder of Chief of Police W. H. Calloway, white, of Manchester, Ga. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1929, Jan 18 | Willie C. George, black | Murder of Pat Daugherty, black, of Fulton County. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1929, Jan 18 | Willis Gillam, black | Murder of Pat Daugherty, black, of Fulton County. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1929, Jan 18 | Ed Capers, black | Murder of Pat Daugherty, black, of Fulton County. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1929, Feb 22 | Griffin Grinstead, white | Murder of Alton Burton, white, in 1926 (son convicted of crime) near Mt. Vernon, Ga. and Homer Stuckey, white, Montgomery Co. policeman in 1928. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1929, Mar 30 | John Clark, black | Murder of Clifford Anderson, black, of McIntosh County. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1929, May 17 | James Crumady, black | Murder of George Burt, white, of Colquitt county |
1929, Jul 11 | Jeff Dozier, black | Murder of black woman in Floyd County |
1929, Sep 11 | Homer C. Simpson, white, alias
H. L. Howard |
Murder of C. A. Perry, white, who was shot 3 times, during robbery of Bank of Kingsland, Ga. and left to die by side of road in Florida. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1929, Sep 11 | Malcom Morrow, white | Murder of C. A. Perry, white. who was shot 3 times, during robbery of Bank of Kingsland, Ga. and left to die by side of road in Florida. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1929, Oct 4 | Willie Bryant, black | Criminal assault on white woman in Waycross |
1929, Oct 4 | Alvin Eugene Merritt, white | "Northside Fiend" Criminal assault on white woman in Atlanta in 1929 |
1930, Jan 27 | John Ellen, black | Murder of Emmett Puckett, black, in Floyd Co. in Sept. 1928. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1930, Feb 14 | James Barker, black | Murder of C. L. Oxley, white, in Macon, Ga. |
1930, Feb 21 | Edmond Kelly, black | Murder of John Stephens, black, in Grady Co., GA |
1930, Mar 21 | Renty Screven, black | Murder of his daughter Rosa and another woman in Chatham, Co. |
1930, Jun 20 | Lucius Jolley, black | Murdered his wife in Bibb Co. in 1929 |
1930, Jun 27 | Emory Van Duzer, black | Death Certificate |
1930, Nov 22 | Wash Smith, white | Murder of Jud Wells, white, in Banks County in 1928 |
1931, Jan 16 | Edgar Jenkins, black | Attacked 2 white girls, age 9 & 11, in Doughtery Co. Dec. 1930. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1931, Jan 28 | William Biggers, black | Muder of Frank B. Marlin, white, in Atlanta, Ga. in 1929. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1931, May 23 | James Burley Adams, white | Murder of Walter R. Tolbert, white, Federal prohibition agent in Columbia Co. in 1928 |
1931, May 22 | Willie Green, black | Murder of Alexander "Son" Adams, black, March 23, 1930 in Augusta. He also confessed to two other murders. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1931, Oct 16
1931, Oct. 16 |
Clark Stevens, black
Robert Lee Chisholm, black |
Murder of Chief of Police Percy McAdams
& Will Mallory of Madison Ga, Aug 17, 1931, Macon Telegraph
Attack on white woman in Perry, Ga., June 1931, Macon Telegraph. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1931, Oct 30
1931, Oct 30 |
O. C. Hendrix, black
Willie Searcy, black |
Murder of Sam Nisson, white, in Atlanta
Murder of his wife in Talbot County, Ga. |
1931, Dec 21 | English Gaskins, white | Murder of his wife March 29, 1930 in Tattnall Co.. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1932, Feb 9 | Eddie "Slick" Johnson, black | Murder of his brother-in-law Tobe Roberts, Macon Telegraph |
1932, Feb 9 | Eddie March/Marsh, black | Murder of Walter E. Campbell, white, Oct 18, 1930 in Dougherty Co. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1932, Apr 8 | James H. Parker, aka Terry Vernon, white | Murder of his baby daughter near Waycross, charged but not convicted of killing his wife in June 1929. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1932, Aug 8 | Sloan Johnson, black | Murder of his wife Carrie Johnson in Richmond County June 1931 |
1932, Aug 8 | Willie Jones | Murder of Charles H. Dunn, white, in Augusta Apr 3, 1932. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1932, Oct 28 | Charlie Green, Jr. black | Attacked white woman in Webster County, Tampa Tribune, Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1932, Oct 28 | Paschall Baker, black | Attacked white woman in Webster County, Tampa Tribune. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1932, Nov 4 | Fred Hulsey, white, son of William (below) | Murder of Cliff Jones, Lige Harper, Ernest McCullough white, near Rockmart Ga Jun 20, '30 |
1932, Nov 5 | William Hulsey, white | Murder of Cliff Jones, Lige Harper, Ernest McCullough white, near Rockmart Ga Jun 20, '30 |
1933, May 19
1933, Jul 14 |
Johnny Todd, aka Boynee Jones, black
Raider Davis, black |
Murder of Willard S. Acree, white,, in Greene
Co, March 1922. Buried Prison Cemetery
Murder of Mrs. Sam Henderson , white, in Atlanta in 1933. |
1933, Aug 25 | Thomas Andrew McCullough, white | Murder of William B. Baker of Atlanta Sep 25, 1932. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1933, Oct 27 | George Zuber, black | Murder of Pickens County prison guard |
1933, Oct 27 | Grady Brooks, black | Murder of Pickens County prison guard. Shortly before he died he confessed to 19 murders. |
1933, Dec 20
1934, Jan 12 (No. 100) |
James F. Barbee, white
Albert Dobbs, black |
Murder of his son-in-law Delmer Cannon
of Macon in Hawkinsville Mar 3 1931
Attacking a white woman in Fulton County. |
1934, Mar 16 | Sandy Walker, black | Murder of two black men in Worth County. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1934, Mar 16 | John Downer/Dowing, black | Rape of a white woman in Elbert County in 1931. Buried Prison Cemetery |
1934, Apr 20 | Miley Lively, white | Murder of his wife and mother-in-law in Atlanta |
1934, Jun 15 | Reece Castleberry, black | Murder of Lee Lindsay, white, a guard |
1934, Jun 15 | Floyd South, black | Murder of Bennie Catlin, white, in Atlanta |
1934, Jun 15 | George Cole, black | Murder of black man in Athens. |
1935, Mar 1 | John Wright, black | Murder of Jim Black Stone, white, of Thomson in 1935 |
1935, Mar 1 | Rack Reese, black | Murder of Jim Black Stone, white, of Thomson in 1935 |
1935, Mar 15 | Robert Franklin Hargroves/Hardgrave | Murder of Jim Zittraue, white, of Effingham County, Buried Prison Cemetery |
1935, Apr 5 | Albert Rivers, black | Attacked young white girl in Screven County |
1935, Apr 5 | Isaiah Buddy Ashely, black | Murder of J. W. Holton, white, of Appling County |
1935, Oct 10
1935, Oct 18 |
Simmie Gaines, black
George P. McRae, white |
Murder of Mrs. C. G. Goolsby, white,
in Lexington Ga, Jun 26. Buried Prison Cemetery
Murder of Virgil Turner, white, in Canton Ga. Sep 16, 1934. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1935, Dec 20 | John Willie White, black | Murder of two white men in Thompson. Buried Prison Cemetery. |
1935, Dec 20 | Marvin/Melvin Honea, white | Murder of David Lord, white, CWA worker |
1936, Aug 6 | John Henry Thomas, black | Murder of Charles L. Rice, white, in Athens June 12, 1936 |
1936, Dec 4 | Winton Boyer, black | Murder of Motorcycle officer M. J. Stafford, white, in Hancock County, in 1925 |
1936, Dec 31 | John Henry Sloan, black | Murder of Otis Gay, white, in Moultrie, Ga. in 1935 |
1936, Mar 6 | Eddie B. Bowen, black | Murder in 1935 in Douglasville |
1937, Apr 19 | James Burke, black | Murder of Patrick J. Collins, white, in Augusta |
1937, May 21 | Eli Melton, black | Attacked a young white woman in Columbus Ga. |
1937, May 21 | Will Lacy, black | Murder of two women in Cook County |
1937, May 27 | Leonard Brown, black | Murder of Walter Barnard, white, of Augusta July 15, 1936 |
1937, July 9 | Mitchell Jackson, black | Murder of Mrs. R. M. Fluker, white, in Atlanta |
1937, Aug 13 | Lawrence Ward, white | Murder of 14-yr-old step-daughter, Maude
Salters, in Hazelhurst, Ga. November 26, 1936
Buried Prison Cemetery |
1937, Sep 29 | Clinton Pinson, black | Murder of Roscoe Harbin, white, March 20, 1934 in Atlanta |
Sources: Macon Telegraph, Atlanta
Constitution, Augusta Chronicle, Marietta Journal
Eileen Babb McAdams copyright 2011