List of people executed in North Carolina (pre-1972)

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia. For execution after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's ruling in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), see List of people executed in North Carolina.[1][2][3]

Historically, all executions in North Carolina were carried out locally by hanging. In 1910, local hangings were officially replaced by centralized electrocution, with the state creating a single execution chamber at Central Prison in Raleigh.[4][5]

Name Age Race Sex Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Walter Morrison 35 Black M March 18, 1910 Robeson Rape Polly A. Rogers, 29, Native American[5][a] William Walton Kitchin
Phillip Mills 23 Black M February 10, 1911 Transylvania Murder Martha Mills, 20, black (wife)[6]
Nathan Montague 28 Black M February 15, 1911 Granville Murder-Rape-Robbery Three victims, white[7][b]
James Allison 51 White M February 24, 1911 Buncombe Murder Floyd McGhee, white (Asheville policeman)[8][c]
Lewis West 24 Black M May 5, 1911 Wilson Murder George Mumford, white (deputy sheriff)[9]
Norman Lewis 22 Black M May 12, 1911 Nash Murder J. M. Stallings, white (chief of police)[10]
Norvell Marshall Jr. 31 Black M October 27, 1911 Warren Rape Lizzie Abbott Chaplin, 21, white[11]
Ross French 21 Native American M November 24, 1911 Swain Murder-Rape Ethel Shuler, white[12]
L. M. Sandlin 42 White M December 29, 1911 New Hanover Murder Female, white (wife)[13]
Brad Bagley 35 Black M May 17, 1912 Martin Murder W. R. White, white (Williamston police chief)[14]
Arthur B. Wilkins 27 Black M June 21, 1912 Nash Murder Ida Wilkins, 21, black (wife)[15]
Redden W. Cobb 23 White M March 6, 1914 Halifax Murder-Robbery Thomas Shaw, 48, white[16] Locke Craig
Sidney Finger 21 Black M June 19, 1914 Rowan Murder Preston Lyerly, 25, white[17]
Grady Lane 20 Black M August 21, 1914 Moore Murder-Robbery George McCain, black[18]
Jim Cameron 25 Black M August 28, 1914 Moore Murder John Archibald Blue, 33, white[19]
Harvey Gannaway 30 Black M October 16, 1914 Forsyth Murder Sallie Gannaway, 28, black (wife)
Howard Craig 22 Black M December 4, 1914 Stanly Rape Vera Odessa Corgin, 13, white[20]
Willie Bell 23 Black M July 8, 1915 Durham Murder-Robbery Burkett N. Mann, 61, white[21]
Charles Trull 23 White M September 3, 1915 Mecklenburg Murder-Robbery Sidney Swain, 50, white[22]
Jeff Dorsett Jr. 27 Black M January 28, 1916 Guilford Murder-Robbery John M. Swain, 34, white[23][24]
Ed Walker 26 Black M
James Cooper 26 Black M February 11, 1916 Rowan Murder Lucinda Price, 19, black (mistress)[25]
Ernest Lowry 24 Black M February 25, 1916 Gaston Murder-Robbery Grant Davis, 45, black[26]
George Poston 24 Black M
Lawrence Swinson 23 Black M July 7, 1916 New Hanover Burglary-Attempted murder[d] Henry C. Mason, 33, white
Willie Black 14 Black M July 21, 1916 Greene Rape Mattie Tyson, 6, white[27]
Arthur Smith 26 Black M August 1, 1916 Cumberland Murder Fannie Smith, 30, black (wife)[28]
John Savage 51 Black M August 4, 1916 Washington Murder-Burglary George H. Bowen, 78, white[29][30][e]
Bunke Maske 24 Black M May 25, 1917 Union Murder Edgar Williams, white (Wingate policeman)[31] Thomas Walter Bickett
Charles Williams 60 Black M September 25, 1917 Iredell Murder John Miller, white (deputy sheriff)[32]
Lee Perkins 23 Black M October 10, 1917 Craven Burglary-Attempted rape[f] Willis A. Wilson, 41, white[33]
Jeremiah Terry 60 White M November 9, 1917 Guilford Murder John R. Stewart, 54, white[34]
Earle Neville 24 Black M March 15, 1918 Wake Rape-Robbery-Burglary Sybil Hawkins Celey, 31, white, white[35]
Willie Williams 20 Black M April 26, 1918 Buncombe Rape-Robbery Bessie McDowell, 43, white[36]
Frank Moore 21 Black M May 24, 1918 Duplin Murder Walter Heath, 31, white[37]
Herbert Perry 34 Black M May 25, 1918 Granville Rape Katie May, 14, white[38]
Lonnie Council 38 Black M June 7, 1918 Durham Murder Fred Boisseau, 41, black[39]
Baxter Cain 33 Black M September 13, 1918 Rowan Murder Abel Harris, black[40]
Napoleon Spencer 16 Black M December 20, 1918 Surry Murder Mrs. Alva Hester, white[41][g]
Jim Warren 19 Black M April 26, 1919 Greene Murder Benzer Hughes, white[42]
Tom Gwynn 23 Black M June 27, 1919 Catawba Rape Ruth Hildebrand, white[43]
Aaron Dupree 34 Black M November 14, 1919 Hoke Murder Male, white (police officer)[44]
Churchill Godley 34 White M January 16, 1920 Johnston Rape Mamie Beasley, 9, white[45]
Sanford Cain 41 White M March 5, 1920 Surry Murder Riley Easter, 57, white[46]
Joseph Cain 38 White M
Ralph Conner 21 Black M September 20, 1920 Iredell Murder Lloyd Cloaninger, white (deputy sheriff)[47]
Andrew Jackson 30 Black M November 5, 1920 Lincoln Rape Bettie E. Keever, 38, white[48]
Arthur McDowell 30 Black M December 3, 1920 Davidson Rape Female, white[49][h]
Tom Johnson 20 Mixed[i] M Guilford Rape-Burglary Mattie Andrews Artin, 19, white[50]
William Hopkins 21 Black M March 21, 1921 Sampson Murder Lewis E. Ramey, white[51] Cameron A. Morrison
Luke Fraizer 33 Black M May 27, 1921 Craven Murder John Mann, black[52]
Frank Henderson 34 Black M October 10, 1921 Madison Murder Female, black (wife)[53]
J. T. Harris 52 White M October 20, 1921 Buncombe Murder F. W. Monnish, white[54]
Harry Caldwell 33 Black M October 31, 1921 Yancey Murder-Robbery Herman Jones, white[55]
W. P. Westmoreland 38 White M November 21, 1921 Iredell Murder Jim H. Nantz, white[56]
Claude Morehead Black M November 30, 1921 Guilford Murder Female, black (wife)[57]
Joseph Thomas Black M September 15, 1922 Moore Rape Mrs. A. E. Ketchen, white[58][j]
Angus Murphy Black M
McIver Burnett 17 Black M October 12, 1922 Wake Rape-Burglary Melissa McGhee, 19, white[59]
Robert Williams Black M March 1, 1923 Columbus Murder Bradley Cribb, white (special policeman)[60]
William Hardison 16 Black M April 27, 1923 Onslow Murder-Robbery Cyrus Jones, 38, white[61]
Wiley Perry Black M May 9, 1923 Granville Murder Roy Aiken, white[62]
D. M. Nobles White M June 26, 1923 Columbus Murder Henry Nobles, white (cousin)[63][64]
Ed Dill 43 Black M June 28, 1923 Beaufort Rape Mattie E. Williams, white[65][66]
Jim Miller Black M October 5, 1923 Lenoir Murder Arthur Sutton, white[67]
John Goss 44 Black M December 7, 1923 Mitchell Rape-Robbery Margaret Alice Parker Thomas, 68, white[68][69][k]
Lee Washington 20 Black M December 28, 1923 Nash Rape Mrs. A. J. Herring, white[70]
Vance Morgan 23 Black M November 28, 1924 Union Murder-Robbery Butler Funderburk, white[71]
Kenneth Hale 17 Black M January 5, 1925 Davidson Murder-Robbery Charles Garwood, white[72]
John Leake Black M
David Jones Black M February 18, 1925 Chowan Murder Sam Small, white[73] Angus Wilton McLean
Elmer Stewart 23 White M April 17, 1925 Brunswick Murder Sam Lily and Leon George, white (U. S. deputy marshal and deputy sheriff)[74]
Charles Stewart 51 White M
Len Walton Black M April 21, 1925 Hoke Murder Dewey Castleberry, white[75]
William Singleton 17 Black M May 8, 1925 Craven Murder Henry N. Banks, white[76]
Jim Collins 19 Black M June 5, 1925 Anson Murder A. Chalmers Sedberry, white[77]
Will Williams 25 Black M June 12, 1925 Scotland Murder Frank Green, black[78]
George Love 33 Black M June 19, 1925 Henderson[l] Murder William Brock, white[79]
Thomas Robinson 26 Black M October 2, 1925 New Hanover Rape Female, 19, white[80]
John McMillan 18 Black M Moore Rape Willie Idell Sides, 24, white[81]
John Dawkins 20 Black M January 8, 1926 Forsyth Murder-Robbery Joseph H. Vaughn, white[82]
Arthur Montague 22 Black M January 22, 1926 Burke Burglary-Attempted rape Female, 12, white[83]
Fred Jones 24 Black M June 11, 1926 Forsyth Murder J. W. King, white[84]
John Williams 30 Black M September 21, 1926 Halifax Murder Alex Bradley, black[85]
Robert Lumpkin 27 Black M March 11, 1927 Robeson Murder M. B. Rogers, white (chief of police)[86]
Ernest Walker 39 Black M April 22, 1927 Durham Murder-Burglary Joseph Cassidy, black[87][m]
Pearl Mitchell 29 Black M June 10, 1927 Chatham Murder-Burglary W. L. Fogleman, white[88]
George Bazemore 26 Black M September 23, 1927 Greene Murder-Robbery Gordon Yelverton, white[89]
Hector Graham 41 Black M December 9, 1927 Hoke Murder Paul Johnson, white[90]
David Devlin 22 Black M February 17, 1928 Rowan Murder Linzy J. Yarbrough, 47, white (deputy sheriff)[91][n]
Clarence Thomas 25 Black M April 27, 1928 Forsyth Murder Mr. Graham and L. G. Teague (police sergeant), white[92]
John Clyburn 22 Black M May 25, 1928 Mecklenburg Murder-Robbery Cyrus Fink, 37, white[93][o]
Larry Newsome 22 Black M September 28, 1928 Wayne Murder-Rape Beulah Tedder, 14, white[94]
Leo McCurrie 28 Black M April 26, 1929 Gaston Murder J. N. Dixon, elderly, white[95] Oliver Max Gardner
Freddie Willey 16 Black M June 28, 1929 Randolph Rape Female, white[96]
Willis Buckner 28 White M September 12, 1929 Craven Rape Beatrice Eubanks, 10, white[97][98]
Ernest Fox 19 Black M November 22, 1929 Edgecombe Murder-Robbery Jesse Taylor, 20, white[99]
Ray Evans 21 Black M March 14, 1930 Richmond Murder W. D. Smith, white (constable)[100]
John Macon 34 Black M April 4, 1930 Warren Murder Samuel William Pinnell, 35, white (deputy)[101][p]
Robert Magnum 22 Black M April 17, 1930 Franklin Rape Mrs. James Pearce, 55, white[102][q]
James Brumfield 23 Black M May 9, 1930 Union Burglary-Attempted murder Velma Preslar, 18, white[103]
James Spivey 25 White M May 23, 1930 Lee Murder-Rape Bettie Spivey, 24, white (girlfriend)[104]
Berry Richardson 20 Black M September 26, 1930 Wilson Murder Callie C. Williford, 70, white[105]
Aaron Sharp 22 Black M
Harvey Lawrence 17 Black M October 10, 1930 Hertford Burglary-Attempted rape Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Railey, white
Willie Massey 25 Black M November 7, 1930 Durham Murder Floyd and Dora Moore, black[106]
Will Sloan 28 Black M Person Murder-Rape Phoebe and Mary Ann Gillis, white[107][r]
Sidney Gattis 49 Black M January 23, 1931 Durham Murder Etta Petty, black[108]
Thomas Bardon 29 Black M February 13, 1931 Vance Housebreaking-Burglary Matthews family, white[109]
Dave McRae 25 Black M Scotland Murder Alfred Ellison, 81, white[110]
Wilson Autry 19 Black M August 10, 1931 Union Rape Essie Brooks Keziah, 20, white[111]
Ben Goldston 36 Black M August 21, 1931 Chatham Murder John Headen, black[112]
Bernice Matthews 20 Black M December 11, 1931 Rowan Murder Frank Stewart, 44, white[113]
J. W. Ballard 17 Black M
Chevis Herring 23 Black M December 18, 1931 Sampson Murder-Robbery F. F. Newton, 70, white (Kerr postmaster)[114]
Asbury Respus 46 Black M January 8, 1932 Guilford Murder-Rape Vera Leonard, 8, white[115][s]
John Myers 30 Black M March 25, 1932 Pitt Murder-Robbery R. H. Hodges, white[116]
Dudley Moore 19 Black M April 29, 1932 Davidson Murder-Rape Mrs. Jacob G. Berrier, white (foster mother)[117]
Plato Edney 34 White M July 15, 1932 Henderson Murder Female, white (wife)[118]
Noel Donnell 24 Black M August 26, 1932 Guilford Murder-Robbery R. B. Andrew, white[119][120]
Leroy Lee 24 Black M October 14, 1932
Harvey Wallace 32 Black M December 16, 1932 Lee Murder-Robbery N. H. Perry, white[121][t]
Alec Grier 22 Black M Gaston Murder-Robbery Harold Carter, white[122]
Hezzie Avant 30 White M January 27, 1933 Scotland Murder Smithy Evans Calder, white[123][u] John C. B. Ehringhaus
David McNair 23 Black M May 19, 1933 Guilford Murder-Robbery Mrs. J. W. McCown, white[124]
Clay Foglemann 30 White M August 4, 1933 Rockingham Murder-Robbery W. J. Carter, 61, white[125]
Bryant Stone 44 White M September 8, 1933 Wilkes Murder Wayne Norman, 36, white (son-in-law)[126]
Johnny Lee 21 Black M September 15, 1933 Harnett Murder Jacob Hill, black[127][128]
James Johnson 26 Black M March 16, 1934 Hoke Murder Virginia Leake, black (girlfriend)[129]
Jesse Brooks 46 Black M Durham Murder Roland A. Gill, white (detective)[130]
Walter Thaxton 30 Black M March 23, 1934 Person Murder Butler Gentry, white[131][132]
Theodore Cooper 29 Black M April 27, 1934 Durham Murder J. N. Lasater, white[133]
James Sheffield 47 White M May 18, 1934 Haywood Murder James Miller, white[134]
Mike Stefanoff 45 White M Alexander Murder-Robbery T. C. Barnes, white[135]
Ossie Smith 20 Black M June 15, 1934 Northampton Murder J. E. Hedspeth, white[136]
Joe Dalton 31 White M June 22, 1934 Henderson Murder Zula Dalton, white (wife)[137]
Clyde Ferrell 25 White M July 6, 1934 Durham Murder-Robbery Thaddeus Tilley, white[138]
John Edwards 17 Black M Mecklenburg Murder-Robbery J. W. Brown, white[139]
George Keaton 28 Black M September 21, 1934 Forsyth Murder Annie Thigpen, 18, black (girlfriend)[140]
Emanuel Bitting 42 Black M September 28, 1934 Person Murder Theodore M. Clayton, white[141]
Willie Crockett 22 Black M Forsyth Murder Patsy Crockett, black (wife)[142]
Preston Howard 18 Black M November 16, 1934 Sampson Murder-Robbery Howard Jernigan, white[143]
Johnny Hart 22 Black M
Tom Johnson 22 Black M
R. E. Black 25 White M December 7, 1934 Alexander Murder-Robbery T. C. Barnes, white[144]
Lester Green 25 White M
Bascom Green 48 White M
Rufus Satterfield 44 White M December 13, 1934 Wayne Murder Herbert Grice, white[145]
Sidney Etheridge 44 White M March 15, 1935 Onslow Murder-Robbery Mamie Marceil Moore, white[146]
Louis Sentelle 39 White M July 12, 1935 Cleveland Murder Mrs. William Drake, white[147]
George Whitfield 21 Black M Guilford Rape-Burglary Female, adult, white[148]
Dortch Waller 43 Black M August 2, 1935 Granville Murder John H. Harris, 53, white[149]
William T. Williams 25 Black M Columbus Murder Blanche Williams, black (wife)[150]
Houston McMillan 19 Black M August 9, 1935 Cumberland Murder-Robbery Robert Williams, white[151]
Vander Glover 39 Black M
Caesar Miller 18 Black M September 6, 1935 Craven Murder J. D. Gwaltney, white[152]
Robert Thomas 23 White M October 4, 1935 Madison Murder-Robbery William Thomas, 75, white (Gunter's granduncle)[153]
Otis Gunter 20 White M
Arthur Gosnell 18 White M

Gas asphyxiation

In November 1935, North Carolina officially added gas asphyxiation as a method of execution alongside electrocution.[154] The state completed building its new execution chamber that December, which was arranged so that it could be used for both gas asphyxiations and electrocutions; prison officials could choose which method to use and switch between them "in a second," as some existing cases required electrocution. The state's existing electric chair was moved to the new execution chamber but had its electrodes and wires removed for gas asphyxiations.[155] The state eventually fully transitioned to gas asphyxiations in 1938,[156] despite continued support for the restoration of electrocution by state and prison officials.[157][158][159]

  Executions by electrocution
Name Age Race Sex Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Robert Dunlap 26 Black M January 17, 1936 Buncombe Murder Three people, black[160][v] John C. B. Ehringhaus
Allen Foster 20 Black M January 24, 1936 Hoke Rape-Burglary Lillie Capps, 20, white[161]
Ed Jenkins 40 White M January 31, 1936 Gaston Murder Paul Collins, white[162]
J. T. Sanford 30 Black M February 7, 1936 Durham Murder-Robbery Nathan Malone, black[163]
Thomas Watson 32 Black M
William Long 19 Black M Alamance Murder-Robbery Sam Minro, white[164]
Jake Johnson 36 Black M March 19, 1936 Rockingham Rape Annie Grogan, 68, white[165][w]
Ed Hester 19 White M March 20, 1936 Wake Murder Paul Honeycutt, white[166]
Bright Buffkin 43 White M March 27, 1936 Columbus Murder D. P. Barefoot, white[167]
Germie Williams 23 Black M May 8, 1936 Forsyth Murder-Robbery John Gant, white[168]
Lawrence Dingle 32 Black M
Marvin Batten 29 White M May 29, 1936 Johnston Murder Lyda Daughtry, white[169]
John Horne 37 White M June 19, 1936 Chowan Murder Nellie Horne, white (wife)[170]
Henry Grier 43 Black M July 10, 1936 Forsyth Murder Annie Giles, black (common-law wife)[171]
William Hodgin 36 Black M July 17, 1936 Forsyth Murder[x] Herbert Searcy, black[172]
Willie Galman 21 Black M August 21, 1936 Forsyth Murder John Gaston, white[173]
John Kinyon 73 Black M Granville Rape Geraldine Peed, 12, white[174]
J. B. Carden 42 White M September 4, 1936 Durham Murder Vera Carden, white (wife)[175]
George Alston 21 Black M Orange Murder Helen Massey, black (girlfriend)[176]
John Pressley 43 Black M November 13, 1936 Gaston Murder Sylvester Glover, white[177]
Evans Macklin 20 Black M November 20, 1936 Halifax Murder A. P. Moore, white (police chief)[178]
Willie Tate 29 Black M Pitt Murder Alexander Powell, white[179]
Martin Moore 23 Black M December 11, 1936 Buncombe Murder-Burglary Helen Clevenger, 18, white[180]
Robert Brown 19 Black M July 9, 1937 Craven Murder J. A. Peacock, 75, white[181] Clyde R. Hoey
Sam Jones 21 Black M July 16, 1937 Mecklenburg Murder-Robbery Clifford Fowler, white[182]
Fred Steele 22 Black M
Hunter Winchester 24 Black M July 23, 1937 Guilford Murder Mabel Winchester, black (wife)[183]
Fred Grey 26 Black M Onslow Murder Lettuce Grey, black (wife)[184]
A. W. Watson 20 White M July 30, 1937 Martin Murder-Robbery Thomas Molliday, white[185]
Thomas Perry 23 Black M Wake Rape Pearl Thomas, 40, black[y]
George Exum 23 Black M August 6, 1937 Wayne Murder Obelia Exum, 64, black (aunt)[186]
Larry McNeill 17 Black M August 13, 1937 Robeson Murder Mrs. Bernice Cox, 24, white[187]
James McNeill 21 Black M Harnett Murder Sudie Eason, white[188]
Walter Caldwell 37 Black M December 10, 1937 Iredell Rape-Burglary Macie Smith, 28, white[189]
William Perry 18 Black M Chatham Murder-Rape Mrs. W. T. Hamlet, white[190]
James Sermons 29 Black M January 21, 1938 Forsyth Murder Carlile Miller, white[191]
James Marshall 30 Black M February 4, 1938 Wayne Housebreaking-Burglary[z] Robert Smith and Mrs. Smith, white[192][193]
Milford Exum 40 White M February 18, 1938 Wayne Murder-Robbery-Burglary Jim Williams, 60, black[194]
Edgar Smoak 40 White M New Hanover Murder Alice Mason and Annie Thelma Smoak, 15 (Annie), white (wife and daughter)[195]
Waddell Hadley 22 Black M April 29, 1938 Sampson Rape Mittie Sessoms, 53, white[196]
Sylvester Outlaw 32 Black M Duplin Rape Clara Coe, 18, white[197][aa]
Empire Baldwin 25 Black M June 10, 1938 Columbus Rape Kathleen Polley, white[198]
Lonnie Gardner 27 Black M June 17, 1938 Duplin Rape Clara Coe, 18, white[199][ab]
Apsom Outlaw 29 Black M
Wash Turner 36 White M July 1, 1938 Buncombe Murder George Penn, 22, white (patrolman)[200][201]
Bill Payne 41 White M
Wiley Brice 35 Black M Alamance Murder Shelby Lea, white[202][201]
L. J. Jefferson 17 Black M September 23, 1938 Forsyth Murder-Robbery Herman W. Fogleman, white[203]
Tom Linney 32 Black M
George Ford 20 Black M September 30, 1938 Scotland Murder Eunice Munn, white[204]
Ed Robinson 33 Black M November 18, 1938 Iredell Rape Mary Emma Overcash, white[205]
John Howie 29 Black M December 2, 1938 Forsyth Rape Female, 26, white[206][ac]
Baxter Parnell 33 White M December 9, 1938 Cabarrus Murder Martha Jane Fink, 19, white (sister-in-law)[207]
King S. Stovall 26 Black M January 20, 1939 Granville Murder-Robbery R. T. Moore, 65, white[208]
Clarence Bracy 24 Black M April 7, 1939 Vance Murder-Robbery W. H. Williamson, white[209]
Bat DeJournette 43 Black M Guilford Murder Garland Mangum, 21, white[210]
James Dixon 38 Black M May 5, 1939 Cabarrus Murder Female, black (wife)[211]
Edward Mattocks 21 Black M May 26, 1939 Onslow Murder B. F. Matthews, white[212]
Dave Burney 47 Black M June 9, 1939 Jones Murder Mordie Kinsey, white[213]
Ed Alston 29 Black M June 16, 1939 Durham Murder-Robbery Janie Wilkerson, 103, black[214][215]
Bricey Hammonds 24 Native American M July 7, 1939 Robeson Murder Lacy Brumbles, white (guard)[216]
Alfred Caper 23 Black M Murder J. C. McNeill, black[217][218]
James Henderson 21 Black M New Hanover Murder-Rape Stella Hobbs, 42, white[219]
Arthur Morris 25 Black M September 1, 1939 Wake Housebreaking-Burglary[ad] Dr. W. B. Dewar, white[220][221]
James Godwin 20 White M September 22, 1939 Guilford Murder-Robbery Donald Moss, white[222]
Charles Fain 26 Black M October 6, 1939 Cherokee Rape-Robbery Female, 45, white[223][ae]
Willie Richardson 19 Black M October 27, 1939 Nash Housebreaking-Burglary[af] Mrs. Frank Butler, 40, white[224][ag]
Claude Bowser Jr. 22 Black M October 28, 1939 Halifax Murder Lizzie Bowser, black[225]
Raymond Williams 20 Black M November 24, 1939 Sampson Murder-Robbery Nathan Reif, white[226]
Clarence Rogers 26 Black M January 19, 1940 Durham Murder Male, white[227][ah]
Glenn Maxwell 50 Black M Alleghany Murder Charlie Shepherd, white[228]
William Young 23 Black M February 16, 1940 Hoke Murder-Burglary John Maultsby, white[229]
Nathaniel Bryant 18 Black M
Robert Williams 19 Black M March 15, 1940 Cumberland Rape Lela Bullard, 53, white[230]
Zeb Page 29 Black M April 5, 1940 Johnston Rape Elizabeth Stancill, white[231]
Simon Gibson 23 Black M May 24, 1940 New Hanover Rape Female, white[232]
Charlie Hopkins 63 Black M June 14, 1940 Rutherford Murder Roy Watkins, white[233]
Lee Flynn 44 White M June 28, 1940 McDowell Murder Female, white (wife)[234]
Zedekiel Smith 29 Black M December 6, 1940 Sampson Murder-Robbery William Daniel, 60, white[235]
Dollie Hudson 27 Black M April 18, 1941 Northampton Murder Hampton W. Elliott, white[236] J. Melville Broughton
Sylvester Woodard 30 Black M May 2, 1941 Wayne Murder Lille Townsend, black (lover)[237]
James Shaw 21 Black M May 23, 1941 Columbus Murder James Freeman, black[238][239]
Fleet Wall 33 Black M June 6, 1941 Anson Murder Laura May Wall, 27, black (wife)[240]
Noah Cureton 51 Black M June 13, 1941 Mecklenburg Murder John William Hennekin, black[241]
Hubert Cash 40 White M August 22, 1941 Durham Murder Female, white (wife)[242]
Tom Melvin 42 Black M September 5, 1941 Wayne Murder Irby Holmes, white[243]
George Peele 20 Black M October 10, 1941 Bertie Murder E. W. Gray, 78, white[244][245]
Luther Morrow 26 Black M December 12, 1941 Union Murder Lottie Belle Morrow, black (wife)[246]
Roland Wescott 21 White M January 9, 1942 New Hanover Murder Female, white (fiancee)[247]
Roy Sturdivant 29 Black M February 13, 1942 Bladen Murder Ida Mae Sturdivant, black (wife)[248]
Arthur Gibson 32 Black M August 7, 1942 Buncombe Rape Jean Ann Robinson, 6, black[249][ai]
Walter Smith 63 White M August 21, 1942 Wayne Murder Alfonzo Price, white[250]
Herman Allen 35 White M October 30, 1942 Johnston Murder Three people, white[251][aj]
Otis Harris 17 Black M Bertie Rape Arlene Warren, 26, white[252]
William Long 31 Black M November 31, 1942 Pitt Murder Two females, black (wife and aunt)
Rosanna Phillips 25 Black F January 1, 1943 Durham Murder-Robbery Harry F. Watkins, 64, white[253]
Daniel Phillips 29 Black M
Sam Hairston 22 Black M January 29, 1943 Forsyth Rape Female, 52, white[254]
Palmer Meares 35 White M February 19, 1943 Robeson Murder George Allen, white (uncle-in-law)[255]
John Lee 20 Black M April 16, 1943 Camden Rape-Burglary Doris McPherson, 20, white[256]
Lewis Moody 29 Black M May 21, 1943 Northampton Murder John Arthur Kee, 30, black[257]
Bill Bryant 39 White M June 4, 1943 McDowell Murder-Robbery Joseph R. McNeely, 76, white[258]
Harvey Hunt 21 Native American M Robeson Rape Eldora Hinson Eason, white[259]
Purcell Smith 22 Native American M
James Utley 24 Black M June 18, 1943 Montgomery Murder J. T. Collins and Cora Lee Utley, black (brother-in-law and sister)[260]
William Poole 29 Black M October 8, 1943 Pasquotank Murder Andrew Jackson Sawyer, white[261]
Willie Smith 47 Black M October 29, 1943 Warren Murder-Robbery Vernon Powell, white[262]
John Redfern 40 Black M November 26, 1943 Wake Murder Zeb Sturdivant, white[263]
Clyde Grass 31 White M December 10, 1943 Cabarrus Murder Annie Lee Stafford and W. A. Godwin, white (sister- and father-in-law)[264]
Alex Harris 48 White M January 28, 1944 Hoke Murder Mrs. E. A. Bill, white[265][ak]
Andrew Farrell 25 White M February 18, 1944 Durham Rape[al] Female, 8, white (stepdaughter)[266]
Waymon Grainger 31 Black M February 25, 1944 Columbus Murder Harry V. Phipps, white[267]
James Taylor 48 Black M November 3, 1944 Wake Murder J. L. Taylor, white[268]
Charles Alexander 24 Black M November 17, 1944 Halifax Rape[am] Female, 9, black[269]
George Brooks 20 Black M November 24, 1944 Mecklenburg Rape-Kidnapping-Burglary Female, 33, white[270]
James Buchanan 19 Black M
Bessie Williams 20 Black F December 29, 1944 Mecklenburg Murder-Robbery Mack Minyard, 42, white[271]
Ralph Thompson 18 Black M
Melvin Wade 24 Black M Scotland Rape Annie Mae Terry, 9, black[272]
Elmer Biggs 20 White M March 9, 1945 Guilford Murder-Robbery Edgar J. Swanson, 55, white[273] R. Gregg Cherry
John Messer 20 White M
William Biggs 20 White M
Horris Hill 23 Black M May 25, 1945 Jones Murder Lillie Mae Horton (lover) and Lou Horton Wilson, 19 and 42, black[274][275]
Lacy McDaniel 34 Black M June 8, 1945 Guilford Rape Beatrice Collins Harris, 26, white[276]
William Jones 53 Black M June 22, 1945 Wake Murder Annabelle Jones, 40, black (wife)
Henry French 35 Black M Montgomery Murder Odessa LeGrand, 55, black[277][an]
Burnett Williams 24 Black M October 26, 1945 Lee Rape-Robbery Kathleen Hall, 20, white
Edward Mays 55 Black M November 2, 1945 Lee Murder-Rape Mattie L. Salmon, 75, white[278]
Walter Hightower 32 Black M February 15, 1946 Wilkes Murder[ao] William Bunker, 20, black (inmate)[279]
Alligood King 32 Black M April 24, 1946 Lenoir Murder-Rape Mrs. Raymond T. Hardy, white[280]
Thomas Hart 23 Black M May 4, 1946 Halifax Murder Marjorie Blackman, 24, black[281][ap]
Gurney Herring 25 Black M May 24, 1946 Wayne Rape-Burglary-Kidnapping Clarinette Brock, 44, black[282]
George Walker 23 Black M June 21, 1946 Harnett Rape Geraldine Butler, 13, white[283]
Fab Stewart 42 Black M June 28, 1946 Wake Murder Sgt. Ernest Jones Jr., black[284]
Fred Deaton 39 White M Gaston Murder Walter A. Clark, white[285]
Robert Nash 44 White M November 1, 1946 Wake Murder Margie Parker, white[286]
Charles Primus Jr. 26 Black M November 22, 1946 Wake Rape-Robbery Virginia Lipscomb, white[287]
Wilbert Johnson 24 Black M
Herman Matthews 19 Black M December 13, 1946 Sampson Murder-Robbery John Allison, black[288]
Calvin Williams 18 Black M
Otis Ragland 30 Black M March 14, 1947 Martin Rape Female, white[289]
Bennie Montgomery 23 Black M March 28, 1947 Union Murder-Robbery William Marvin Mangum, white[290]
Richard Horton 24 Black M April 4, 1947 Wilkes Murder-Robbery Francis Baker, 26, white[291]
Eunice Martin 30 Black M April 11, 1947 Forsyth Murder Bernice Martin, black (estranged wife)[292][293]
Ben McLeod 27 Black M May 23, 1947 Scotland Murder William Kenneth Lowery, 1, Native American[294][295][296][aq]
James Farmer 20 Black M June 6, 1947 Johnston Murder Robert T. Mitchell, 26, white[297][298]
Albert Sanders 21 Black M
Roy Kirksey 25 Black M June 27, 1947 Columbus Murder Eloise W. Kirksey, black (wife)[299][300]
Woodrow Brown 26 Black M Wake Rape Stella Edwards, 67, white[301][300]
Moses Artis 42 Black M Duplin Murder George Houston, white[302][300]
Willie Cherry 25 Black M October 3, 1947 Northampton Burglary-Attempted rape Female, white[303]
Earl O'Dear 24 White M Jackson Murder-Robbery Jack and Margie Hall, 20 (Margie), white[304]
Robert Messer 21 White M
Jethro Lampkins 20 Black M Mecklenburg Murder-Robbery Thomas F. McClure, white[305][306]
Richard McCain 21 Black M
Oscar Douglas 40 Black M October 10, 1947 Davie Rape Mrs. Hubert Foster, white[307]
Lester Stanley 27 Black M October 31, 1947 Edgecombe Murder Shirley Ruffin Stanley, black (wife)[308][309]
Grady Brown 27 Black M Henderson Murder George Bowman, white (guard)[310][309]
Thurman Mann Black M
J. C. Brooks 29 Black M
Marvin Bell 33 White M November 14, 1947 Wilkes Rape Peggy Ruth Shore, 15, white[311][312]
Ralph Letteral 35 White M
William Little 43 Black M Wake Rape Mrs. Fletcher Rook, white[313]
Frank Black 20 Black M January 2, 1948 Lenoir Murder-Robbery William L. Corey, white[314]
John Breeze Black M January 16, 1948 Orange Murder Agnes Wilkerson, 71, white[315][316]
Buster Hooks 28 Black M April 23, 1948 Randolph Rape Mrs. Ora Hughes Bouldin, white[317][318]
Booker Anderson 29 Black M Pitt Murder-Arson Three people, black[319][318][ar]
James Jackson 50 Black M May 7, 1948 Burke Murder-Burglary David Howard Francum, 59, white[320]
Henderson Wilson 27 Black M June 4, 1948 Davidson Murder-Robbery Robert B. Hayes, black[321]
George Hammonds 30 Black M
James West 20 Black M November 19, 1948 Duplin Murder-Robbery Walter Johnson, 64, white[322]
James Creech 37 White M January 28, 1949 Johnston Murder Mattie Woodall Creech, 28, white (wife)[323] W. Kerr Scott
Emmett Garner 42 White M March 18, 1949 Harnett Murder Dessie Garner, white (wife)[324]
Roy Cockrell 42 White M March 25, 1949 Nash Murder Female, white (wife)[325]
James Lewis 26 Black M June 17, 1949 Robeson Murder Female, black (wife)[326]
Monroe Medlin 23 Black M December 9, 1949 Mecklenburg Murder-Burglary Mrs. Esley O. Anderson, white[327]
Audie Brown 27 Black M Randolph Murder-Robbery Edgar Melvin Cain, white[328]
Allen T. Reid 29 Black M Wilson Burglary-Attempted rape Mrs. James Barnes, white[329]
Uzelle Jones 35 Black M December 16, 1949 Hoke Murder Flora Belle Anderson, black[330]
Leander Jacobs 29 Native American M December 30, 1949 Robeson Murder-Robbery Martin L. Blackwell, 79, white[331]
Hector Chavis 28 Native American M
Lee Heller 47 Black M January 6, 1950 Catawba Murder Nettie Heller, 43, black (wife)[332][as]
Jack Bridges 22 White M May 19, 1950 Wake Murder Keston Norris Privette, white[333]
Claude Shackleford 34 White M July 21, 1950 Guilford Rape Female, 10, white[334]
Covey Lamm 48 White M November 10, 1950 Wilson Murder Mettie Lamm, 43, white (wife)[335]
Ernest Lyles 33 Black M November 24, 1950 Franklin Rape Daisy Etheridge, 65, white[336]
Curtis Shedd 29 White M March 23, 1951 Macon Murder Jo Ann and Johnnie Mae Boyter, 8 and 14, white[337]
James Hall 36 White M March 29, 1951 Jackson Murder-Rape Laura Ellen Taylor, 22, white (sister-in-law)[338]
John Rogers 24 Black M April 27, 1951 Sampson Murder-Rape-Robbery Eunice Kornegay, white[339]
John Roman 28 Black M June 6, 1952 Davidson Murder-Rape-Robbery Beulah Miller Hinshaw, 65, white[340]
Lafayette Miller 22 Black M May 1, 1953 Beaufort Murder Harvey C. Boyd, white[341] William B. Umstead
Clyde Brown 22 Black M May 29, 1953 Forsyth Rape Betty Jane Clifton, 17, white[342]
Raleigh Speller 51 Black M Bertie Rape Female, white[343]
Bennie Daniels 22 Black M November 6, 1953 Pitt Murder William Benjamin O'Neal, white[344]
Lloyd Daniels 22 Black M
Richard Scales 29 Black M July 15, 1955 Guilford Murder-Rape Bertha and Betty Marie Cook, 31 and 7, white[345][at] Luther H. Hodges
Robert Conner 31 Black M July 13, 1956 Forsyth Murder-Robbery Langston Roberts, black[346]
Ross McAfee 42 Black M November 22, 1957 Alexander Burglary-Attempted rape[au] Mrs. Lovell Waugh, 17, white[347][av]
Julius Bunton 21 Black M February 28, 1958 Guilford Murder-Robbery Clifford W. Phillips, white[348]
Matthew Bass 43 Black M December 5, 1958 Wake Rape Female, white[349]
Theodore Boykin 32 Black M October 27, 1961 Duplin Murder-Rape-Robbery Lena T. Barnes, white[350] Terry Sanford

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