List of people executed in Tennessee (pre-1972)

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  Slave executions

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Robert Parker	White		M	April 28, 1797	Knox	Theft-Stealing	Thomas Humes, white[3]	John Sevier
George	Native American		M	July 17, 1800	Knox (Federal)	Murder	[4]
Jack	Black		M	August 4, 1801[a]	Knox	Murder-Rape	Sarah Crawford, white[5]
Aron Gist	White		M	January 15, 1802	Knox		[6]	Archibald Roane
Molly	Black		F	March 20, 1807	Williamson	Murder	Her child, black[7]	John Sevier
Moses Penrice	Black		M	March 30, 1807	Montgomery	Murder	Samuel Minnott, white (owner)[8]
Unknown	Black		F	1808	Jefferson	Murder	Female, white[9]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Unknown	Black		M	1810	Sumner	Rape	[10]	Willie Blount
Jacob Pickering	White		M	July 13, 1811	Davidson	Murder	Elijah Gardner, white[11]
Stewart Thornton	White		M
James Brice	White		M	July 20, 1814	Blount	Slave stealing	[12]
Unknown	Black		F	1819	Sumner	Murder	Female, white (owner)[13]	Joseph McMinn

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Eve Martin	White		F	1820	Hawkins	Accessory to murder	[14]	Joseph McMinn
John Lusk	White		M	June 26, 1820	Davidson	Rape	[15]
Kinchen	Black		M	June 8, 1821	Montgomery	Murder	Elizabeth Crockett, white[16]
Mitchell Markum	White		M	June 29, 1821	Grainger	Murder	[17]
Unknown	Black		M	May 1822	Henry	Murder	Male, black[18]	William Carroll
Allen	Black		M	March 1, 1823	Williamson	Rape	Phebe Powell, white[19]
Jim	Black		M	May 31, 1823	Williamson	Burglary	Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beard, white[20]
Elias	Black		M	April 11, 1825	Montgomery	Rape	[21]
Duncan Bonds	White		M	October 13, 1826	Lincoln	Murder	Felix Grundy, white[22]
James Bennett	White	30	M	April 2, 1827	Maury	Murder	Male, elderly, white[23]
Thomas Jamison	White		M	May 4, 1827	Madison	Murder	Francis Sanders, white (father-in-law)[24]
Randal	Black		M
Mitchum	White		M	August 22, 1828	Hardeman	Murder	Female, white (wife)[25]	Sam Houston
Henry Lunsford	White		M	September 26, 1828	Blount	Murder	Mr. Thompson, white[26]
Sam McClure	White		M	1829[b]	Lincoln	Murder	Edward McBride, white[27]
Joshua Young	White	67	M	August 17, 1829	Knox	Murder	Female, 64, white (wife)[28]	William Hall
James White	White	24	M			Murder	George W. Brown, white[28]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Joe Bearden	White		M	1830	Humphreys	Murder	[29]	William Carroll
Charles	Black		M	1830	Williamson	Murder	John Turner, white (owner)[30]
Unknown	White		M	1833	Davidson		[31]
Wiley	Black		M	December 28, 1833	Dickson	Murder	William C. Bird, white[32]
Bennet Dula	White		M	September 14, 1835	White	Murder	William Patton, white[33]
Clayton	Black		M	November 26, 1836	Wilson	Murder	Mr. Hunt and his daughter, white[34]	Newton Cannon
Bob White	Black		M	December 4, 1836	Stewart	Murder	[35]
Mrs. Hughes	White		F	1837	Hardin	Murder	Male, white (husband)[36]
Julius	Black		M	1837	Maury	Arson	[37]
Isaac Dale	White		M	1837	Giles	Murder	[38]
Milton Reilly	White		M	June 9, 1839	Madison	Murder[c]	William Willis, white[40]
Charles Cox	Black		M	October 25, 1839	Blount	Murder	David Humes, white (wife's owner)[41]	James K. Polk

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Two unknowns	Black		M	January 1840	Fentress		[42]	James K. Polk
Peter	Black		M	December 28, 1841	McMinn	Murder	Three females, white[43][d]	James C. Jones
Jacob	Black		M	1842	Davidson	Murder	Robert Bradford, white (owner)[44]
Dick	Black		M	August 15, 1842	Williamson	Attempted rape	Elizabeth J. Hodges, white[45]
Willis Carroll	White		M	February 10, 1843	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	Rev. Isaac Lindsey, white[46]
Archibald Kirby	White		M			Murder	Polly Hunter, white[47][e]
Zebadiah Payne	White		M			Murder-Robbery	William Coltart, white[48]
Henry	Black		M	April 4, 1843	Gibson	Murder	William C. Franklin, white[49]
Four unknowns	Black		M	December 22, 1843	Haywood	Murder	Thomas Branch, white[50]
Jim Payne	Black		M	1845[f]	DeKalb	Murder	Isaac, black[51]
Bill Moore	Black		M	March 14, 1845	Lincoln	Attempted rape	Female, white[52]
Ned	Black		M	October 31, 1845	Robertson	Murder	David I. Walton, white (owner)[53]	Aaron V. Brown
Skelt	Black		M	April 15, 1846	Henry	Murder	Mr. Dupree, white[54]
Nelson	Black		M	June 8, 1846	Hardin	Murder	David Sellars, white[55]
Bob Wood	Black		M	December 4, 1846	Stewart	Murder	[56]
Frank Oliver	Black		M	May 1847	Carroll	Murder	Mrs. Rumley, white[57]
Gilbert	Black		M	1847	Henry	Murder	Armistead Forrest, elderly, white (owner)[58]	Brown or Brown
Unknown	Black		M	March 3, 1848	Maury	Attempted murder	Mr. Haley, white[59]	Neill S. Brown
John M. Riley	White		M	June 15, 1849	Madison	Murder	William Wells, white[60]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Moses	Black		M	February 21, 1851	Davidson[g]	Murder	Male, white (owner)[61]	William Trousdale
Henry	Black		M	February 21, 1851	Williamson	Murder	John G. Eelbeck and William P. Barham, white[62]
Alec	Black		M	April 17, 1852	Davidson	Murder	Two females, white[63]	William B. Campbell
Jerry	Black		M
Bob	Black		M
Unknown	Black		M	April 1854	Franklin		[64]	Andrew Johnson
Martin	Black		M	1855	Giles	Murder	[65]
Ben Harbert	Mixed[h]		M	March 7, 1856	Montgomery	Murder-Robbery	Hannah Frazier, black[66]
Four unknowns	Black		M	December 5, 1856	Stewart	Slave revolt	N/A[67]
John Lewis	White	21	M	December 16, 1859	Campbell	Murder	S. D. Queener (sheriff) and Travis Gibson, white[68]	Isham G. Harris
Jesse Lewis	White	23	M

  Executions by firing squad

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Two unknowns	Black		M	1861	Hawkins	Murder-Arson	Four people, white[69]	Isham G. Harris
Alfred	Black		M	March 1, 1861	Lincoln	Murder	William Stevens, white (owner)[70]
Isaac	Black		M	May 31, 1861	Shelby	Murder	Gideon Bowen, white (overseer)[71]
Moses	Black		M			Murder	Giacomo Passagno, white[72]
Levi Storer	White		M	June 28, 1861	Shelby	Murder	Aaron B. Stearns, white[73]
Charles Alexander Hahn	White		M	December 10, 1861	Knox (Military)	Sabotage	N/A[74]
Henry Harmon	White		M	December 17, 1861	Greene (Military)	Sabotage	N/A[75]
Jacob Harmon	White		M
Michael Connel	White		M	March 5, 1862	? (Military)		[76]	Andrew Johnson
Harris	White		M	May 2, 1862	Hardeman (Military)	Desertion	N/A[77]
Julius Milika	White		M	May 15, 1863	Davidson (Military)	Desertion	N/A[78]
William A. Selkirk	White		M	June 4, 1863	Wilson	Murder	Adam Weaver, white[79]
William O. Williams	White		M	June 12, 1863	Williamson (Military)	Espionage	N/A[80][81][82]
Walter G. Peter	White		M
David Blazer	White		M	June 23, 1863	Rutherford (Military)	Desertion	N/A[83]
Joseph Ford	White	20	M	July 24, 1863	Hamilton (Military)	Espionage	N/A[84][85]
John K. Ould	White	23	M
Hiram Reynolds	White		M	August 17, 1863	Davidson (Military)		[86]
J. P. Pledger	White		M	September 4, 1863	Hamilton (Military)	Sedition	N/A[87][88]
Erastus C. Daily	White		M	November 13, 1863	Hamilton (Military)	Desertion	N/A[89]
Benjamin Valentine	White		M
Sam Davis	White	21	M	November 27, 1863	Giles (Military)	Espionage	N/A[90][91]
Edward S. Dodd	White	24	M	January 8, 1864	Knox (Military)	Espionage	[92]
Four unknowns	White		M	March 1864	Madison (Military)		[93]
John Myers	White		M	April 28, 1864	Giles (Military)	Murder	Capt. Henry W. Allen, white[94]
Martin Smith	White		M	April 29, 1864	Shelby (Military)	Sedition	N/A[95][96]
John Callaghan	White		M	June 10, 1864	Shelby (Military)	Rape	[97]
Thomas Johnson	White		M
John Snover	White		M
William Lemmon	White		M	July 1, 1864	Davidson (Military)	Sabotage	[98]
Cyrus Lee Cathie	White		M
Jesse B. Neeten	White		M
Thomas R. West	White		M
Benjamin F. West	White		M
James Jacob Sly	White		M	January 8, 1865	? (Military)	Guerilla activity	[99]
Champ Ferguson	White		M	October 21, 1865	Davidson	Terrorism	[100]	Parson Brownlow
George Crab	White	17	M	January 26, 1866	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	William Hefferman, elderly, white[101]
James Lysaught	White	17	M
Thomas Ferry	White		M
James Knight	White	17	M
Columbus German	White		M	July 28, 1866	Overton	Murder	Lee Hays, white[102]
Jacob Huff	Black	32	M	December 27, 1867	Hamilton	Murder	Mr. Kilpatrick, white[103]
John Nance	White		M	December 27, 1867	Grainger	Murder	William McBee, white[104]
James Galvin	White	25	M	August 20, 1869	Shelby	Murder	Mr. Fenton, white (police officer)[105][i]	Dewitt Clinton Senter
Sam Moody	Black	20	M			Murder-Burglary	Capt. Perry, white[106]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Andrew Williams	White	21	M	December 16, 1870	Hamilton	Murder	Adolph Deutsch, white[107]	Dewitt Clinton Senter
Edmund Lee	Black	22	M	February 8, 1872	Haywood	Murder	Elias King, 23, white[108]	John C. Brown
Calvin Logston	White		M	April 5, 1872	Fentress	Murder	Three people, white[109][j]
John Presswood Jr.	White	18	M	May 24, 1872	DeKalb	Murder-Rape	Rachel Fowler Certain Billings, 39, white[110]
Prague Bryant	White		M	April 10, 1874	Giles	Murder	Alexander Steel, white[111]
Bill Kelly	Black	38	M	May 9, 1874	Davidson	Rape	Ms. Moore, white[112]
Robert Bascom	Black		M	September 26, 1874	Hardeman	Murder	John Marlow, white[113]
Shade Woods Westmoreland	White		M	November 20, 1874	Hamilton	Murder	William Emberlin, white[114]
Ananias Honeycutt	White	25	M	August 12, 1875	Claiborne	Murder-Robbery	Thomas Ausnus, white[115]	James D. Porter
John Webb	White		M	August 13, 1875	Knox	Murder	Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reynolds, white[116]
Milton McLean	White		M	January 7, 1876	Madison	Murder	Thaddeus Pope, white[117]
Frank Scott	Black		M	January 7, 1876	Shelby	Murder	Ransom Phipps, black[118]
Bill Williams	Black	40	M			Murder	Joe Fields, white[119]
Bob Beatty	Black		M	March 1876	Maury	Murder	Female, black (wife)[120]
Burr Spinks	Black		M	May 27, 1876	Wilson	Murder	Robert Hamilton, white[121]
Bill Mockbee	Black		M	May 25, 1877	Stewart	Murder-Robbery	Wylie McClish, white[122]
Millard Wilson	Black		M	July 13, 1877	Madison	Murder	Capt. Newton C. Perkins, white[123]
Jack Hunt	White	23	M	December 18, 1877	Monroe	Murder	Female, 18, white (wife)[124]
Jacob Harris	White		M	December 29, 1877	Anderson	Murder	Isaac White, white[125]
Brown Cable	Black		M	March 14, 1878	Franklin	Murder	Felix Gardner, black[126]
Joseph Brassell	White	23	M	March 27, 1878	Putnam	Murder	Russell and John Allison, white[127][k]
George Brassell	White	20	M
George Howell	Black	17	M	September 5, 1878	Greene	Murder	Joseph Martin, white[128]
Stephen Griffey	White		M	November 22, 1878	Cocke	Rape	Eva Clark, 10, white[129][130]
Knox Martin	Black		M	March 28, 1879	Davidson	Murder	Mr. and Mrs. John Whittemeyer, white[131]	Albert S. Marks
Anthony Blair	Black		M	September 26, 1879	Hamblen	Murder	Maggie Walker, 16, black (stepdaughter)[132]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
John Hall	Black		M	February 20, 1880	Rutherford	Murder	Major S. H. Pugh, white[133]	Albert S. Marks
Burrill Smith	Black		M
Dan Potter	White		M	November 12, 1880	Cocke	Murder	Willis McMahan, white[134]
Ed Long	Black		M	December 18, 1880	Madison	Murder	Tito Rogers, black[135]
John Williams	Black		M	April 8, 1881	Humphreys	Murder	Female, black (wife)[136]	Alvin Hawkins
Andrew Sanders	Black		M	August 26, 1881	Tipton	Murder	Mr. Miller, white[137]
Henry Lawson	Black		M	September 2, 1881	Hamilton	Rape[l]	Nancy Donaldson, white[138]
Joseph Harris	White		M	November 25, 1881	Hawkins	Murder-Robbery	Charles Brown and Mr. Heck, white[139]
W. W. Rea	White		M	May 12, 1882	Giles	Murder	James T. Goodwin, white[140]
Sandy Matthews	Black		M	June 2, 1882	Shelby	Murder	Jesse Polk, black[141]
Samuel Hodges	Black		M	November 10, 1882	Knox	Murder	Jim McFarland, white[142]
Milton Hodges	Black		M
Robert Wilson	Black	20	M	July 20, 1883	Shelby	Murder	Frank B. Russell, white[143]	William B. Bate
Andy Taylor	White		M	November 23, 1883	Loudon	Murder	William T. Cate and J. J. Conway, white (Hamilton County sheriff and deputy)[144]
Shin Forrest	White		M	July 11, 1884	Henry	Murder	David Cruise and Jane Forrest, white (grandfather and mother)[145]
Charley Phillips	Black		M	July 31, 1884	Carroll	Murder	Frank Prince, black[146]
Ike Fain	Black		M	October 31, 1884	Roane	Murder	Frank Curran, white[147]
Joe Clark	Black		M	June 5, 1885	Hardeman	Murder	Peter Woodin, black[148]
Bill Morrow	White	35	M	June 20, 1885	Montgomery	Murder	Dick Overton, black[149][150][151][m]
John McKeever	Black		M	June 26, 1885	Shelby	Murder	William J. Traynor, white[152]
James Baxter	Black		M	June 4, 1886	Wilson	Murder-Robbery	Mrs. Lane, elderly, white[153]
Ben Brown	Black		M	April 15, 1887	Davidson	Murder	Frank Arnold, elderly, black[154][155]	Robert Love Taylor
Napoleon Lester	White	60	M	April 20, 1888	Wilson	Murder	Lt. J. T. Lane, white[156]
Hicks Carmichael	Black	23	M	July 20, 1888	Knox	Murder	Mr. Shipe, white (sheriff)[157]
Jim Turney	Black		M	March 27, 1889	Wilson	Murder-Robbery	Male, black[158]
Mark Francis	Black		M
John Hanner	Black		M	July 1, 1889	Henry	Murder	Joseph Ellis, black[159]
Thomas Jefferson	Black		M	July 13, 1889	Shelby	Murder	William Ragland, black[160]
Charles Wirt	Black		M	July 13, 1889	Fayette	Murder	Evaline Hester, black[161]
Thomas Condor	White	45	M	July 16, 1889	Obion	Murder	Jack Riley, white[162]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Parker Harris	Mixed[n]	31	M	June 24, 1890	Shelby	Murder	Letha Harris, black (wife)[163]	Robert Love Taylor
Ed Carr	Black	28	M			Murder	Martha Carr, black (wife)[164]
Hardy Ballard	Black	45	M			Murder	G. E. Pinkston, white[165]
Frank Brenish	White	36	M			Murder	Female, white (wife)[166]
Jack Maples	Black		M	November 21, 1890	Knox	Rape	Mrs. Rufe Lewis, white[167]
Houston Kelly	Black		M	November 12, 1891	Hawkins	Murder	Dan Carmichael, white[168][169]	John P. Buchanan
Lemuel Jones	Black		M	December 28, 1891			[170]
Jesse Frierson	Black	26	M	January 2, 1892	Hamilton	Murder	David Crockett Musgrove, 55, white (Chattanooga police officer)[171]
Larkin Lancaster	Black		M	April 19, 1892	Davidson	Murder	Zack Dixon, white[172]
Joe Wallace	White		M	June 17, 1892	Marion	Murder-Robbery	Henry Cote, white[173]
George Stone	Black		M	July 6, 1892	Lincoln	Murder	[174]
John Turner	Black		M	February 16, 1893	Marion	Murder	George Dawson, white[175]	Peter Turney
Fred Worley	Black		M
John Armstrong	Black		M	December 13, 1893	McMinn	Murder	French Sharp, black[176]
Allan Cousans	White		M	December 21, 1893	Knox	Murder	Female, white (wife)[177][o]
Lafayette Richey	Black		M	May 9, 1894	Jackson	Murder	William Stephens, white[178]
Harry Bennett	Black		M	July 24, 1894	Shelby	Murder	Female, black (wife)[179]
General Kennedy	White		M	December 18, 1894	Marion	Murder-Robbery	J. S. Lowery, white[180]
John Kennedy	White		M
Clarence Cox	White	16	M	December 22, 1894	Union	Murder-Robbery	Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snoderly, 90 and 76, white[181]
John Stanley	White		M
George Mapp	Black	20	M	January 11, 1895	Hamilton	Murder-Robbery	Marion Ross, white[182]
Buddy Wooten	Black		M
Matthew Galloway	Black		M	April 20, 1895	Maury	Murder	James Walters, black[183][184]
Robert Ford	Black		M	April 20, 1895	Davidson	Murder	[185]
Mike King	White		M	May 17, 1895	Scott	Murder-Robbery	A. C. Buck, white[186]
Robert Greene	White		M	July 30, 1896	Madison	Murder	Miles P. Mitchell, white[187]
William Whitlock	Black		M	August 13, 1896	Fayette	Murder	Mr. Holliday, white (La Grange constable)[188]
Frank Johnson	Black		M	December 4, 1896	Maury	Murder-Robbery	Male, black[189]
Marion Hatfield	White		M	December 16, 1896	Hancock	Murder	Jonas Trail, white[190]
Henry DeBerry	Black		M	August 19, 1897	Shelby	Attempted rape	Leonora Eigemann, 7, white[191]	Robert Love Taylor
Robert Sims	Black		M	November 17, 1897	Washington	Murder	Walter Galloway, white[192]
William Mays	White		M	November 17, 1897	Sullivan	Murder	C. D. Massengild, white[193]
Mynatt Leach	White		M	December 8, 1897	Anderson	Murder	J. L. Heck, white[194]
William Johnson	Black		M	December 17, 1897	Tipton	Murder	Walter Byrd, white[195]
Daniel Harris			M	March 2, 1898	Davidson	Murder	[196]
George Pearson	Black		M	June 18, 1898	Madison	Murder	Sam Walker, black[197]
Hiram Hall	White	21	M	April 13, 1899	Cumberland	Murder	Ida Belle Hall, 17, white (wife)[198]	Benton McMillin
Catlett Tipton	White		M	July 5, 1899	Sevier	Murder	William and Laura Whaley, white[199]
Pleas Wynn	White		M

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Bill Brown	White		M	April 25, 1900	Warren	Murder	Mary Brown, white (wife)[200]	Benton McMillin
Sonny Crain	Black	40	M			Murder	John Brown, white[201][p][q]
John Watson	White	58	M			Murder	James Hillis, white[202]
Henderson House	Black		M	September 19, 1900	Lauderdale	Murder	Duncan Goodrich, white[203]
Dillard Warren	White		M	September 27, 1900	Cannon	Murder	E. L. Evans, white[204]
Abe Petaway	Black		M	July 18, 1901	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	M. C. Wrenn, white[205]
Babe Battise	Black		M			Murder	Cain Miller, black[206]
Decur Thompson	Black		M
Nathan Carruthers	Black		M	August 6, 1901	Shelby	Murder-Robbery	Charles Neebe, white[207]
Armstrong Hensley	White		M	February 6, 1902	Unicoi	Murder	Female, 6, white (stepdaughter)[208]
Dan Farley	Black		M	July 30, 1902	Shelby	Murder	Female, black (wife)[209]
Henry Judge	White		M	May 5, 1904	Franklin	Murder	Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bucher, elderly, white[210]	James B. Frazier
Joseph Delp	White		M
John Evans	White		M
Ben Springfield	Black		M	July 28, 1904	Madison	Murder	Female, black (wife)[211]
James Scudder	Black	51	M	April 5, 1905	Davidson	Murder	James Alfred Scudder, 3, black (son)[212]	John I. Cox
Andrew Hibbert	Black		M			Murder	Mary Norvelle, black (mother-in-law)[213]
Toots Taylor	Black		M	July 18, 1905	Shelby	Murder	Sam Gaines, black[214]
A. M. Miles	Black		M			Murder	Mattie Miles, black (estranged wife)[215]
Major Mills	Black		M			Murder	Alex Gill, black (father-in-law)[216]
General Bone	Black		M	August 18, 1905	Shelby	Murder-Rape	Mattie Maben and her child, 3 months, black[217]
John Champion	Black		M			Murder	Irene Jones, black (ex-girlfriend)[218]
James Norfleet	Black		M			Murder	Lucy Norfleet, black (wife)[219]
John Hill	White		M	October 10, 1905	Tipton	Murder	Kate Hill, white (wife)[220]
Finley Preston	Black	27	M	November 7, 1905	Johnson	Murder	Lillie Shaw, black (love interest)[221]
Arthur Parson	Black		M	February 8, 1906	Wayne	Rape	Female, 13, white[222]
John Mitchell	Black		M	August 8, 1906	Dyer	Murder	Moses Weddle, white[223]
Andrew Upton	Black		M	December 20, 1906	Monroe	Murder-Burglary	Richard Johnson, elderly, white[224]
Hill Upton	Black		M
John Thomas	Black		M	January 10, 1907	Knox	Murder	Ernest Perkins, white[225]
William Baird	White		M	May 24, 1907	Lincoln	Murder	Female, white (wife)[226]	Malcom R. Patterson
Moses Walds	Black		M	October 31, 1907	Shelby	Murder	Frank A. Deering, white[227]
Beulah McGhee	Black		M	November 26, 1907	McMinn	Murder	Charlie Hicks, white[228]
Peter Turner	Black	37	M	January 11, 1908	Knox	Murder	Minnie Scott, black (girlfriend)[229]
John Carmack	Black	29	M	February 27, 1908	Knox	Murder-Robbery	Henry Ittner, 25, black[230]
Ed Turner	White	27	M	February 27, 1908	Hamilton	Murder	Lillie Turner, 17, white (wife)[231]
John McPherson	White	24	M	March 23, 1908	Knox	Murder	Grant Smith, white[232]
Marshall Lewis			M	July 12, 1908	Davidson	Murder	[233]
Henry Johnson	Black		M	August 8, 1908	Shelby	Rape	Ida May Broadway, 3, white[234]
Dave Edwards	White		M	January 28, 1909	Hamilton	Murder	J. W. Davis, white[235]
Frank Gilbreath	Black		M	March 2, 1909	Lincoln	Murder	Ed Pigg, white[236]

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

In 1909, all hangings in Tennessee were moved to the state penitentiary in Nashville, and on September 29, 1913, governor Ben W. Hooper officially signed into law the replacement of hanging with electrocution as passed by the state legislature during the final hours of an extra session that 26th.^[237][238]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Cecil Palmer	Black		M	October 1, 1909	Wilson	Rape	Mrs. W. W. Yates, white[239]	Malcolm R. Patterson
William Mitchell	White	42	M		Rutherford	Murder-Robbery	Squire W. H. Hindman, white[240]
Brice McDonald	Black		M	October 3, 1910	Madison	Murder	Female, black (brother's wife)[241]
John Casson	Black		M	November 9, 1910	Shelby	Murder-Robbery	Martin Christenden, white[242]
Moses Cook	White		M			Murder	Female, white (wife)[243]
Love Bond	Black		M		Hardeman	Murder	Female, black (wife)[244]
F. T. Byrom	White	53	M	March 15, 1911	Wilson	Murder	Female, white (wife)[245]	Ben W. Hooper
Robert Cook	Black		M	November 17, 1911	Hamilton	Murder-Robbery	William Houston, elderly, black[246]
Tom Kinnon	Black		M	January 13, 1912	Gibson	Rape	Mrs. R. M. Watson, white[247]
George Shelton	White	25	M	July 26, 1912	Decatur	Murder-Robbery	Three people, black[248][r]
John Bailey	White	25	M
George Rose	White	70	M	August 26, 1912	McMinn	Murder	J. M. Miller, white[249]
Sid Dunlap	Black		M	September 4, 1912	Fayette	Murder-Robbery	Mary Ewell, white[250]
Leo Temples	Black	17	M	December 19, 1912	Shelby	Rape	Clara Queen, 7, white[251]
Pat Mulloy	Black	32	M	May 9, 1913	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	Herman Henning, elderly, white[252][253]
Julius Morgan	Black	22	M	July 13, 1916	Dyer	Rape	Laura Sullivan, 20, white[s]	Thomas Clarke Rye
Eddie Alsup	Black	17	M	July 8, 1918	Giles	Rape	Female, 16, white[254][255]
J. D. Williams	Black		M
Frank Ewing	Black		M	May 21, 1919	Davidson	Rape	Anna Ferguson, white[256]	Albert H. Roberts
Winifred Walker	Black		M	January 8, 1920	Jefferson	Rape	Frances Rankin, <12 white[257]
Lorenzo Young	Black		M	September 3, 1920	Shelby	Murder	J. G. Brinkley, white (Memphis police sergeant)[258][259]
Taylor Neal	Black	19	M	August 3, 1921	Hamilton	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Abe Baron and his girlfriend, white[260]	Alfred A. Taylor
Cyrenas Jackson	Black	18	M
Hamp Gholson	Black		M	August 17, 1921	Shelby	Murder	Isaac Levy, white[261][262]
Chesley Graham	Black		M		Hardin	Murder-Robbery	Harry Allen, white[263][264]
Will Allen	Black		M
John Green	White		M	February 17, 1922	Washington	Murder	Robert Houston, white[265][266][t]
Asbury Fields	White	47	M	February 18, 1922	Bradley	Murder-Robbery	J. R. Pierce, white[267]
John B. McClure	White	26	M	March 1, 1922	Anderson	Murder-Robbery	Andrew Crumley, white[268]
Charles Petree	White	23	M
Otto Stephens	White	29	M
Tom Christmas	White	26	M
Maurice Mays	Mixed[u]	32	M	March 15, 1922	Knox	Murder-Rape	Bertie Lindsey, white[269]
Granville Bunch	White		M	April 11, 1922	Anderson	Murder	Female, white (wife)[270]
William Dwight	Black	18	M	July 25, 1922	Hamilton	Murder-Robbery	Frank Stoner, white[271]
Jim McElroy	White	50	M	August 15, 1922	Roane	Murder	Ed Ronnecker, white[272][273]
Austin Harris	Black		M		Madison	Murder	Male, black[274][273]
Ben Burchfield	White	44	M	January 14, 1925	Sullivan	Murder	Five people, white[275][v]	Austin Peay
Robert Tate	White	26	M	November 5, 1925	Marion	Murder-Robbery	A. W. Condra, elderly, white[276]
Charles Barr	Black	26	M	August 20, 1926	Shelby	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Four people, white[277][w]
John Franklin Webb	Black		M	May 20, 1927	Shelby	Rape	Female, white[278]
John Henry Wallace	Black	37	M	May 23, 1927	Rutherford	Murder-Burglary	Everett Hedgecoth, 25, white[279]
Herman Coggin	White	29	M	November 10, 1927	Davidson	Rape	Female, 10, white[280]	Henry Hollis Horton
Ben Fowler	White		M	January 25, 1928	Scott	Murder	J. W. West (police officer) and Dr. W. W. Foust, white[281][282][x]
Will Terrell	Black	22	M	June 19, 1928	Davidson	Rape	Emma Porter, 51, white[283]
Henry Brown	Black		M	August 22, 1928	Davidson	Rape-Burglary	Female, white[284]
John Jones	Black	20	M	February 14, 1930	Roane	Murder	Tom Sartain, white[285]
Carey Gunn	Black	21	M	March 14, 1930	Hardeman	Rape	Female, 15, white[286]
Theodore James Harris	Black	22	M	January 27, 1931	Knox	Murder-Burglary	Three people, white[287][y]
John Thomas Shaw	Black	26	M	July 3, 1933	Davidson	Murder-Rape	Mary Lee Foster, 12, white[288]	Hill McAlister
Oscar Bevins	Black	25	M	September 7, 1933	Hamilton	Rape	Female, white[289]
Andrew Wilcoxen	Black	25	M
Willie Jones	Black	24	M	October 30, 1933	Shelby	Murder	Granville Garner, white[290]
James Allen	Black	21	M	January 5, 1934	Knox	Murder-Robbery	Roy Painter, 37, white[291]
Joseph Emory	Black	39	M	February 5, 1934	Knox	Murder	Marian Arthur, black (ex-wife)[292]
James Swann	Black	20	M		Jefferson	Murder-Rape	Sarah Abbie Rainwater, 53, white[293]
Lewis Fain	Black	26	M	February 26, 1934	Knox	Murder-Rape-Burglary	Carrie Allen, 24, white[294]
Percy Smith	Black	20	M	April 4, 1934	Shelby	Rape	Female, white[295]
Jasper Graham	Black	29	M			Rape	Female, white[296][295]
Frank Mays	Black	30	M
John Deal	Black	31	M	September 15, 1934	Shelby	Murder-Burglary	Elizabeth Summerfield, white[297][298]
James Pillow	Black	23	M			Murder-Robbery	S. K. Lum, Asian[299][298]
Walter Kennedy	White	22	M	January 21, 1936	Anderson	Murder-Robbery	John Lytle, 65, white[300]
Bill Lee	White	24	M		Monroe	Murder-Burglary	Three people, elderly, white[301][z]
Louis Willis	Black	27	M	January 28, 1936	Davidson	Murder	Ed Lowry, white (inmate)[302][aa]
Ernest Womack	Black	18	M	April 10, 1936	Warren	Murder-Robbery	Paul Cunningham, white[303]
Ernest K. Harris	Black	23	M	May 22, 1936	Bedford	Rape	Female, white[304]
James Smith	Black	27	M	August 14, 1936	Lincoln	Murder-Robbery	Hugh Matlock, 56, white[305]
Curley Ballard	Black	56	M		Sullivan	Murder	Willie Green, 17, black[306]
James Clark	Black	23	M		Shelby	Murder-Burglary	Richard Sheehan, 27, white[307]
Elmer Barrett	Black	22	M	November 18, 1936	Knox	Murder-Robbery	N. M. Hardwick, white[308]
James Taylor	Black	25	M	March 15, 1937	Davidson	Rape-Robbery	Female, 24, white[309]	Gordon Browning
Anderson Berry	Black		M	March 17, 1937	Lincoln	Murder-Robbery	Hugh Matlock, 65, white[310]
Tom Franklin	Black	20	M	March 18, 1937	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	James B. Scott and Horace King, white[311]
Gus McCoig	White	25	M	April 8, 1937	Union	Murder	L. B. Hutchison, white (sheriff)[312]
Roy W. Eatmon	White	24	M	April 16, 1937	Shelby	Murder-Robbery	Griffith C. Thomasson, white[313]
William Farmer	White	19	M	April 30, 1937	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	Jasper K. Milliken, 47, white[314][315]
Howard Dunn	White	22	M
James Turner	Black	25	M	May 5, 1937	Shelby	Murder	Roy A. Scott, 32, white (patrolman)[316]
Jimmie Lee Parrish	Black	35	M	August 9, 1937	Davidson	Rape	Female, 6, white[317]
Fred Ritchie	White	32	M	August 10, 1937	Davidson	Murder	Elsie Ritchie, white (estranged wife)[318][319]
Gus McKinney	Black	19	M	April 15, 1938	Shelby	Murder-Robbery	John Russell, black[320]
Arthur Mosby	Black	30	M	July 25, 1938	Shelby	Rape	Female, white[321][322]
Ernest Stanley	Black		M	January 10, 1939	Morgan	Murder	Glenn Johnson, white (guard)[323]
White Miller Tollett	White	28	M	January 11, 1939	Carter	Murder	Three children, white[324][ab]
Frank Murray	Black	19	M	March 28, 1939	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	Isaac Gordon, 34, white[325]	Prentice Cooper
Herman Johnson	Black	22	M
Hubert Harris	Black	22	M	April 4, 1939	Davidson	Murder-Burglary	Mike Finnegan, elderly, white[326]
Willie James Smith	Black		M	April 10, 1939	Shelby	Murder	Oliver James George, 22, white[327]
Joseph McKay	Black		M
James O. Martin	White	43	M
Willie Williams	Black	33	M	April 15, 1939	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	William James Sr., 67, white[328]
Harley Evans	White	26	M	August 28, 1939	Fentress	Murder	Ross Phillips, white[329][ac]
Clyde Wills	White	29	M	January 10, 1940	Knox	Rape-Robbery	Female, white[330]
C. C. Mobley	Black	35	M	March 15, 1940	Shelby	Rape-Robbery	Female, white[331]
James Goodin	Black	21	M	September 4, 1940	Shelby	Murder-Robbery	Joseph Payne, 50, white[332]
William Nelson	White	44	M		Dyer	Murder	Frank Boyd, 54, white[333]
Van Gilmore	Black	31	M	April 18, 1941	Shelby	Rape-Robbery	Female, 25, white[334][ad]
Walter Reed	Black	55	M	July 18, 1941	Hamilton	Murder-Rape	Jane Fowler Cathey, 37, white[335]
Willie Lee Porter	Black	21	M	July 24, 1941	Madison	Murder-Burglary	U. S. Grant Vernon, 57, white[336]
Carl Leonard Cole	Black	19	M
Lawrence West	Black		M	July 30, 1941	Montgomery	Murder
Roy Walden	White	36	M	February 13, 1942	Knox	Rape	Female, 8, white[337]
John Dockery	White	20	M	February 14, 1942	Knox	Rape-Robbery	Female, white[338]
Ernest Dixon	White	23	M
Clarence May	White	33	M	March 20, 1942	Polk	Murder	Annie May, white (wife)[339]
John Henry Goode	Black		M		Shelby	Murder	Clyde Othel Miller, black[340]
Robert Cannon	Black	27	M	March 30, 1943	Shelby	Murder-Robbery	Roy E. Woods, 21, white[341]
William Hedden	White	44	M		Polk	Murder	Arline Dillard Glowan, white[342][ae]
James F. Tucker	White	29	M	July 15, 1943	Davidson	Murder	Minnie Margaret Tucker, 22, white (wife)[343]
Marshall Spigner	White	40	M		Shelby	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Jewel Roberts, 27, white (love interest)[344][af]
Clyde Arwood	White	41	M	August 14, 1943	N/A (Federal)	Murder	William M. Pugh, white (federal investigator)[ag]
Robert Hall	Black	50	M	December 15, 1943	Hamilton	Murder	Arlie E. Carr, white (Chattanooga police officer)[345]
George Hambrick	Black		M	April 24, 1945	Davidson	Murder	E. P. McGrew, 72, white (guard)[346]	Jim Nance McCord
Billy Dixon	Black		M	July 18, 1945	Montgomery	Rape
Thomas Walker	Black	33	M	March 1, 1946	Shelby	Murder-Robbery	Andrew Jackson Mitchison, 34, white[347]
Johnnie Outlaw	Black	27	M
George Douglas	Black	20	M	July 5, 1946	Shelby	Rape	Female, 17, white[348]
John H. Luffman	White	46	M	August 30, 1946	Stewart	Murder-Rape	Grady and Ruthine Cherry, white[349][350][ah]
Alvin Hicks	White	21	M
Albert Duboise	White		M	April 11, 1947	Rutherford	Murder	Albert Willis, white[351]
John Hodge Jr.	Black	28	M	June 19, 1947	Davidson	Rape	Female, white[352]
Fred Jackson	Black	18	M	August 11, 1947	Shelby	Murder	Sammie M. Goss, 3, white[353][ai]
John Kelley	White	21	M	April 22, 1948	Hickman	Murder-Robbery	J. Edward Sprouse, 36, white[354]
James Sandusky	White	20	M
Tommy Taylor	Black	33	M	August 31, 1948	Davidson	Rape	Two females, both 19, white[355][356]
James Scribner	Black	25	M
William J. C. Turner	Black	21	M
Barney Thompson	Black	29	M	February 17, 1949	Bradley	Murder	Maggie Ashmore, black (girlfriend)[357]	Gordon Browning
Bruce Edward Watson	Black	25	M	June 10, 1949	Shelby	Rape	Edith Comer, 50, white[358]
Steve Paul Lacy	Black	28	M	November 15, 1949	Maury	Murder-Rape	Mrs. Otie C. Brown, 67, white[359]
Clyde Steele	Black	21	M	January 24, 1950	Knox	Rape	Female, 58, white[360]
Samuel L. Voss	Black	29	M	April 15, 1955	Davidson	Murder-Robbery	Louis Hutchison, white[361][aj]	Frank G. Clement
Charles Sullins	White	34	M	August 1, 1955	Wilson	Murder-Robbery	Ed Collier, white[362][363]
Harry Kirkendall	Black	33	M
Robert Crenshaw	Black	41	M	September 15, 1955	Davidson	Rape	Female, white[364]
Jimmy Allen	Black	36	M	March 15, 1957	Davidson	Murder	Janet Allen, 1, black (stepdaughter)[365][ak]
Billy Thomas Gibbs	White	25	M	May 6, 1957	Coffee	Murder	Bratcher family, white[366]
Tom Rutledge	White	32	M	June 15, 1959	Warren	Murder-Rape	Greva Joyce Raper, 12, white (second cousin)[367]	Buford Ellington
William Tines	Black	37	M	November 7, 1960	Roane	Rape	Bertha Riggs, white[368][al]