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NC DPS »   Our Organization »   Adult Correction »   Prisons »   Death Penalty »   List of Persons Executed »   Executions 1941 - 1950

Executions 1941 - 1950

 

Persons Executed in North Carolina
1941 - 1950

Last name
First name
Sex
Race
County
Crime
Executed
Hudson Dolly L.

M

B

Northampton murder

4/18/41

Woodard Sylvester

M

B

Wayne murder

5/2/41

Shaw James

M

B

Columbus murder

5/23/41

Wall Fleet J.

M

B

Anson murder

6/6/41

Cureton Noah

M

B

Mecklenburg murder

6/13/41

Cash Hubert Y.

M

W

Durham murder

8/22/41

Melvin Tom

M

B

Wayne murder

9/5/41

Peele George

M

B

Bertie murder

10/10/41

Morrow Luther

M

B

Union murder

12/12/41

Wescott Roland

M

W

New Hanover murder

1/9/42

Sturdivant Robert

M

B

Bladen murder

2/13/42

Gibson Arthur

M

B

Buncombe rape

8/7/42

Smith Walter

M

W

Wayne murder

8/21/42

Allen Herman

M

W

Johnston murder

10/30/42

Harris Otis

M

B

Bertie rape

10/30/42

Long William

M

B

Pitt murder

11/13/42

Phillips Daniel

M

B

Durham murder

1/1/43

Phillips Rosanna L.

F

B

Durham murder

1/1/43

Hairston Sam

M

B

Forsyth rape

1/29/43

Meares Palmer

M

W

Robeson murder

2/19/43

Lee John H.

M

B

Camden rape

4/16/43

Moody Lewis

M

B

Northampton murder

5/21/43

Bryant Bill

M

W

McDowell murder

6/4/43

Smith Percell

M

I

Robeson rape

6/4/43

Hunt Harvey

M

I

Robeson rape

6/4/43

Utley James

M

B

Montgomery murder

6/18/43

Pool William H.

M

B

Pasquotank murder

10/8/43

Smith Willie

M

B

Warren murder

10/29/43

Redfern John W.

M

B

Wake murder

11/26/43

Grass Clyde

M

W

Cabarrus murder

12/10/43

Harris Alex

M

W

Hoke murder

1/28/44

Farrell Andrew W.

M

W

Durham rape

2/18/44

Grainger Wayman

M

B

Columbus murder

2/25/44

Taylor James

M

B

Wake murder

11/3/44

Alexander Charles

M

B

Halifax rape

11/17/44

Buchanan James

M

B

Mecklenburg rape

11/24/44

Brooks George W.

M

B

Mecklenburg rape

11/24/44

Thompson Ralph

M

B

Mecklenburg murder

12/29/44

Williams Bessie M.

F

B

Mecklenburg murder

12/29/44

Wade Melvin

M

B

Scotland rape

12/29/44

Messer John E.

M

W

Guilford murder

3/9/45

Biggs Elmer H.

M

W

Guilford murder

3/9/45

Biggs William D.

M

W

Guilford murder

3/9/45

Hill Horis

M

W

Jones murder

5/25/45

McDaniel Lacy A.

M

B

Guilford rape

6/6/45

French Henry

M

B

Montgomery murder

6/22/45

Jones William M.

M

B

Wake murder

6/22/45

Williams Burnett

M

B

Lee rape

10/26/45

Mays Edward

M

B

Lee murder

11/2/45

Hightower Walter

M

B

Wilkes murder

2/15/46

King Alligood

M

B

Lenoir murder

4/26/46

Hart Thomas

M

B

Halifax murder

5/4/46

Herring Gurney

M

B

Wayne rape

5/24/46

Walker George

M

B

Harnett rape

6/21/46

Deaton Fred

M

W

Gaston murder

6/28/46

Stewart Fab

M

B

Wake murder

6/28/46

Floyd Edward W.

M

W

Northampton murder

10/25/46

Nash Robert L.

M

W

Wake murder

11/1/46

Primus Charles

M

B

Wake rape

11/22/46

Johnson Wilbert

M

B

Wake rape

11/22/46

Williams Calvin C.

M

B

Sampson murder

12/13/46

Matthews Herman

M

B

Sampson murder

12/13/46

Ragland Otis

M

B

Martin rape

3/14/47

Montgomery Bennie

M

B

Union murder

3/28/47

Horton Richard

M

B

Wilkes murder

4/4/47

Martin Eunice

M

B

Forsyth murder

4/11/47

McLeod Ben F.

M

B

Scotland murder

5/23/47

Sanders Albert

M

B

Johnston murder

6/6/47

Farmer James M.

M

B

Johnston murder

6/6/47

Kirksey Roy

M

B

Columbus murder

6/27/47

Artis Moses

M

B

Duplin murder

6/27/47

Brown Woodrow

M

B

Wake rape

6/27/47

Messer Robert

M

W

Jackson murder

10/3/47

Cherry Willie

M

B

Northampton burglary

10/3/47

O'Dear Earl

M

W

Jackson murder

10/3/47

Lampkins Jethro

M

B

Mecklenburg murder

10/3/47

McCain Richard

M

B

Mecklenburg murder

10/3/47

Douglas Oscar

M

B

Davie rape

10/10/47

Brooks J.C.

M

B

Henderson murder

10/31/47

Brown Grady

M

B

Henderson murder

10/31/47

Munn Thurman

M

B

Henderson murder

10/31/47

Stanly Lester

M

B

Edgecombe murder

10/31/47

Little William

M

B

Wake rape

11/14/47

Bell Marvin C.

M

W

Wilkes rape

11/14/47

Letteral Ralph V.

M

W

Wilkes rape

11/14/47

Black Frank

M

B

Lenoir murder

1/2/48

Breeze John H.

M

B

Orange murder

1/16/48

Anderson Booker T.

M

B

Pitt arson,murder

4/23/48

Hooks Buster

M

B

Randolph rape

4/23/48

Jackson James L.

M

B

Burke murder

5/7/48

Wilson Henderson

M

B

Davidson murder

6/4/48

Hammonds George

M

B

Davidson murder

6/4/48

West James P.

M

B

Duplin murder

11/19/48

Creech James

M

W

Johnston murder

1/28/49

Garner Emmitt

M

W

Harnett murder

3/18/49

Cockrell Roy

M

W

Nash murder

3/25/49

Lewis James E.

M

B

Robeson murder

6/17/49

Brown Audie L.

M

B

Randolph murder

12/9/49

Medlin Monroe

M

B

Mecklenburg murder

12/9/49

Reid Allen T.

M

B

Wilson burglary

12/9/49

Jones Uzelle

M

B

Hoke murder

12/16/49

Jacobs Lelander

M

I

Robeson murder

12/30/49

Chavis Hector

M

I

Robeson murder

12/30/49

Heller Lee

M

B

Catawba murder

1/6/50

Bridges Jack

M

W

Wake murder

5/19/50

Shackleford Claude E.

M

W

Guilford rape

7/21/50

Lamm Covey C.

M

W

Wilson murder

11/10/50

Lyles Ernest

M

B

Franklin rape

11/24/50

 

List of Persons Executed

  • Executions 1910 - 1920
  • Executions 1921 - 1930
  • Executions 1931 - 1940
  • Executions 1941 - 1950
  • Executions 1951 - 1961
  • Executions 1984 - 2006

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