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U.S.A. Executions - 1607-1976 |
Index by State - DELAWARE |
No. | NAME: LAST FIRST | AGE | RACE | SEX | OCCUPATION | CRIME | METHOD | DATE | MTPL | ||
1 | TURC | ? | MALE | SLAVE | ATTEMPTED MURDER | HANGING | OCT | 19 | 1662 | ||
2 | ROE JUDITH | WHITE | FEMALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 15 | 1688 | ||
3 | BEVAN CATHARINE | 51 | WHITE | FEMALE | HOUSEWIFE | MURDER | BURNED | SEP | ? | 1731 | 1 |
4 | MURPHY PETER | WHITE | MALE | SERVANT | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | ? | 1731 | 2 | |
5 | SEXTON MARGARET | WHITE | FEMALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 17 | 1751 | ||
6 | DUFFY JAMES | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | AUG | 27 | 1754 | ||
7 | BROWN DAVID | WHITE | MALE | ? | HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL | HANGING | JUN | 4 | 1757 | 1 | |
8 | COUGHLIN JAMES | WHITE | MALE | ? | HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL | HANGING | JUN | 4 | 1757 | 2 | |
9 | BARCLAY HUGH | WHITE | MALE | ? | HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL | HANGING | JUN | 9 | 1770 | ||
10 | KIRK SARAH | WHITE | FEMALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | ? | ? | 1787 | ||
11 | SMITH JOHN | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 21 | 1815 | ||
12 | PIPER WILLIAM | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 18 | 1820 | ||
13 | ELLIOTT JACOB | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 31 | 1822 | ||
14 | SHARP ELISHA | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | ? | ? | 1825 | ||
15 | MORRIS ROBERT | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | ? | ? | 1831 | ||
16 | WARD SAMUEL | 22 | BLACK | MALE | PRISONER | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 8 | 1852 | |
17 | BOWEN JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 10 | 1860 | ||
18 | ARMSTRONG ANDREW | 53 | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 8 | 1867 | |
19 | CANNON JOHN | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 14 | 1869 | 1 | |
20 | BRADLEY SARAH | BLACK | FEMALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 14 | 1869 | 2 | |
21 | JENKINS LEVI | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | DEC | 14 | 1869 | 3 | |
22 | JOHNSON BENJAMIN | ? | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | ? | ? | 1870 | ||
23 | JONES JOSHUA | BLACK | MALE | FARM HAND | RAPE | HANGING | FEB | 4 | 1870 | 1 | |
24 | CARPENTER LOUIS | BLACK | MALE | FARM HAND | RAPE | HANGING | FEB | 4 | 1870 | 2 | |
25 | BURTON JOSEPH | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | JUN | 20 | 1873 | ||
26 | HURLEY CLEMENT | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | ? | ? | 1875 | ||
27 | RHODES JOHN | 24 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 21 | 1877 | |
28 | CHAMBERS SAMUEL | 35 | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | MAR | 22 | 1878 | 1 |
29 | COLLINS GEORGE | 19 | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | MAR | 22 | 1878 | 2 |
30 | REDDEN JAMES | 21 | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | AUG | 25 | 1882 | |
31 | ROBINSON CHARLES | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | APR | 16 | 1886 | ||
32 | PROCTOR JESSE | 34 | BLACK | MALE | FARM LABORER | ROBBERY-MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 13 | 1891 | 1 |
33 | YOUNG FREDRICK | 17 | BLACK | MALE | FARM LABORER | ROBBERY-MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 13 | 1891 | 2 |
34 | REEVES SHAKESPEARE | BLACK | MALE | FARM LABORER | RAPE | HANGING | MAR | 6 | 1891 | ||
35 | THOROUGHGOOD JAMES | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | AUG | 7 | 1891 | ||
36 | WRIGHT EDWARD | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 1 | 1897 | ||
37 | GORDY JAMES | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 11 | 1897 | ||
38 | JOINER JOHN | 25 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 2 | 1904 | |
39 | JONES LEWIS | 30 | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 11 | 1907 | |
40 | ARCHER WILLIAM | 21 | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 25 | 1907 | |
41 | ROBERTS REESE | 30 | BLACK | MALE | ? | ROBBERY-MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 14 | 1911 | |
42 | KRAKUS PETER | 25 | WHITE | MALE | CRIMINAL | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 14 | 1915 | |
43 | PRETTYMAN WILLIAM | 29 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 28 | 1917 | 1 |
44 | HARGUS ADAM | 34 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 28 | 1917 | 2 |
45 | PURNELL WEBSTER | 36 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 28 | 1917 | 3 |
46 | GANGUS SAMUEL | 24 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 11 | 1918 | |
47 | THOMAS ERNEST | 21 | BLACK | MALE | TRAMP | RAPE | HANGING | NOV | 26 | 1920 | |
48 | PRICE LEMUEL | 24 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 3 | 1920 | |
49 | BUTLER HARRY | 21 | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | FEB | 26 | 1926 | |
50 | SKINNER CARL | 27 | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | MAY | 27 | 1927 | |
51 | GALVANO LOUIS | 21 | WHITE | MALE | SOLDIER | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 28 | 1930 | |
52 | ROSS THEODORE | 24 | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | AUG | 22 | 1930 | |
53 | MORGAN JOHN | 44 | WHITE | MALE | FARM HAND | MURDER | HANGING | ? | ? | 1935 | |
54 | CAREY MAY | 52 | WHITE | FEMALE | HOUSEWIFE | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 7 | 1935 | 1 |
55 | CAREY HOWARD | 28 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 7 | 1935 | 2 |
56 | SCOTT GEORGE | 26 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 20 | 1936 | |
57 | OPHER ISAIAH | 36 | BLACK | MALE | SOLDIER | RAPE-MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 3 | 1937 | |
58 | NELSON JOSEPH | 36 | BLACK | MALE | FARM LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 4 | 1937 | |
59 | ROBINSON CURNEL | 34 | BLACK | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | JAN | 14 | 1941 | |
60 | ERNEST RALPH | 33 | WHITE | MALE | ? | RAPE | HANGING | JAN | 9 | 1942 | |
61 | BUTLER ANDERSON | 23 | BLACK | MALE | SOLDIER | RAPE | HANGING | DEC | 7 | 1945 | |
62 | STURDIVANT FORREST | 34 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 10 | 1946 |