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| Executions 1607-1976 | Executions 1977-Present | |||||||
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U.S.A. Executions - 1607-1976 |
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Index by date - 1797 |
| # | NAME: LAST FIRST | AGE | RACE | SEX | OCCUPATION | CRIME | METHOD | DATE | STATE | ST # | ||
| 1495 | STEWART JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL | HANGING | APR | 6 | 1797 | MASSACHUSETTS | 200 | |
| 1496 | SAM (LAUGHLIN) | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 22 | 1797 | VIRGINIA | 356 | |
| 1497 | DOANE RICHARD | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 10 | 1797 | CONNECTICUT | 26 | |
| 1498 | STARR THOMAS | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 14 | 1797 | CONNECTICUT | 27 | |
| 1499 | DICK (WADLING) | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | UNSPEC FELONY | HANGING | JUN | 20 | 1797 | VIRGINIA | 357 | |
| 1500 | JOHNSTONE ABRAHAM | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 8 | 1797 | NEW JERSEY | 83 | |
| 1501 | NIMROD MOSES(TAZEWELL | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | UNSPEC FELONY | HANGING | JUL | ? | 1797 | VIRGINIA | 358 | |
| 1502 | PETER (GRANTHAM) | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | RAPE | HANGING | AUG | 11 | 1797 | VIRGINIA | 359 | |
| 1503 | YOUNG JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | AUG | 17 | 1797 | NEW YORK | 174 | |
| 1504 | DICK (VAUGHAN) | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | THEFT-STEALING | HANGING | SEP | 22 | 1797 | VIRGINIA | 360 | |
| 1505 | SMITH STEPHEN | BLACK | MALE | ? | HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL | HANGING | OCT | ? | 1797 | MASSACHUSETTS | 201 | |
| 1506 | DAVY | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | ? | HANGING | DEC | 10 | 1797 | VIRGINIA | 361 | |