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Index by State - ILLINOIS - 1779-1900 |
| # | NAME | AGE | RACE | SEX | OCCUPATION | CRIME | METHOD | DATE | MTPL | COUNTY | ||
| 1 | MANUEL | BLACK | MALE | SLAVE | WITCHCRAFT | BURNED | JUN | 15 | 1779 | RANDOLPH | ||
| 2 | NAT. AMER. | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | ? | 1802 | RANDOLPH | ||||
| 3 | JONES, EMSLEY | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | ? | 1807 | RANDOLPH | |||
| 4 | KILLDUCK, JOHN | NAT. AMER. | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 14 | 1819 | CRAWFORD | ||
| 5 | NAT. AMER. | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | AUG | 1821 | RANDOLPH | ||||
| 6 | BENNETT, TIMOTHY | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 3 | 1821 | ST CLAIR | ||
| 7 | GREEN, ELIPHALET | WHITE | MALE | DISTILLERY WORKR | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 12 | 1824 | MADISON | ||
| 8 | FRAZIER, MARTIN | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 10 | 1824 | GALLATIN | ||
| 9 | VAN, NOY, NATHANIEL | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 26 | 1826 | SANGAMON | ||
| 10 | LEDBETTER, WILLIAM | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 30 | 1834 | WHITE | ||
| 11 | SHOUSE, HENRY | WHITE | MALE | GANG MEMBER | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 9 | 1834 | POPE | ||
| 12 | BENNETT, THOMAS | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 22 | 1834 | ADAMS | ||
| 13 | MCFADDEN, ELIAS | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 1835 | 1 | SCHUYLER | ||
| 14 | MCFADDEN, DAVID | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 1835 | 2 | SCHUYLER | ||
| 15 | THOMASON, JOSEPH | 23 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JUN | 10 | 1836 | IROQUOIS | |
| 16 | FRAIME, WILLIAM | 21 | WHITE | MALE | DECKHAND | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 18 | 1839 | HANCOCK | |
| 17 | TODD, AARON | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 2 | 1840 | MACOUPIN | ||
| 18 | STONE, JOHN | 30 | WHITE | MALE | WOOD CHOPPER | MURDER-RAPE | HANGING | JUL | 10 | 1840 | COOK | |
| 19 | REED, ELIZABETH | 40 | WHITE | FEMALE | HOUSEWIFE | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 23 | 1845 | LAWRENCE | |
| 20 | YOUNG, GRANVILLE | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JAN | 19 | 1845 | 1 | ROCK ISLAND | |
| 21 | LONG, AARON | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JAN | 19 | 1845 | 2 | ROCK ISLAND | |
| 22 | LONG, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JAN | 19 | 1845 | 3 | ROCK ISLAND | |
| 23 | JONES, MILTON | 21 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 11 | 1850 | WABASH | |
| 24 | WILLIAMS, GEORGE | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JAN | 19 | 1851 | 1 | PEORIA | |
| 25 | BROWN, THOMAS | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JAN | 19 | 1851 | 2 | PEORIA | |
| 26 | VOLTZ, HENRY | WHITE | MALE | PEDDLER | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 24 | 1853 | WAYNE | ||
| 27 | GATES, GEORGE | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JUN | 28 | 1853 | LA SALLE | ||
| 28 | COLLINS, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 21 | 1854 | PIKE | ||
| 29 | DOYLE, PATRICK | WHITE | MALE | RAILROAD LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 1854 | DU PAGE | |||
| 30 | ORBAN, JOSEPH | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 4 | 1854 | ST CLAIR | ||
| 31 | TAYLOR, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 19 | 1855 | JO DAVIESS | ||
| 32 | STODDARD | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 13 | 1855 | ROCK ISLAND | ||
| 33 | COUNTRYMAN, ALFRED | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 27 | 1857 | WINNEBAGO | ||
| 34 | JACKSON, HERMAN | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 26 | 1857 | COOK | ||
| 35 | JOHNSON, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 19 | 1857 | 1 | MADISON | |
| 36 | SHARPE, GEORGE | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 19 | 1857 | 2 | MADISON | |
| 37 | JACKSON, WILLIAM | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 26 | 1857 | COOK | ||
| 38 | INGRAM, ANDREW | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 3 | 1857 | ROCK ISLAND | ||
| 39 | STAUB, ALBERT | 20 | WHITE | MALE | FARM HAND | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 1858 | COOK | ||
| 40 | MCNAMEE, MICHAEL | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 6 | 1859 | COOK | ||
| 41 | ALTER, HENRY | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 28 | 1860 | MONROE | ||
| 42 | OTT, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAR | 1 | 1861 | TAZEWELL | ||
| 43 | MORRIS, WILEY | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER-RAPE | HANGING | MAY | 17 | 1861 | KANKAKEE | ||
| 44 | WHITE, JAMES | 19 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | AUG | 15 | 1861 | MARION | |
| 45 | CUNNINGHAM, ADDISON | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 29 | 1861 | ADAMS | ||
| 46 | MCDONNELL, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 7 | 1862 | IROQUOIS | ||
| 47 | CURRY, WILLIAM | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 27 | 1862 | WASHINGTON | ||
| 48 | BELL, WILLIAM | WHITE | MALE | FARM HAND | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 13 | 1865 | LAKE | ||
| 49 | FLEMING, MATT | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 15 | 1865 | 1 | COOK | |
| 50 | CORBETT, JERRY | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 15 | 1865 | 2 | COOK | |
| 51 | HARPER, FRANCIS | 22 | WHITE | MALE | FARM LABORER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | DEC | 22 | 1865 | IROQUOIS | |
| 52 | VAN, AUSDALE, BARNEY | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | ? | 1866 | 1 | SANGAMON | ||
| 53 | LEMONS, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | ? | 1866 | 2 | SANGAMON | ||
| 54 | KENNEDY, JOHN | 41 | WHITE | MALE | SALOON KEEPER | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 27 | 1866 | 1 | LAKE |
| 55 | CHASE, GEORGE | ? | MALE | CONVICT | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 27 | 1866 | 2 | WILL | |
| 56 | GUEDEL, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 26 | 1867 | ST CLAIR | ||
| 57 | MOORE, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 23 | 1869 | BOND | ||
| 58 | BELL, WILLIAM | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 12 | 1869 | MADISON | ||
| 59 | MEYERS, JOSEPH | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 30 | 1870 | SHELBY | ||
| 60 | BARNES, BARTHOLOMEW | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 29 | 1871 | PIKE | ||
| 61 | MCNULTY, HENRY | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | ? | 1873 | PEORIA | |||
| 62 | PERLE, ANDREW | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 1873 | COOK | |||
| 63 | DRIVER, GEORGE | WHITE | MALE | CARPENTER | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 14 | 1873 | 1 | COOK | |
| 64 | OSBORNE, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 14 | 1873 | 2 | KNOX | |
| 65 | O'NEILL, JOSEPH | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 16 | 1873 | CARROLL | ||
| 66 | PARI, GREGORY | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | AUG | 1873 | COOK | |||
| 67 | CAMPBELL, WILLIAM | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | AUG | 29 | 1873 | ALEXANDER | ||
| 68 | PERTEET, ANDREW | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 1873 | WILL | |||
| 69 | RAFFERTY, CHRIS | 25 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 27 | 1874 | LAKE | |
| 70 | GEORGE | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 1874 | COOK | |||
| 71 | BURGESS, NATHAN | 28 | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JUN | 18 | 1875 | EFFINGHAM | |
| 72 | CRAIN, MARSHALL | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 21 | 1876 | WILLIAMSON | ||
| 73 | LEE, WILLIAM | WHITE | MALE | PIMP | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 16 | 1876 | HENDERSON | ||
| 74 | SMITH, WILLIAM | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 1878 | COOK | |||
| 75 | CONNALLY, JEREMIAH | 19 | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 21 | 1878 | 1 | COOK |
| 76 | SHERRY, GEORGE | 21 | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 21 | 1878 | 2 | COOK |
| 77 | BURNS, JOHN | ? | MALE | GANG MEMBER | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 21 | 1878 | 3 | EDGAR | |
| 78 | BURKLOW, HARRISON | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 5 | 1878 | JOHNSON | ||
| 79 | GLASS, CHARLES | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 16 | 1879 | ALEXANDER | ||
| 80 | DEBOER, JOHANNES | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER-RAPE | HANGING | MAR | 17 | 1880 | LIVINGSTON | ||
| 81 | KOESTER, FRED | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 21 | 1881 | VERMILION | ||
| 82 | HAILWAGON, WILLIAM | 49 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 24 | 1882 | ROCK ISLAND | |
| 83 | DEVINE, PATSY | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 12 | 1882 | DE WITT | ||
| 84 | VAUGHAN, JAMES | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 16 | 1882 | PERRY | ||
| 85 | TRACY, JAMES | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 15 | 1882 | 1 | COOK | |
| 86 | REDDEN, SAMUEL | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 15 | 1882 | 2 | MASSAC | |
| 87 | MATTHEWS, PHILLIP | 20 | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 12 | 1883 | ST CLAIR | |
| 88 | MACKINNON, SYSLVESTER | 25 | WHITE | MALE | FARM HAND | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 11 | 1883 | HENRY | |
| 89 | REIBLING, CHRISTIAN | 30 | WHITE | MALE | CARPENTER | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 16 | 1884 | WHITESIDE | |
| 90 | BROWN, WILLIAM | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 29 | 1884 | ST CLAIR | ||
| 91 | JACOBSEN, THEODORE | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | SEP | 18 | 1884 | COOK | ||
| 92 | HENRY, WILLIAM | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JAN | 16 | 1885 | MADISON | ||
| 93 | CHAPMAN, THOMAS | ? | MALE | FARM HAND | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 23 | 1885 | COLES | ||
| 94 | HOULDEN, CHARLES | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 15 | 1885 | MENARD | ||
| 95 | AZZARO, GIOVANNI | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 14 | 1885 | 1 | COOK | |
| 96 | GILARDO, AUGUSTINE | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 14 | 1885 | 2 | COOK | |
| 97 | SYLVESTER, IGNACIO | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 14 | 1885 | 3 | COOK | |
| 98 | MERRIMAN, NOAH | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 15 | 1886 | ST CLAIR | ||
| 99 | MUKOWSKI, FRANK | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAR | 26 | 1886 | COOK | ||
| 100 | DACEY, JAMES | WHITE | MALE | CITY EMPLOYEE | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 16 | 1886 | MC HENRY | ||
| 101 | WILSON, WILLIAM | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 12 | 1886 | UNION | ||
| 102 | SPIES, AUGUST | WHITE | MALE | EDITOR | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 11 | 1887 | 1 | COOK | |
| 103 | PARSONS, ALBERT | WHITE | MALE | TYPESETTER | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 11 | 1887 | 2 | COOK | |
| 104 | FISCHER, ADOLPH | WHITE | MALE | PRINTER | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 11 | 1887 | 3 | COOK | |
| 105 | ENGEL, GEORGE | WHITE | MALE | MERCHANT | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 11 | 1887 | 4 | COOK | |
| 106 | DAVIS, ZEPHYR | 23 | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 12 | 1888 | COOK | |
| 107 | MILLIGAN, GEORGE | WHITE | MALE | WOODSMAN | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 23 | 1888 | GALLATIN | ||
| 108 | MAXWELL, JAMES | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | JAN | 17 | 1890 | GRUNDY | ||
| 109 | CRAWFORD, WILLIAM | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 14 | 1891 | MACON | ||
| 110 | FORD, CHARLES | 23 | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 9 | 1891 | LA SALLE | |
| 111 | DAVIS, TOM | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 14 | 1892 | 1 | WASHINGTON | |
| 112 | DICKERSON, HENRY | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 14 | 1892 | 2 | WASHINGTON | |
| 113 | JAMISON, WILLIAM, J. | BLACK | MALE | HERB DOCTOR | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | AUG | 18 | 1893 | ADAMS | ||
| 114 | PATE, HARVEY | 21 | WHITE | MALE | MINER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | DEC | 8 | 1893 | 1 | VERMILION |
| 115 | STIRES, FRANK | 19 | WHITE | MALE | MINER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | DEC | 8 | 1893 | 2 | VERMILION |
| 116 | LACORE, ERNEST | WHITE | MALE | FARM HAND | MURDER-RAPE | HANGING | JAN | 19 | 1894 | WILL | ||
| 117 | PAINTER, GEORGE | ? | MALE | GAMBLER | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 26 | 1894 | COOK | ||
| 118 | HIGGINS, THOMAS | 23 | WHITE | MALE | EX CONVICT | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAR | 23 | 1894 | COOK | |
| 119 | PRENDERGAST, PATRICK | 23 | WHITE | MALE | NEWS VENDOR | MURDER | HANGING | JUL | 13 | 1894 | COOK | |
| 120 | CENTRALL, GEORGE | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 30 | 1894 | ST CLAIR | ||
| 121 | HENDERSON, ARLEY | 23 | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 31 | 1895 | 1 | JACKSON |
| 122 | JEFFREYS, FRANK | 28 | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 31 | 1895 | 2 | JACKSON |
| 123 | LYONS, HARRY | 35 | WHITE | MALE | EX CONVICT | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 11 | 1895 | COOK | |
| 124 | SMITH, C., N. | ? | MALE | BASEBALL PLAYER | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 29 | 1895 | MACON | ||
| 125 | FOSTER, HENRY | BLACK | MALE | JOCKEY | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 23 | 1896 | COOK | ||
| 126 | WALLACE, ALBERT | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | MAR | 14 | 1896 | TAZEWELL | ||
| 127 | FIELDS, ALFRED | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 15 | 1896 | COOK | ||
| 128 | JONES, JOHN | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 19 | 1896 | JACKSON | ||
| 129 | WINDRATH, JOSEPH | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JUN | 5 | 1896 | COOK | ||
| 130 | MANNOW, JULIUS | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 30 | 1896 | COOK | ||
| 131 | BEHME, FRED | WHITE | MALE | FARMER | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 4 | 1896 | HAMILTON | ||
| 132 | MCCARTHY, DAN | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 19 | 1897 | COOK | ||
| 133 | HOELTMAN, FRED | WHITE | MALE | FARM HAND | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 14 | 1897 | FORD | ||
| 134 | LATTIMORE, JOHN | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | MAY | 28 | 1897 | 1 | COOK | |
| 135 | POWERS, WILLIAM | BLACK | MALE | PORTER | MURDER | HANGING | MAY | 28 | 1897 | 2 | COOK | |
| 136 | MINGLE, JAMES | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | FEB | 11 | 1898 | SANGAMON | ||
| 137 | MERRY, CHRIS | WHITE | MALE | PEDDLER | MURDER | HANGING | APR | 22 | 1898 | COOK | ||
| 138 | DRUGAN, JOHN | ? | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 14 | 1898 | 1 | COOK | |
| 139 | JACKSON, GEORGE | WHITE | MALE | POLICEMAN | MURDER | HANGING | JAN | 14 | 1898 | 2 | COOK | |
| 140 | COLLIER, DICK | WHITE | MALE | LABORER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | DEC | 16 | 1898 | CHAMPAIGN | ||
| 141 | HOWARD, ROBERT | BLACK | MALE | CRIMINAL | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | FEB | 17 | 1899 | COOK | ||
| 142 | BECKER, ALBERT | WHITE | MALE | BUTCHER | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 10 | 1899 | COOK | ||
| 143 | ROLLINGER, MICHAEL | WHITE | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | NOV | 17 | 1899 | COOK | ||
| 144 | MARTIN, WILLIAM | BLACK | MALE | ? | MURDER | HANGING | DEC | 29 | 1899 | ALEXANDER | ||
| 145 | OWENS, JOHN | WHITE | MALE | DRIFTER | MURDER-ROBBERY | HANGING | DEC | 21 | 1900 | EDGAR | ||