The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959.
Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, 102 by hanging, 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains.
Executions 1861-1959
| Name | Race | Sex | Date of execution | Method | Crime(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winthrow | Black | ? | January 1861 | Hanging | Unspecified Felony |
| Daniel Grogan | ? | M | February 9, 1866 | Hanging | Murder |
| Thomas Boice | ? | M | February 9, 1866 | Hanging | Murder |
| Mortimer Gibboney | ? | M | June 15, 1866 | Hanging | Murder |
| Joseph Eisele | White | M | March 6, 1868 | Hanging | Murder |
| Labon Walker | White | M | November 28, 1879 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Jenkins | Black | M | November 11, 1881 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Felix Kampf | White | M | March 7, 1890 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Martin | ? | M | October 3, 1890 | Hanging | Murder |
| Sim Johnson | Black | M | June 19, 1891 | Hanging | Rape |
| William Maier | White | M | November 17, 1892 | Hanging | Murder |
| Allen Harrison | White | M | November 22, 1892 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Hardy | ? | M | January 19, 1894 | Hanging | Murder |
| Washington Adkins | Black | M | July 20, 1894 | Hanging | Murder |
| Anderw Scott | Black | M | October 4, 1895 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jim Nichols | Black | M | December 13, 1895 | Hanging | Murder |
| Clark Lewis | Black | M | June 25, 1897 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jerry Brown | Black | M | July 25, 1897 | Hanging | Rape |
| Albert Viars | White | M | November 12, 1897 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Morgan | White | M | December 16, 1897 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Shep Caldwell | Black | M | October 10, 1899 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Broadsnax | Black | M | November 9, 1899 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Walker | Black | M | December 15, 1899 | Hanging | Murder |
| George Carter | Black | M | March 21, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Lewis Young | Black | M | May 1, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Mooney | White | M | May 9, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Friday | White | M | May 9, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Perry Christian | White | M | June 13, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| State Henry | Black | M | June 24, 1902 | Hanging | Murder |
| Wilfred Davis | White | M | June 5, 1903 | Hanging | Murder |
| George Williams | Black | M | September 9, 1904 | Hanging | Rape |
| Edward Walton | Black | M | July 17, 1908 | Hanging | Murder |
| Arthur Brown | Black | M | August 27, 1909 | Hanging | Murder |
| Thomas Wayne | Black | M | December 23, 1910 | Hanging | Rape and Murder |
| Frank Stevenson | Black | M | February 17, 1911 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jesse Cook | White | M | March 10, 1911 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Furbish | Black | M | March 17, 1911 | Hanging | Rape |
| John Marshall | Black | M | April 4, 1913 | Hanging in chains | Murder |
| James Williams | Black | M | April 4, 1913 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Sterling | Black | M | June 6, 1913 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Bix | White | M | June 6, 1913 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Green | Black | M | March 6, 1914 | Hanging | Murder |
| Silas Jones | Black | M | July 10, 1914 | Hanging | Murder |
| Will Thomas | Black | M | July 2, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Will Stuart | Black | M | July 2, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Nat Jarrell | White | M | July 9, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Charles Forest | Black | M | September 10, 1915 | Hanging | Murder |
| Claude Sutton | White | M | August 4, 1916 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| James Lay | Black | M | September 1, 1916 | Hanging | Murder |
| Hugh Ferguson | Black | M | August 6, 1919 | Hanging | Murder |
| Hugh Bragg | White | M | April 30, 1920 | Hanging | Murder |
| Jacob Lutz | White | M | July 22, 1921 | Hanging | Murder |
| Hobart Green | White | M | August 5, 1921 | Hanging | Murder |
| Henry Harbor | Black | M | January 7, 1922 | Hanging | Murder |
| Leroy Williams | Black | M | March 3, 1922 | Hanging | Rape |
| Monroe Payton | Black | M | May 4, 1922 | Hanging | Rape |
| George Banhage | White | M | November 2, 1923 | Hanging | Murder |
| Nick Salamante | White | M | January 4, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Philip Connizzaro | White | M | January 4, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Richard Ferri | White | M | January 4, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Samuel Muratore | White | M | February 15, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Tiny McCoy | White | M | September 12, 1924 | Hanging | Murder |
| Robert Ford | Black | M | January 29, 1926 | Hanging | Murder |
| Harry Sawyer | Black | M | April 19, 1926 | Hanging | Rape |
| Philip Euman | Black | M | August 20, 1926 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Henry Jackson | Black | M | September 10, 1926 | Hanging | Murder |
| Pierce Jefferies | Black | M | February 18, 1927 | Hanging | Rape |
| Wesley Swain | White | M | February 3, 1928 | Hanging | Rape |
| Andrew Brady | Black | M | March 30, 1928 | Hanging | Rape |
| Lawrence Pike | White | M | August 10, 1928 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Henry Grogan | Black | M | February 8, 1929 | Hanging | Rape |
| Theodore Carr | White | M | June 14, 1929 | Hanging | Murder |
| Walter Wilmot | White | M | September 13, 1929 | Hanging | Murder |
| Willard Morrison | White | M | September 13, 1929 | Hanging | Murder |
| Walter Crabtree | White | M | May 9, 1930 | Hanging | Murder |
| Roosevelt Darnell | White | M | November 14, 1930 | Hanging | Murder |
| William C. Adams | White | M | February 20, 1931 | Hanging | Murder |
| Emory Stephens | White | M | February 20, 1931 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Myer | White | M | June 19, 1931 | Hanging | Murder |
| Harry Powers | White | M | March 18, 1932 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| James Blount | Black | M | May 12, 1932 | Hanging | Murder |
| Omer Brill | White | M | August 10, 1933 | Hanging | Murder |
| Leo Fraser | White | M | November 24, 1933 | Hanging | Murder |
| Joe Corey | White | M | December 8, 1933 | Hanging | Murder |
| Greely Blankenship | White | M | January 7, 1935 | Hanging | Murder |
| Robert Branch | Black | M | July 19, 1935 | Hanging | Murder |
| Frank Pramera | White | M | April 13, 1937 | Hanging | Murder |
| Willy Becker | White | M | June 25, 1937 | Hanging | Murder |
| Mervin Brown | Black | M | September 10, 1937 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Read | White | M | November 5, 1937 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Raymond Styres | White | M | March 13, 1938 | Hanging | Murder |
| John Travis | White | M | March 21, 1938 | Hanging | Kidnapping and Murder |
| Arnett Booth | White | M | March 21, 1938 | Hanging | Kidnapping and Murder |
| Orville Adkins | White | M | March 21, 1938 | Hanging | Kidnapping and Murder |
| Hartman Byzantine | White | M | June 28, 1940 | Hanging | Murder |
| Paul Tross | Black | M | December 6, 1940 | Hanging | Rape |
| James Chambers | Black | M | March 30, 1945 | Hanging | Rape and Murder |
| William Turner | White | M | December 28, 1945 | Hanging | Murder |
| Richard Collins | White | M | January 11, 1946 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Gordon | White | M | January 3, 1947 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Paul Burton | White | M | January 2, 1948 | Hanging | Murder |
| Mark McCauley | White | M | January 30, 1948 | Hanging | Murder |
| Matthew Perison | Black | M | September 23, 1948 | Hanging | Murder |
| Lemuel Steed | Black | M | January 15, 1949 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
| Bud Peterson | Black | M | February 25, 1949 | Hanging | Murder |
| Harry Burdette | White | M | March 26, 1951 | Electrocution | Murder |
| Fred Painter | White | M | March 26, 1951 | Electrocution | Murder |
| James Hewlett, Jr. | White | M | April 10, 1951 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
| Oshel Gardener | White | M | April 17, 1953 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
| Tom Ingham | Black | M | March 27, 1954 | Electrocution | Murder |
| Robert Hopkins | White | M | September 7, 1956 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
| Eugene Linger | White | M | June 5, 1958 | Electrocution | Murder |
| Larry Fudge | White | M | July 1, 1958 | Electrocution | Rape and Murder |
| Elmer Bruner | White | M | April 3, 1959 | Electrocution | Burglary and Murder |
See also
References
- "Abolition of capital punishment in West Virginia". statelaws.findlaw.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Executions in West Virginia, from 1861-1959". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 18 January 2021.