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 |