DELAWARE EXECUTIONS

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NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

COUNTY

1

TURC

?

MALE

SLAVE

ATTEMPTED MURDER

HANGING

JAN

19

1662

SUSSEX

2

ROE, JUDITH

WHITE

FEMALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

MAR

15

1688

KENT

3

BEVAN, CATHARINE

51

WHITE

FEMALE

HOUSEWIFE

MURDER

BURNED

SEP

1731

1

NEW CASTLE

4

MURPHY, PETER

WHITE

MALE

SERVANT

MURDER

HANGING

SEP

1731

2

NEW CASTLE

5

SEXTON, MARGARET

WHITE

FEMALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

JUN

17

1751

NEW CASTLE

6

DUFFY, JAMES

WHITE

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

AUG

27

1754

KENT

7

BROWN, DAVID

WHITE

MALE

?

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

HANGING

JUN

4

1757

1

NEW CASTLE

8

COUGHLIN, JAMES

WHITE

MALE

?

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

HANGING

JUN

4

1757

2

NEW CASTLE

9

BARCLAY, HUGH

WHITE

MALE

?

HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL

HANGING

JUN

9

1770

NEW CASTLE

10

KIRK, SARAH

WHITE

FEMALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

?

1787

?

11

SMITH, JOHN

?

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

DEC

21

1815

NEW CASTLE

12

PIPER, WILLIAM

WHITE

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

APR

18

1820

SUSSEX

13

ELLIOTT, JACOB

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

DEC

31

1822

NEW CASTLE

14

SHARP, ELISHA

WHITE

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

?

1825

SUSSEX

15

MORRIS, ROBERT

?

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

?

1831

SUSSEX

16

WARD, SAMUEL

22

BLACK

MALE

PRISONER

MURDER

HANGING

SEP

8

1852

NEW CASTLE

17

BOWEN, JOHN

WHITE

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

FEB

10

1860

NEW CASTLE

18

ARMSTRONG, ANDREW

53

WHITE

MALE

FARMER

MURDER

HANGING

FEB

8

1867

NEW CASTLE

19

CANNON, JOHN

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

DEC

14

1869

1

SUSSEX

20

BRADLEY, SARAH

BLACK

FEMALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

DEC

14

1869

2

SUSSEX

21

JENKINS, LEVI

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

DEC

14

1869

3

SUSSEX

22

JOHNSON, BENJAMIN

?

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

?

1870

SUSSEX

23

JONES, JOSHUA

BLACK

MALE

FARM HAND

RAPE

HANGING

FEB

4

1870

1

NEW CASTLE

24

CARPENTER, LOUIS

BLACK

MALE

FARM HAND

RAPE

HANGING

FEB

4

1870

2

NEW CASTLE

25

BURTON, JOSEPH

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

JUN

20

1873

SUSSEX

26

HURLEY, CLEMENT

?

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

?

1875

SUSSEX

27

RHODES, JOHN

24

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

SEP

21

1877

NEW CASTLE

28

CHAMBERS, SAMUEL

35

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

MAR

22

1878

1

NEW CASTLE

29

COLLINS, GEORGE

19

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

MAR

22

1878

2

NEW CASTLE

30

REDDEN, JAMES

21

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

AUG

25

1882

NEW CASTLE

31

ROBINSON, CHARLES

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

APR

16

1886

NEW CASTLE

32

PROCTOR, JESSE

34

BLACK

MALE

FARM LABORER

MURDER-ROBBERY

HANGING

FEB

13

1891

1

KENT

33

YOUNG, FREDRICK

17

BLACK

MALE

FARM LABORER

MURDER-ROBBERY

HANGING

FEB

13

1891

2

KENT

34

REEVES, SHAKESPEARE

BLACK

MALE

FARM LABORER

RAPE

HANGING

MAR

6

1891

NEW CASTLE

35

THOROUGHGOOD, JAMES

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

AUG

7

1891

KENT

36

WRIGHT, EDWARD

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

JUL

1

1897

NEW CASTLE

37

GORDY, JAMES

?

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

JUN

11

1897

SUSSEX

38

JOINER, JOHN

25

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

SEP

2

1904

NEW CASTLE

39

JONES, LEWIS

30

?

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

JAN

11

1907

NEW CASTLE

40

ARCHER, WILLIAM

21

?

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

JAN

25

1907

NEW CASTLE

41

ROBERTS, REESE

30

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER-ROBBERY

HANGING

JUL

14

1911

NEW CASTLE

42

KRAKUS, PETER

25

WHITE

MALE

CRIMINAL

MURDER

HANGING

MAY

14

1915

NEW CASTLE

43

PRETTYMAN, WILLIAM

29

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

SEP

28

1917

1

NEW CASTLE

44

HARGUS, ADAM

34

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

SEP

28

1917

2

NEW CASTLE

45

PURNELL, WEBSTER

36

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

SEP

28

1917

3

NEW CASTLE

46

GANGUS, SAMUEL

24

WHITE

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

JAN

11

1918

NEW CASTLE

47

THOMAS, ERNEST

21

BLACK

MALE

TRAMP

RAPE

HANGING

NOV

26

1920

NEW CASTLE

48

PRICE, LEMUEL

24

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

DEC

3

1920

NEW CASTLE

49

BUTLER, HARRY

21

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

FEB

26

1926

SUSSEX

50

SKINNER, CARL

27

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

MAY

27

1927

SUSSEX

51

GALVANO, LOUIS

21

WHITE

MALE

SOLDIER

MURDER

HANGING

MAR

28

1930

NEW CASTLE

52

ROSS, THEODORE

24

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

AUG

22

1930

NEW CASTLE

53

MORGAN, JOHN

44

WHITE

MALE

FARM HAND

MURDER

HANGING

?

1935

KENT

54

CAREY, MAY

52

WHITE

FEMALE

HOUSEWIFE

MURDER

HANGING

JUN

7

1935

1

SUSSEX

55

CAREY, HOWARD

28

WHITE

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

JUN

7

1935

2

SUSSEX

56

SCOTT, GEORGE

26

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

NOV

20

1936

NEW CASTLE

57

OPHER, ISAIAH

36

BLACK

MALE

SOLDIER

MURDER-RAPE

HANGING

JAN

3

1937

NEW CASTLE

58

NELSON, JOSEPH

36

BLACK

MALE

FARM LABORER

MURDER

HANGING

JUN

4

1937

SUSSEX

59

ROBINSON, CURNEL

34

BLACK

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

JAN

14

1941

NEW CASTLE

60

ERNEST, RALPH

33

WHITE

MALE

?

RAPE

HANGING

JAN

9

1942

NEW CASTLE

61

BUTLER, ANDERSON

23

BLACK

MALE

SOLDIER

RAPE

HANGING

DEC

7

1945

NEW CASTLE

62

STURDIVANT, FORREST

34

BLACK

MALE

?

MURDER

HANGING

MAY

10

1946

SUSSEX