List of people executed in South Carolina (pre-1972)

Last updated September 02, 2025

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia . For executions after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's ruling in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), see List of people executed in South Carolina.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Background

Historically, all executions in South Carolina were carried out locally by hanging. In March 1912, local hangings were officially replaced with centralized electrocution,^[4] with the first electrocution being carried out that August at the state penitentiary in Columbia.^[5]

List of executions


Name	Age	Race	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
William Reed	24	Black	M	August 6, 1912	Anderson	Attempted rape	Female, 26, white	Cole L. Blease
Alex Weldon	55	Black	M	August 13, 1912	Florence	Murder-Robbery	Elihu M. Moye, 53, white
John Cole	39	Black	M	August 22, 1912	Charleston	Murder	Sam Fraser, 22, black
Edward Alexander	23	Black	M	September 20, 1912	Fairfield	Attempted rape	Female, white
Samuel Hyde	27	White	M	October 1, 1912	Anderson	Murder	Emma Beasley Hyde and William V. Beasley, 22 and 54, white (wife and father-in-law)
Clinton Glover	19	Black	M	November 12, 1912	Dorchester	Attempted rape	Female, white
Sam Boozer	42	Black	M	January 2, 1913	Newberry	Murder	James S. Gilliam, 43, white
Frank Green	18	Black	M	April 4, 1913	Marlboro	Attempted rape	Female, 14, white
Charles Rushing	40	White	M	April 18, 1913	Chesterfield	Murder	Sue Rushing, 40, white (wife)
Sam Dukes	25	Black	M	July 1, 1913	Sumter	Murder	Isadore Barwick, 24, white (Pinewood policeman)
M. L. Garrett	48	White	M	July 14, 1913	Lee	Murder	Aaron Campbell and John H. Campbell, 19 and 52, white (nephew- and son-in-law)
Herman Kelley	23	Black	M	August 8, 1913	Florence	Attempted rape	Female, white
Ernest Mullivee	21	Black	M	August 18, 1913	Oconee	Murder	Samuel Hyde, 27, white
David Reynolds		Black	M	September 4, 1913	Beaufort	Murder	James Rollin Coller, 37, white (constable)
Jasper Green	40	Black	M	September 4, 1913	Beaufort	Murder	James Rollin Coller, 37, white (constable)
Scott Madison	24	Black	M	December 22, 1913	Barnwell	Murder	Edward Peyton Best, 35, white
Albert Canty	27	Black	M	January 3, 1914	Charleston	Murder	Alfred W. Steeger, 48, white
Harry Thompson	17	Black	M	January 3, 1914	Charleston	Murder	Alfred W. Steeger, 48, white
Buck Hill	25	Black	M	February 9, 1914	Richland	Rape	Female, 35, white
Floyd McCullum	24	Black	M	February 6, 1915	Pickens	Murder-Rape	Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hendricks, 55 and 54, white^[a]	Richard Irvine Manning III
Durant Haile	26	Black	M	March 17, 1915	Kershaw	Murder	Lucille Haile, 23, black (wife)
Tommie Grice	17	Black	M	August 4, 1915	Florence	Rape	Female, white
Jessie McNeil	26	Black	M	September 2, 1915	Marlboro	Murder	Ida McNeil, 25, black (wife)
Nelson Price	20	Black	M	September 29, 1915	Chester	Murder-Robbery	John Q. Lewis, 73, white
Tom Griffin	27	Black	M
John Crosby	33	Black	M
Meeks Griffin	25	Black	M
Joe Malloy	45	Black	M		Marlboro	Murder	Prentiss Moore and Guy Rogers, 11 and 15, white^[b]
Charley Logan	17	Black	M	October 15, 1915	Abbeville	Murder	Frances Helmina Boles Scott, 80, white
Peter Hamilton	25	Black	M	February 4, 1916	Pickens	Attempted rape	Female, white
Israel Good	17	Black	M	February 25, 1916	York	Rape	Female, 6, white
Slabo Bailey	25	Black	M	April 28, 1916	Laurens	Murder	Sallie Barksdale, 36, black
Monroe Collins	22	Black	M	May 15, 1916	Greenville	Attempted rape	Female, white
Joe Grant	47	Black	M	May 15, 1916	Edgefield	Murder	Jesse T. Durst, 36, white
Ellis Johnston	38	Black	M	September 15, 1916	Edgefield	Attempted rape	Female, white
John Johnson	23	Black	M	March 23, 1917	Dillon	Murder-Robbery	Hugh Harrelson, 67, white
Mockey Palucca	20	Black	M	October 12, 1917	Orangeburg	Murder	Howard H. Franklin, 60, white (policeman)
John Gardner	21	Black	M	January 25, 1918	Beaufort	Murder	Samuel Hirsch Schein, 42, white (adoptive father)
William Furgerson	18	Black	M	May 10, 1918	Barnwell	Attempted rape	Female, white
Sam Holliware	37	Black	M	July 19, 1918	Colleton	Attempted rape	Female, white
Samuel Johnson	18	Black	M	January 10, 1919	York	Attempted rape	Female, white
Aaron Walker	25	Black	M	March 18, 1919	Greenwood	Attempted rape	Eliza Hill, white	Robert Archer Cooper
George Johnson	19	Black	M	July 11, 1919	Lancaster	Attempted rape	Female, white
Moser Witherspoon	27	Black	M	November 14, 1919	Lancaster	Murder	Luther Horton, 41, white
John Maxwell	20	Black	M	August 6, 1920	Charleston	Murder	George S. Douan, 55, white
James Washington	22	Black	M	September 24, 1920	Greenville	Rape	Female, 14, white
Grover Butler	24	Black	M	December 14, 1920	Spartanburg	Attempted rape	Emily Mabry, 29, white
Will Lomax		Black	M	February 4, 1921	Greenville	Murder
Ivey Littlejohn	25	Black	M	February 18, 1921	Spartanburg	Murder	Joseph S. Holbert, 48, white
Adam Griffin	27	Black	M	March 4, 1921	Sumter	Murder
Freddie Fogle		Black	M	March 25, 1921	Calhoun	Murder
Albert Wilson		Black	M	May 3, 1921	Richland	Murder	Bryan B. Butler, white^[6]
Pink Griffin		Black	M	September 2, 1921	Greenwood	Murder	Lawton C. Lipscomb, white^[7]
Harvey Whaley	40	Black	M	November 4, 1921	Calhoun	Murder	Earle Wadford and Cornett Zeigler, both 23, white
Tillman Choice	21	Black	M	December 2, 1921	Spartanburg	Rape	Mollie Ivey, 37, white
Curtis Franklin	33	Black	M	February 3, 1922	Aiken	Rape	Female, white
Will Hood	19	Black	M	April 7, 1922	Greenville	Murder	George W. Smith, 65, white
S. J. Kirby	35	White	M	June 16, 1922	Lexington	Murder-Robbery	Willie C. Brazell, 19, white	Wilson Godfrey Harvey
Jesse Gappins	21	White	M
C. Fox	31	White	M
Frank Jeffords	29	White	M	December 22, 1922	Richland	Murder	John C. Arnette, 45, white
Thomas Johnson	16	Black	M	February 2, 1923	Bamberg	Murder	Mrs. J. H. Lancaster, white^[8]	Thomas Gordon McLeod
Ira Harrison	22	White	M	February 16, 1923	Richland	Murder	John C. Arnette, 45, white^[9]
Jake Terry		Black	M	March 16, 1923	Hampton	Murder
Eugene Adams	20	Black	M	June 22, 1923	Orangeburg	Murder-Robbery	J. Attaway Brown, 60, white^[10]
George Allen		Black	M	July 20, 1923	Anderson	Murder	Cecil Hale, white^[11]
Frank Gaines		Black	M	December 21, 1923	Beaufort	Murder
Julius Garvin		Black	M	December 22, 1923	Beaufort	Murder
Jeff Chandler		White	M	February 1, 1924	Greenville	Murder	Rosa K. Bramlett and daughter, white (mother-in-law and wife)^[12]
Charlie Simuel		Black	M	June 20, 1924	Spartanburg	Attempted rape
Rubin Robinson		Black	M	November 7, 1924	Chester	Murder
Frank Harrell	24	White	M	December 5, 1924	Chesterfield	Murder-Robbery	Samuel H. McLeary, white^[13]
Mortimer King	25	White	M	December 5, 1924	Chesterfield	Murder-Robbery	Samuel H. McLeary, white^[13]
Carroll Orr		Black	M	June 5, 1925	Charleston	Murder	J. Madison Heape, white^[14]
Draper Jeffries		Black	M	August 28, 1925	Spartanburg	Murder
John Cooper	43	Black	M	August 27, 1926	Charleston	Murder-Robbery	Spiro Constan and Louie L. Smith, 29 and 22, white
McKinley Thompson	18	Black	M	August 12, 1927	York	Murder	Frances Cowan Thomasson, 78, white	John Gardiner Richards Jr.
John Brown	22	Black	M	January 4, 1929	Charleston	Murder-Robbery	Chu Yuan Fat, 58, Asian
George Palmer	22	Black	M	January 4, 1929	Charleston	Murder-Robbery	Chu Yuan Fat, 58, Asian
Charlie Robinson	23	Black	M	April 19, 1929	Charleston	Murder	Mamie Hutchinson Smith, 18, black
Eli Truesdale	29	Black	M	April 29, 1930	Lee	Murder	Willie and Lillian Burris Bristow, 54 and 46, black
George Washington	22	Black	M	May 16, 1930	Allendale	Murder	Elliott Bates, 43, black^[c]
Ossie Moore	24	Black	M	May 16, 1930	Allendale	Murder	Elliott Bates, 43, black^[c]
Ray Coleman	29	White	M	June 24, 1930	Spartanburg	Murder-Robbery	Earle Belue, 28, white
Paul Johnson	29	White	M	June 24, 1930	Spartanburg	Murder-Robbery	Earle Belue, 28, white
James Hickman	26	Black	M	February 27, 1931	Lexington	Murder	Bob Wilbur Hendrix, 41, white	Ibra Charles Blackwood
Robert Eldridge	26	Black	M
George Bird	21	Black	M
John Cantrell	26	Black	M
Earnest Thomas	23	Black	M
Tillman Boozer	32	Black	M			Murder	Clarence D. Mills, 52, white
Sonnau Blakely		Black	M	May 26, 1931	Greenville	Murder
J. P. Moore		Black	M	June 12, 1931	Cherokee	Attempted rape
Albert Floyd	25	White	M	July 10, 1931	Aiken	Murder	Howard Bell, white^[15]
David King		Black	M	January 8, 1932	Spartanburg	Murder-Robbery	Mr. Hill, white^[16]
Richard Dean		Black	M		Spartanburg	Murder-Robbery	Mr. Hill, white^[16]
James Sturdevant		Black	M		Horry	Rape
Roy Jones		Black	M	April 29, 1932	Spartanburg	Murder
Hilton Williams	28	Black	M	July 15, 1932	Marlboro	Murder-Robbery	John L. James, 52, white
Eban Woods	32	Black	M	July 29, 1932	Darlington	Murder	Hattie Chambers Samuel, 28, black
Booker Copeland	35	Black	M		Colleton	Murder	Henry Creech McMillan, 55, white
Buster Tucker	25	Black	M		Colleton	Murder	Henry Creech McMillan, 55, white
E. O. S. Howell	42	White	M	December 16, 1932	Sumter	Murder	Ernest Hart Williams, 33, white
William Sanders	18	Black	M	March 3, 1933	York	Murder	Zula Stephenson, 59, white
James Jones	23	Black	M		Aiken	Murder	Charles Green, 68, white
James Dicks	27	Black	M		Aiken	Murder	Charles Green, 68, white
Ronnie Smith	21	Black	M	July 21, 1933	Laurens	Rape	Female, white
James Holmes	26	Black	M	December 4, 1933	Sumter	Murder	Nora Franklin, 39, black (aunt)
Tom Wardlaw	53	Black	M	December 4, 1933	Newberry ^[d]	Murder	Andrew J. Ferguson, 62, white
Robert Wiles	49	White	M	March 12, 1934	Richland	Murder-Kidnap	Hubbard H. Harris Jr., 15, white
John Watkins	24	Black	M	April 13, 1934	Fairfield	Murder	Raymond A. Feaster, 44, white (county sheriff)
James Kinloch	20	Black	M	April 27, 1934	Charleston	Murder-Robbery	George C. Garrett, 41, white
John Ellis	18	Black	M	April 27, 1934	Charleston	Murder-Robbery	George C. Garrett, 41, white
Tom Richardson	17	Black	M	June 6, 1934	Georgetown	Murder-Robbery	John Milton, 37, black
Eddie Lee	19	Black	M	June 6, 1934	Georgetown	Murder-Robbery	John Milton, 37, black
Payton Brown	22	White	M	July 13, 1934	Darlington	Murder	Gertrude Melton Brown, 25, white (wife)
Reuben Jones	18	Black	M	July 20, 1934	Lancaster	Murder-Robbery	Bernard McCullens, 17, white
Eaver Pugh	24	Black	M	October 12, 1934	Sumter	Murder-Robbery	James W. Grooms, 57, white^[e]
Joe Cunningham	19	Black	M	November 30, 1934	Richland	Murder-Robbery	Samuel C. Moore, 76, white
Clarence Floyd	20	Black	M	January 4, 1935	Lexington	Rape-Robbery	Female, 20, white^[f]
Curtis Williams	24	Black	M	May 24, 1935	Greenville	Murder	Ansel Gary Drummond, 21, white	Olin D. Johnston
Thurman Harris	24	Black	M	June 7, 1935	Barnwell	Rape	Female, 68, white
Ransome Emanuel	65	Black	M	July 26, 1935	Florence	Murder-Rape	Jane Calcutt Haines, 90, white
Monroe Stewart	22	Black	M	July 26, 1935	Calhoun	Murder	Edward Hayne, 60, black
D. M. Blanden	19	Black	M	August 16, 1935	Spartanburg	Murder	Benjamin F. Sims, 25, white
Cornell Luster	29	Black	M	December 20, 1935	Greenville	Murder	Edwin D. Milam, 25, white (state trooper)
Harry Hill	24	Black	M	December 20, 1935	Greenville	Murder	Edwin D. Milam, 25, white (state trooper)
Robert Ashley	17	Black	M	June 26, 1936	Richland	Murder-Robbery	Joe Byrd, 42, white (prison guard)
James Mixon	20	Black	M	July 24, 1936	Lee	Murder-Robbery	Redic Johnson Kelley, 62, white
Wash DeSaussure	25	Black	M	July 24, 1936	Lee	Murder-Robbery	Redic Johnson Kelley, 62, white
Sam Powell	25	White	M	December 11, 1936	Anderson	Murder-Robbery	Walter Anderson Daniel, 25, white
Sam Anderson	24	White	M	December 11, 1936	Anderson	Murder-Robbery	Walter Anderson Daniel, 25, white
George McDuffie	22	Black	M	April 9, 1937	Lee	Murder-Robbery	Margie Ann Brown, 73, white
Furman McDonald	45	White	M	August 20, 1937	Fairfield	Murder	Hugh B. Thompson Jr., 13, white
Earnest Gaines	25	Black	M	April 13, 1938	Saluda	Murder-Robbery	Brunson Edwin Coleman and Carrie Myers Sullivan, 28 and 45, white and black
Benjamin Rivers	46	Black	M	April 29, 1938	Charleston	Murder	Purse A. Wansley, white (policeman)^[17]
L. O. Goodman		Black	M	July 29, 1938	Florence	Murder
George Gates	21	Black	M	December 9, 1938	Darlington	Rape	Female, white^[18]
George Wingard	23	White	M	March 24, 1939	Richland	Murder	J. Olin Sanders, white (guard captain)^[19]	Burnet R. Maybank
Clayton Crans	29	White	M
Herbert Moorman	42	White	M
J. V. Bair	28	White	M
Roy Suttles	29	White	M
William Woods	25	White	M
Edward Humphries		White	M	April 11, 1939	Dillon	Murder	Female, white (wife)^[20]
Joseph Broughton	39	Black	M	June 23, 1939	Berkeley	Murder	James E. DuTart, 44, white
Otis McGill	31	White	M	July 28, 1939	Greenville	Murder	Arthur P. Southerlin, 58, white
Grover Odom	55	White	M	October 24, 1939	York	Murder	Delbert Lee Cochran, 19, white (son-in-law)
Frank Dash Jr.	18	Black	M	January 19, 1940	Calhoun	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Pizetta Haigler, 62, black
Press Bibbs	20	Black	M	March 29, 1940	McCormick	Murder	James Lewis Leslie, 45, white
Will Lowery	18	Black	M	June 14, 1940	York	Rape	Female, 22, white
Frank Lansing	26	Black	M	July 27, 1940	Horry	Murder	Joseph Pinkman Roberts, 65, white
George Abney	38	Black	M	September 6, 1940	Saluda	Murder	Ella Abney (wife) and Mary Lois Long Rearden, 30 and 41, black and white
Josiah Woodward	21	Black	M	January 31, 1941	Aiken	Attempted rape	Female, white
Hampton Lee	26	White	M	February 7, 1941	Richland	Rape	Mary Ross Seibels Walker, 33, white
Willis Evans	20	White	M
Hugh Evans	22	White	M
J. C. Hann	27	White	M		Pickens	Murder	Ruby Lee Bowling, 22, white (girlfriend)
Will Hood	28	Black	M	April 11, 1941	Fairfield	Murder	William Walter Lathan, 62, white
Heyward Daniels	28	Black	M	July 11, 1941	Orangeburg	Attempted rape	Female, 73, white
Benjamin Heyward	32	Black	M	August 15, 1941	Beaufort	Murder	Benjamin Paul Carden, 22, white (policeman)
Roy Long	27	Black	M	November 21, 1941	Pickens	Rape	Female, 74, white	Joseph Emile Harley
George Thomas	30	Black	M	February 20, 1942	Georgetown	Rape	Female, white	Joseph Emile Harley
Monroe Bounds	23	Black	M	March 13, 1942	Florence	Murder	Spy W. Farmer, 63, white	Richard Manning Jefferies
Cyrus Pinckney	28	Black	M	July 10, 1942	Berkeley	Attempted rape	Jessie Lee Cumbee, 15, white
Richard Gamon	22	Black	M	August 7, 1942	Clarendon	Attempted rape	Female, white
Alchrist Grant	29	Black	M	September 11, 1942	Berkeley	Attempted rape	Jessie Lee Cumbee, 15, white
Johnny Frazier	19	Black	M	December 11, 1942	Darlington	Murder	Claude R. DuBose, 58, white (policeman)
John Robinson	17	White	M	December 11, 1942	Spartanburg	Murder-Robbery	Kenneth Jerome Wofford, 56, white
George Logue	53	White	M	January 15, 1943	Lexington	Conspiracy to murder	Davis W. Timmerman, 42, white
Clarence Bagwell	32	White	M
Sue Logue	41	White	F
Jessie Jones	20	Black	M	April 2, 1943	Spartanburg	Murder	James Leard and Mary Wooten Hughes, 67 and 64, white	Olin D. Johnston
Johnny Sims	17	Black	M	July 16, 1943	Spartanburg	Murder	Walter Cox, 59, white
Sylvester McKinney	21	Black	M	July 16, 1943	Spartanburg	Murder	Walter Cox, 59, white
Sammy Osborne	20	Black	M	November 19, 1943	Barnwell	Murder	William P. Walker, 58, white
Frank Timmons	20	Black	M	May 12, 1944	Horry	Attempted rape	Pearl Prince, 31, white
Bruce Hamilton	22	Black	M	June 16, 1944	Greenville	Attempted rape	Female, white^[21]
George Stinney	14	Black	M	June 16, 1944	Clarendon	Murder-Rape	Betty June Binnicker and Mary Ruth Thames, 11 and 7, white^[g]
Hurley Jones		Black	M	November 3, 1944	Greenville	Rape
Charles Gilstrap	29	White	M	February 9, 1945	Greenville	Rape	Female, 11, white^[22]	Ransome Judson Williams
George Carter	29	Black	M	December 4, 1945	Greenville	Attempted rape	Female, 62, white^[23]^[h]
Wash Pringle	31	Black	M	January 25, 1946	Sumter	Murder	Annie S. Heriot, 39, white
Junius Judge	25	Black	M	July 12, 1946	Charleston	Murder	Alric Aaron Gore, 25, white
Louis C. Gatlin	20	Black	M	July 19, 1946	Charleston	Rape	Female, white
Charlie Smith	66	Black	M	November 29, 1946	Berkeley	Murder	William Calhoun Guerry, 57, white (magistrate's constable)
Lewis Scott	26	Black	M	December 20, 1946	Williamsburg	Murder	Walter Evans, 45, white (Greeleyville night policeman)
Cleve Covington		Black	M	January 3, 1947	Marion	Murder
Rosa Stinette	49	Black	F	January 17, 1947	Florence	Murder	Male, black (husband)^[24]
Robert Jordon		Black	M	February 14, 1947	Florence	Murder		Strom Thurmond
Talmadge Haggins		Black	M	April 18, 1947	Lancaster	Murder	Benjamin Oliver Powers Jr., 23, white^[25]
Freddie Jones	19	Black	M	April 25, 1947	Chester	Murder	Gladys Smith Woods, black^[26]
John Dickerson	35	Black	M	May 2, 1947	Charleston	Murder-Rape	Louise Stevens, 24, black (girlfriend)
William Davis	24	Black	M	June 20, 1947	Sumter	Rape	Female, white
J. C. Sims	36	Black	M	July 11, 1947	Anderson	Murder	Willis Edwin Sanders, 41, white (policeman)
Bert Grant Jr.	18	Black	M	July 25, 1947	Darlington	Rape	Female, 35, white
William Pooler	19	Black	M	August 1, 1947	Darlington	Rape	Female, 67, white
Earnest Willis	26	Black	M	August 15, 1947	Chester	Murder	Willie Reed, 51, black
Leonard Pringle	23	Black	M	August 15, 1947	Chester	Murder	Willie Reed, 51, black
Roosevelt Miller	22	Black	M	December 12, 1947	Greenville	Rape	Female, white^[i]
Earnest Howard	25	Black	M	January 2, 1948	Chesterfield	Attempted rape	Jennie Crowley, 18, white^[j]
Willie Gidron	19	Black	M	January 9, 1948	Calhoun	Murder	George David Tilley, 47, white (sheriff)^[k]
Lawrence Davis	29	Black	M	September 17, 1948	Marlboro	Murder-Burglary	Luther Ransome, 66, white
Matthew Jamison	18	Black	M	December 3, 1948	Lexington	Rape	Female, 21, white
Leroy Troy	22	Black	M	December 31, 1948	Horry	Rape	Myrtis Kissinger, 23, white
Willie Lincoln	26	Black	M	February 4, 1949	Orangeburg	Murder	Willie Lee Adams and Alberta Adams Johnson, 32 and 40, black
Willie Talbot	22	Black	M	October 28, 1949	Greenwood	Rape	Female, 16, white
Charles Butler		Black	M	June 2, 1950	Marlboro	Murder-Burglary	Luther Ransome, 66, white^[27]
E. T. Preylow		Black	M	June 30, 1950	Saluda	Murder
Larry Elmore		Black	M	August 4, 1950	Laurens	Murder
Carroll Gantt	20^[28]	Black	M	November 16, 1951	Orangeburg	Murder	J. W. Ethridge, white (police chief)^[29]^[l]	James F. Byrnes
Smith Harvey	40	Black	M	January 25, 1952	Beaufort	Murder	Three people, white^[30]^[m]
Frank Cox	41	White	M	February 15, 1952	Spartanburg	Murder	Neola and Sandra Cox, 23 months (Sandra), white (wife and daughter)^[31]
J. P. Priester	20	Black	M	April 18, 1952	Beaufort	Murder	Harry Wilson, white^[32]
John Priester	24	Black	M		Beaufort	Murder	Harry Wilson, white^[32]
William Blasingame	32	White	M		Spartanburg	Murder-Rape	Donna Kay Dobbins, 2, white (common-law step-daughter)^[33]^[28]
Roland Wyatt	28^[28]	Black	M	June 13, 1952	Spartanburg	Rape	Female, white^[34]
Sheldon Gainey	24	White	M	March 5, 1954	Horry	Murder-Robbery	Robert D. Oliver, 27, white^[35]
Lander Gantt	31	White	M	March 5, 1954	Horry	Murder-Robbery	Robert D. Oliver, 27, white^[35]
Otis Glenn		Black	M	March 12, 1954	Orangeburg	Murder	W. H. Lee, white^[36]
Raymond Carney	37	Black	M	May 7, 1954	Florence	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Harvey Allen and Claire Cain, 22 and 16, white^[37]
Willie Hayden	45	Black	M	August 27, 1954	Lancaster	Murder	Murdock Johnson, 66, white^[38]
Arthur Waitus	37	Black	M	April 15, 1955	Georgetown	Murder	Mrs. L. H. Coker, 36, white^[39]	George Bell Timmerman Jr.
Marvin Chasteen	40	White	M	October 7, 1955	McCormick	Murder	Roy Wiggins, white^[40]
Willie Daniels Jr.	24	Black	M	December 2, 1955	Lee	Rape-Robbery	Female, 18, white^[41]
Clay Daniels	26	Black	M	December 2, 1955	Lee	Rape-Robbery	Female, 18, white^[41]
Samuel Wright	21	Black	M	January 3, 1956	Orangeburg	Murder-Robbery
Henry Boone	32	Black	M	January 20, 1956	Cherokee	Murder-Rape	Agnes Webb, white^[42]
Raymond Fuller	30	Black	M	July 27, 1956	Spartanburg	Murder-Robbery	Lynn Baxter Moorman, white^[43]
Harold Byrd	24	Black	M	July 27, 1956	Spartanburg	Murder-Robbery	Curtis Moss, white^[44]
Willie Daniels		Black	M	June 7, 1957	Allendale	Rape-Robbery	Female, white^[45]
James Smith		Black	M	July 5, 1957	Abbeville	Murder-Robbery	Lloyd Pardue, white^[46]
Robert Johnson	30	Black	M	May 31, 1960	Orangeburg	Attempted rape	Female, 52, white^[47]	Fritz Hollings
Quincy Bullock	46	Black	M	April 28, 1961	Dillon	Murder	Carolyn Walshock, white^[48]
Charlie Robinson		Black	M	May 26, 1961	Orangeburg	Rape-Robbery	Female, 58, white^[49]
Douglas Westbury	29	White	M	June 19, 1961	Orangeburg	Murder	Harry Boyd Ray, white (state trooper)^[50]
Otis Britt	27	White	M	June 19, 1961	Orangeburg	Murder	Harry Boyd Ray, white (state trooper)^[50]
Walter Outen	31	Black	M	July 14, 1961	Richland	Rape	Female, white^[51]
Ray Young	30	Black	M	April 20, 1962	Greenville	Murder	John Kehayas, white^[52]
Douglas Thorne	26	White	M	April 20, 1962	Greenville	Rape	Female, 16, white^[52]

Notes

↑ Mr. Hendricks murdered, Mrs. Hendricks raped. Unknown if charges tried separately.
↑ Also suspected of killing his wife several weeks later due to concerns she would reveal the crime.
↑ Also indicted for killing Frank Harley (48, white), but not tried on this charge.
↑ Change of venue from Abbeville County.
↑ Also previously killed an elderly black man named Brunson, of which he had been acquitted but subsequently admitted to.
↑ Serial rapist, attacked couples in their cars.
↑ Stinney is now believed to have been wrongfully convicted and received a posthumous pardon.
↑ Serving time for a similar attack at time of crime.
↑ Serial rapist, committed several similar attacks during the same time period.
↑ Serving a life sentence for murdering a man three years prior at time of crime.
↑ Previously murdered William L. Riley (61, black), was under arrest at time of second murder.
↑ Also killed Robert Barnes (23, black) during the same incident.
↑ Aubrey Godley, Lonnie Godley, and Wilson Lee McAlhaney.

References

↑ "Executions in South Carolina - 1901-1930 - DeathPenaltyUSA, the database of executions in the United States". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
↑ "Executions in South Carolina - 1931-1962 - DeathPenaltyUSA, the database of executions in the United States". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
↑ Hearn, Daniel Allen (2015-03-16). Legal Executions in North Carolina and South Carolina: A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1962. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9539-9.
↑ "The Electric Chair For The Hangman Noose". The Observer . March 8, 1912. p. 6. Retrieved August 29, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "First Legal Electrocution". The Evening Independent . August 6, 1912. p. 5. Retrieved August 29, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Albert Wilson, SC, 1921 May 3, Espy Archive
↑ Pink Griffin, SC, 1921 September 2, Espy Archive
↑ Thomas Johnson, 1923 February 2, Espy Archive
↑ Ira Harrison, 1923 February 16, Espy Archive
↑ Eugene Adams, SC, 1923 June 22, Espy Archive
↑ George Allen, SC, 1923 July 20, Espy Archive
↑ Jeff Chandler, SC, 1924 February 1, Espy Archive
↑ Frank Harrell, Mortimer King, 1924 December 5, Espy Archive
↑ Carroll Orr, SC, 1925 June 5, Espy Archive
↑ Albert Floyd, SC, 1931 July 10, Espy Archive
↑ David King, SC, 1932 January 8, Espy Archive
↑ Benjamin Rivers, 1938 April 29, Espy Archive
↑ George Gates, SC, 1938 December 9, Espy Archive
↑ "Six Convicts Are Electrocuted For Murdering Guard". The Evening Independent . March 25, 1939. p. 9. Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Edward Humphries, 1939 April 11, Espy Archive
↑ "Two Negroes Die In Chair At S. C. State Penitentiary". Herald-Journal . June 18, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Greenville Taxi Driver Dies In Electric Chair". Herald-Journal . February 10, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ George Carter, SC, 1945 December 4, Espy Archive
↑ "Smiling Negro Woman Meets End Cheerfully". The Spokesman-Review . January 18, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Talmadge Haggins, SC, 1947 April 18, Espy Archive
↑ Freddie Jones, SC, 1947 April 25, Espy Archive
↑ Charles Butler, 1950 June 2, Espy Archive
1 2 3 "Supreme Court Has Backlog". Herald-Journal . October 1, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Wrong Juke Box Tune Sets Off Gun Play". Lodi News-Sentinel . July 2, 1951. p. 5. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Smith Harvey, 1952 January 25, Espy Archive
↑ "Slayer of Wife, Baby Executed". Rome News-Tribune . February 15, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Three Men Pay For Crimes In S. C. Chair". The Times-News . April 18, 1952. p. 5. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ William Blasingame, SC, 1952 April 18, Espy Archive
↑ Roland Wyatt, SC, 1952 June 13, Espy Archive
↑ Lander Gantt, SC, 1954 March 5, Espy Archive
↑ "Glenn Execution Set March 12". Herald-Journal . February 19, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Raymond Carney, 1954 May 7, Espy Archive
↑ Willie Hayden, SC, 1954 August 27, Espy Archive
↑ "Waitus Executed". The Robesonian . April 15, 1955. p. 3. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Marvin Chasteen, SC, 1955 October 7, Espy Archive
↑ Willie Daniels Jr., Clay Daniels, 1955 December 2, Espy Archive
↑ Henry Boone, SC, 1956 January 20, Espy Archive
↑ Raymond Fuller, SC, 1956 July 27, Espy Archive
↑ "Byrd Found Guilty Of Murdering Cab Driver". Herald-Journal . June 17, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Willie Daniels, SC, 1957 June 7, Espy Archive
↑ James Smith, SC, 1957 July 5, Espy Archive
↑ Robert Johnson, SC, 1960 May 31, Espy Archive
↑ "Negro Executed As Witness Taunts Him". Lewiston Morning Tribune . April 29, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Charlie Robinson, SC, 1961 May 26, Espy Archive
↑ "Statement May Delay Death Date". The Sumter Daily Item . April 22, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Walter Outen electrocuted in S. C. for criminal attack". Washington Afro-American . July 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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[6] Mr. Hendricks murdered, Mrs. Hendricks raped. Unknown if charges tried separately.

[7] Also suspected of killing his wife several weeks later due to concerns she would reveal the crime.

[17] Also indicted for killing Frank Harley (48, white), but not tried on this charge.

[20] Change of venue from Abbeville County.

[21] Also previously killed an elderly black man named Brunson, of which he had been acquitted but subsequently admitted to.

[22] Serial rapist, attacked couples in their cars.

[28] Stinney is now believed to have been wrongfully convicted and received a posthumous pardon.

[31] Serving time for a similar attack at time of crime.

[35] Serial rapist, committed several similar attacks during the same time period.

[36] Serving a life sentence for murdering a man three years prior at time of crime.

[37] Previously murdered William L. Riley (61, black), was under arrest at time of second murder.

[41] Also killed Robert Barnes (23, black) during the same incident.

[43] Aubrey Godley, Lonnie Godley, and Wilson Lee McAlhaney.

[1] "Executions in South Carolina - 1901-1930 - DeathPenaltyUSA, the database of executions in the United States". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 2025-08-29.

[2] "Executions in South Carolina - 1931-1962 - DeathPenaltyUSA, the database of executions in the United States". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 2025-08-29.

[3] Hearn, Daniel Allen (2015-03-16). Legal Executions in North Carolina and South Carolina: A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1962. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9539-9.

[4] "The Electric Chair For The Hangman Noose". The Observer . March 8, 1912. p. 6. Retrieved August 29, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] "First Legal Electrocution". The Evening Independent . August 6, 1912. p. 5. Retrieved August 29, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[8] Albert Wilson, SC, 1921 May 3, Espy Archive

[9] Pink Griffin, SC, 1921 September 2, Espy Archive

[10] Thomas Johnson, 1923 February 2, Espy Archive

[11] Ira Harrison, 1923 February 16, Espy Archive

[12] Eugene Adams, SC, 1923 June 22, Espy Archive

[13] George Allen, SC, 1923 July 20, Espy Archive

[14] Jeff Chandler, SC, 1924 February 1, Espy Archive

[15] Frank Harrell, Mortimer King, 1924 December 5, Espy Archive

[16] Carroll Orr, SC, 1925 June 5, Espy Archive

[18] Albert Floyd, SC, 1931 July 10, Espy Archive

[19] David King, SC, 1932 January 8, Espy Archive

[23] Benjamin Rivers, 1938 April 29, Espy Archive

[24] George Gates, SC, 1938 December 9, Espy Archive

[25] "Six Convicts Are Electrocuted For Murdering Guard". The Evening Independent . March 25, 1939. p. 9. Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[26] Edward Humphries, 1939 April 11, Espy Archive

[27] "Two Negroes Die In Chair At S. C. State Penitentiary". Herald-Journal . June 18, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[29] "Greenville Taxi Driver Dies In Electric Chair". Herald-Journal . February 10, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[30] George Carter, SC, 1945 December 4, Espy Archive

[32] "Smiling Negro Woman Meets End Cheerfully". The Spokesman-Review . January 18, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[33] Talmadge Haggins, SC, 1947 April 18, Espy Archive

[34] Freddie Jones, SC, 1947 April 25, Espy Archive

[38] Charles Butler, 1950 June 2, Espy Archive

[:0-39] 1 2 3 "Supreme Court Has Backlog". Herald-Journal . October 1, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[40] "Wrong Juke Box Tune Sets Off Gun Play". Lodi News-Sentinel . July 2, 1951. p. 5. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[42] Smith Harvey, 1952 January 25, Espy Archive

[44] "Slayer of Wife, Baby Executed". Rome News-Tribune . February 15, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[45] "Three Men Pay For Crimes In S. C. Chair". The Times-News . April 18, 1952. p. 5. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[46] William Blasingame, SC, 1952 April 18, Espy Archive

[47] Roland Wyatt, SC, 1952 June 13, Espy Archive

[48] Lander Gantt, SC, 1954 March 5, Espy Archive

[49] "Glenn Execution Set March 12". Herald-Journal . February 19, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[50] Raymond Carney, 1954 May 7, Espy Archive

[51] Willie Hayden, SC, 1954 August 27, Espy Archive

[52] "Waitus Executed". The Robesonian . April 15, 1955. p. 3. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[53] Marvin Chasteen, SC, 1955 October 7, Espy Archive

[54] Willie Daniels Jr., Clay Daniels, 1955 December 2, Espy Archive

[55] Henry Boone, SC, 1956 January 20, Espy Archive

[56] Raymond Fuller, SC, 1956 July 27, Espy Archive

[57] "Byrd Found Guilty Of Murdering Cab Driver". Herald-Journal . June 17, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[58] Willie Daniels, SC, 1957 June 7, Espy Archive

[59] James Smith, SC, 1957 July 5, Espy Archive

[60] Robert Johnson, SC, 1960 May 31, Espy Archive

[61] "Negro Executed As Witness Taunts Him". Lewiston Morning Tribune . April 29, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[62] Charlie Robinson, SC, 1961 May 26, Espy Archive

[63] "Statement May Delay Death Date". The Sumter Daily Item . April 22, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[64] "Walter Outen electrocuted in S. C. for criminal attack". Washington Afro-American . July 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:1-65] 1 2 "Two Die Quietly In Electric Chair". Herald-Journal . April 22, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved August 31, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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v t e Capital punishment in the United States
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People executed by year	1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965–1972 1976–1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Scheduled executions
Issues and ethics	Botched executions Death-qualified jury Debate Dual sovereignty doctrine Execution drug shortage Exonerations Juveniles Last meal Participation of medical professionals Race and capital punishment White defendants executed for killing a black victim Wrongful executions
Other	Death row inmates Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals Death Penalty Information Center Most recent executions by state National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment Women executed since 1976 Women on death row

List of people executed in South Carolina (pre-1972)

Contents

Background

List of executions

See also

Notes

References