List of people executed in Virginia (pre-1972)

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Virginia 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 Virginia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Note: County/city classifications are listed by modern county/city boundaries if determinable (ex. City of Virginia Beach for Princess Anne County). ^[a]

Hanging

1880s

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
General Webb	White	48	M	January 9, 1880	Carroll	Murder-Robbery	Joshua Nester, 86, white (father-in-law) [4]	Frederick W. M. Holliday
Samuel Robinson	Black		M	April 9, 1880	Loudoun	Murder	Edward Thomas, black [5]
Peter Wright	Black		M	October 29, 1880	Bedford	Murder	Robert W. Maupin, white [6]
Albert Mitchell	Black		M	November 5, 1880	Louisa	Murder-Robbery	Charles K. Walton, white [7]
Marcus Hawley	White	29	M	November 26, 1880	Roanoke	Murder	Zachariah Hayes, white [8]
Lucinda Fowlkes	Black		F	April 22, 1881	Lunenburg	Murder	Male, black (husband) [9]
Dock Wright	Black	18	M	March 31, 1882	Pittsylvania	Murder	J. Cole Arthur, white [10]	William E. Cameron
Armistead Gray	Black		M	June 9, 1882	Powhatan	Murder	Lincoln Gray, 14, black (son) [11]
Walter Yates	White		M	August 4, 1882	Pittsylvania	Murder	Presley E. Adkerson, white [12]
Charles Beaver	Black	16	M	March 30, 1883	Loudoun	Rape	Ms. Hunt, 10, white [13]
Louis Carter	Black		M	June 22, 1883	Southampton	Murder	Mrs. R. E. Pretlow, white [14]
Charles Lee	Black	21	M	August 3, 1883	Henrico	Murder	Daniel Miller, black (Barbara's husband) [15] [16]
Barbara Miller	Black		F	September 14, 1883	Henrico	Accessory to murder
Isaac Evans	Black	18	M	September 28, 1883	Pittsylvania	Murder-Robbery	William F. Shephard, white [17]
Reuben King	Black	20	M
Sawney Younger	Black	20	M
John Jarvis	White		M	January 11, 1884	Powhatan	Murder	C. W. Bonney, white [18]
George Gibson	White		M	February 6, 1885	Scott	Murder	Will Gibson, white [19]
Wayne Powers	White		M
Joe Barbour	Black		M	June 18, 1885	Albemarle	Murder	Randall Jackson, black [20]
Horace Terrell	Black		M			Murder-Rape	Mary Foster, child, black [20]
Wes Honesty	Black		M	June 4, 1886	Frederick	Murder	Joseph McFaul, 18, white [21]	Fitzhugh Lee
Tably Banks	Black		M
Thomas Cluverius	White		M	January 14, 1887	City of Richmond	Murder	Fannie Lillie Madison, white (lover) [22]
Holmes Puryear	White		M	August 12, 1887	Prince George	Murder	Female, white (wife) [23]
William Finchum	White	29	M	December 30, 1887	Rockingham	Murder	Preston Finchum, white (brother) [24]
John Pritchett	Black	30	M	March 29, 1889	Pittsylvania	Rape	Female, child, white [25]
Paul Key	Black	33	M	October 5, 1889	Spotsylvania	Rape	Ms. Ballard, child, white [26]

1890s

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Thomas Wilson	Black	25	M	July 25, 1890	Henry	Murder	Jim Davis, black [27]	Philip W. McKinney
George Early	Black		M	August 22, 1890	Franklin	Arson	N/A [28] [b]
Bird Woods	Black		M
William Jordan	Black		M	April 21, 1891	City of Charlottesville	Murder	G. F. Leal, white (policeman) [29]
Walter Johnson	Black		M	May 23, 1891	City of Petersburg	Rape	Elizabeth Majors, white [30]
Robert Jordan	Black		M	October 23, 1891	City of Hampton	Rape	Mrs. Moore, white [31]
Charles Watkins	Black		M	January 8, 1892	Roanoke	Murder	Susan Watkins, black (wife) [32]
Margaret Hashley	Black		F	January 22, 1892	City of Danville	Accessory to murder	George Hashley, black (Margaret's husband) [33]
James Lyles	Black		M			Murder
Talton Hall	White		M	September 2, 1892	Wise	Murder	Enos B. Hylton, white (Newton constable) [34] [c]
Bill Davis	Black		M	September 9, 1892	Tazewell	Murder	Male, black (policeman) [35]
John Royster	Black		M	February 9, 1893	City of Suffolk	Murder	John P. Eppes, white [36]
George Drier	White	30	M	June 16, 1893	Northampton	Murder-Robbery	Fannie McFadden, white [37]
Marshall W. Taylor	White	58	M	October 27, 1893	Wise	Murder-Robbery	Mullins family, white [38] [d]
William Foreman	Black	24	M	November 24, 1893	City of Portsmouth	Murder	Carrie Carrington, black [39]
Jim Robinson	Black		M	April 27, 1894	Prince William	Rape	Mrs. Mifflin and Mrs. Elliott, white [40]	Charles Triplett O'Ferrall
Benjamin White	Black		M
Lawrence Spiller	Black		M	June 8, 1894	Augusta	Murder-Rape	Lettie Rowe, 15, white [41]
Madison Brown	Black		M	July 31, 1894	City of Norfolk	Murder	John Dollard, white [42]
William Robertson	White	21	M	January 25, 1895	Franklin	Murder-Robbery	Jerre Barbour, 68, white [43]
Thornton Parker	Black		M	April 19, 1895	Frederick	Rape	Mrs. Milton White, white [44]
Philip Nicholas	White		M	July 25, 1895	Henrico	Murder	William J. Wilkerson and James Mills, white [45]
James Harris	Black	22	M	August 23, 1895	King and Queen	Attempted rape	Female, child, white [46]
Solomon Marable	Black		M	July 3, 1896	Prince Edward	Murder	Lucy Jane Pollard, white [47]
Mary Snodgrass	White	28	F	July 10, 1896	Wise	Murder	Unknown, 6 months, white (child) [48]
James Lewis	Black		M	June 4, 1897	Halifax	Rape	Ida Reidell, white [49]
Joseph Fife	Black		M	August 26, 1897	City of Richmond	Attempted rape	Mrs. Marks, white [50]
Edward Hankins	White	52	M	November 11, 1897	Pittsylvania	Murder	Dr. John Roy Cabell, 74, white [51]
John Hardin	White	22	M	December 17, 1897	Buchanan	Murder	John Mounts, white [52]
Anthony Mayfield	Black	51	M	September 16, 1898	Sussex	Murder	Etta Wells (wife) and Robert Harris, black [53]	James Hoge Tyler
Joseph Terrell	Black		M	September 23, 1898	Albemarle	Murder	Melinda Brown, black (mother-in-law) [54]
John Andersen	White		M	December 9, 1898	City of Norfolk (Federal)	Murder	Male, white (captain of Oliver Pecker) [55] [e]
Jordan Webb	Black		M	December 9, 1898	Southampton	Rape	Lucy Bowden, elderly, white [56]
Noah Finley	Black		M	September 15, 1899	Pulaski	Highway robbery [f]	Major Dorst, white [57]

1900s

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
William Woodson	Black		M	December 13, 1900 [g]	City of Richmond	Murder	Ambrose Ferrebee, black (cellmate) [58] [59]	James Hoge Tyler
John Holden	Black		M	December 21, 1900	Accomack	Attempted rape	Virginia Clayton, 9, white [60] [h]
Sylvester Griffin	Black		M	December 28, 1900	City of Danville	Murder	Georgia King, black [61]
Archie Hunt	Black		M	January 25, 1901	City of Lynchburg	Murder	Thomas Gills, white [62]
Edward Payne	Black		M	July 12, 1901	Pulaski	Attempted rape	Miss Duncan, white [63]
John Fugate	Black		M	August 23, 1901	Wise	Murder	Female, black (wife) [64]
Cicero Harris	Black		M	December 20, 1901	City of Bristol	Murder	Samuel Ware, black [65]
Joe Higginbotham	Black	20	M	February 24, 1902	City of Lynchburg	Rape	Mrs. Ralph Webber, white [66]	Andrew Jackson Montague
Neal Stanback	Black	18	M	March 12, 1902	City of Portsmouth	Rape	Elizabeth Prelier, 70, white [67]
John Lomax	Black		M	September 9, 1902	Westmoreland	Rape	Susie Constenbader, white [68]
John Hicks	White	47	M	October 3, 1902	Louisa	Murder	Milton Bourne, white (son-in-law) [69]
John Evans	Black		M	October 24, 1902	Brunswick	Murder	Female, black (wife) [70]
Jerry Kimbrough	Black		M	December 22, 1902	Hanover	Rape	Mrs. Taylor, white [71]
Jack Brown	Black		M	January 2, 1903 [i]	Goochland	Murder	James R. Parker, black [72] [73]
Ernest Davis	Black		M	January 9, 1903	Chesterfield	Murder	John Henry Stokes, black [74]
William Treadwell	Black		M	January 16, 1903	City of Portsmouth	Murder	Female, black [75]
Arthur Wilton	Black		M	February 6, 1903	City of Danville	Murder	Jake Lee, white [76]
Alex Spencer	Black	18	M	April 10, 1903	Halifax	Murder-Robbery
Evans A. Hopson	Black	35	M	June 12, 1903	Wise	Murder	John Salyers, 67, white [77]
Anderson Finch	Black		M	September 2, 1903	Mecklenburg	Attempted rape	Mrs. C. A. Geoghegan, white [78]
Sherman Stevens	Black		M	September 25, 1903	City of Roanoke	Murder	Male, black (father) [79]
Clifton Branham	White	40	M	September 25, 1903	Wise	Murder	Female, white (wife) [80] [j]
Doc Bacon	Black		M	October 3, 1903	Mecklenburg	Attempted rape	Mrs. C. A. Geoghegan, white [81]
Will Jones	Black		M	October 9, 1903	City of Danville	Murder	Jake Lee, white [82] [k]
Robert Gleeson	Black	55	M	December 30, 1903	Amherst	Murder	J. C. Reed, white [83]
Frank Bradley	Black		M	January 30, 1904	Nelson	Murder-Robbery	W. P. Harris, white [84]
Henry Williams	Black		M	March 18, 1904	City of Roanoke	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Mrs. George J. Shields, white [85] [l]
Chesley Peoples	White		M	March 25, 1904	Wythe	Murder	John Seagle, white [86]
Henry Woodward	Black		M	May 6, 1904	Tazewell	Murder	Frank Tabor, white [87]
James Bailey	Black	18	M	September 26, 1904	Southampton	Murder	Cadmus Williams, black [88]
James Goode	Black		M	January 6, 1905	City of Richmond	Murder	John Shinberger, 63, white (police inspector) [89] [m]
Benjamin Lipkin	Black		M	January 27, 1905	Clarke	Murder	Richard Ellison, black [90]
J. Samuel McCue	White	46	M	February 10, 1905	City of Charlottesville	Murder	Fannie McCue, 40, white (wife) [91]
Edwin Austin	Black		M	March 16, 1905	Henrico	Rape	Female, 10, black [92]
Peter Dancy	Black	35	M			Murder	Female, black [93]
Robert Bowles	Black		M	March 17, 1905	Alleghany	Murder	J. A. Ruff, white [94]
James Linkous	White	55	M	March 17, 1905	City of Radford	Murder	Female, white (wife) [95] [n]
Robert Turner	Black		M	March 24, 1905	Washington	Murder	Lou Jefferson, black [96]
Cloyd Hale	Black		M	May 12, 1905	Pulaski	Murder	John Hart, white [97]
William Hansboro	Black	32	M	June 15, 1905	Bath	Murder	James R. McKeen, white [98]
Winston Gaines	Black		M	November 22, 1905	Charles City	Murder	Laura Ennis, black [99]
Cephas Poindexter	Black		M	November 24, 1905	Franklin	Murder	Zack T. Wade, 35, white (U.S. deputy marshal) [100]
Morris Cremeans	White	42	M	April 6, 1906	Giles	Murder	George Kidd, elderly, white [101]	Claude A. Swanson
Robert Booker	Black		M	May 18, 1906	Prince Edward	Murder	Male, black [102]
Gabriel Battaile	Black	16	M	June 8, 1906	King George	Rape	Female, white [103]
Ben Hubbard	Black		M	June 28, 1906	Alleghany	Murder	Robert Brown, white [104]
Andrew Davenport	Black		M	July 13, 1906	City of Newport News	Murder	William Thomas, black [105]
Thomas Jones	Black	25	M	July 13, 1906	Grayson	Murder	Male, black (Jones' father) [106]
Charles Woodruff	Black	29	M			Accessory to murder
William Wilshire	White	22	M	August 3, 1906	Rockbridge	Murder	Harry J. Smith, white [107]
James Ward	Black		M	January 18, 1907	City of Richmond	Murder	Carrie Meekins, white [108]
Massie Hill	Black		M	February 15, 1907	Prince Edward	Murder-Robbery	John Grubb, white (postmaster) [109]
William Ruffin	Black		M
Arthur Davis	Black	20	M	March 8, 1907	Surry	Murder-Robbery	J. F. Saleby, Syrian [110]
Peter Good	White	25	M	March 22, 1907	Page	Murder	Fannie Brown, white (lover) [111]
James King	Black	19	M	June 7, 1907	Giles	Murder	Mr. Early, white [112]
John Hardy	Black		M	June 14, 1907	City of Roanoke	Murder	Robert M. Beard, white (policeman) [113]
Frank Allen	Black		M	August 22, 1907	Mecklenburg	Attempted rape	Mrs. Harvey Callis, white [114]
William McIntosh	Black		M	September 5, 1907	City of Norfolk	Murder-Robbery	Charles W. Parks, white [115]
William Harris	Black	22	M	October 18, 1907	Chesterfield	Rape	Female, 18, white [116]
George Peters	White	35	M	October 18, 1907	Carroll	Murder	Rev. Joseph Easter, white [117]
John Taylor	Black	18	M	November 22, 1907	Caroline	Murder	Judson Coleman, black [118]
John Gillison	Black		M	November 29, 1907	Madison	Murder	Pearl Thomas, white [119]
Thomas Johnson	Black		M	December 13, 1907	King William	Murder-Robbery	Chapman P. Snead, white [120]
Noah Fulton	White	19	M	December 13, 1907	Washington	Murder	John Johnson, 21, white [121]
George Midgets	Black		M	February 14, 1908	City of Alexandria	Murder-Robbery	Charles T. Smith, white [122] [o]
Leo Thurman	White	25	M	April 10, 1908	City of Norfolk	Murder-Robbery	Walter P. Dolsen, white [123]
Lee Strother	Black		M	September 11, 1908	Madison	Attempted rape	Leola Frye, young, white [124] [p]
Joel Payne	Black		M	April 9, 1909	Bedford	Murder	Reed Swaine, black (father-in-law) [125]

Electrocution

On March 6, 1908, the state senate passed a house bill replacing local hangings with electrocution at the state penitentiary. ^[126] The state's final hanging took place on April 9, 1909, when Joel Payne, a black man, was hanged for the murder of his father-in-law Reed Swaine in Bedford. ^[125] Virginia was the first Southern state to switch from hanging to electrocution. ^[127]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Henry Smith	Black	22	M	October 13, 1908	City of Portsmouth	Rape	Katharine Powell, 78, white [128]	Claude A. Swanson
Winston Green	Black	17	M	October 30, 1908	Chesterfield	Attempted rape	Alice Larson, 13, white [129]
Frank Davenport	Black	23	M	January 4, 1909	City of Portsmouth	Murder	John Taylor, 25, black [130]
Charles Gillespie	Black	24	M	February 18, 1909	City of Richmond	Attempted rape	Marie Louise Stumpf, 19, white [131]
Benjamin Gilbert	White	19	M	March 19, 1909	City of Norfolk	Murder	Amanda B. Morse, 21, white (love interest) [132]
Aurelius Christian	Black	17	M	March 22, 1909	Botetourt	Murder-Rape	Mary Dobbs, 14, white [133]
James Smith	Black	24	M	April 8, 1909	Henrico	Murder-Robbery	James Flynn, 65, white [134]
Harry Seaborne	Black	22	M	April 16, 1909	Greensville	Rape	Rebecca Turner, 33, black [135]
John Brown	Black	57	M	April 30, 1909	Powhatan	Murder-Robbery	Mary E. Skipwith and Walter Johnson, 72 and 38, white [136]
William Brown	Black	33	M
Isham Taylor	Black	32	M	May 5, 1909
Joe Taylor	Black	34	M
Lewis Jenkins	Black	40	M	May 7, 1909
John Flemming	Black	27	M	July 30, 1909	Lunenburg	Murder	Rosa Flemming, black (wife)
William H. Wise	Black	29	M	August 27, 1909	City of Petersburg	Murder	Thomas Walker, black
Howard Bragg	White	24	M	September 24, 1909	Rockbridge	Murder	Thomas Drawboro, 50, white (brother-in-law) [137]
Jack Traynham	Black	24	M	November 12, 1909	City of Lynchburg	Murder	Edgar Turner, 30, black [138]
Harry Robinson	Black	23	M	December 9, 1909	Warren	Murder	William Larkin Sealock, 46, white
Clifton Breckenridge	Black	20	M	December 17, 1909	City of Staunton	Attempted rape	Dorothy Powell, 6, white [139]
Thurman Spinher	Black	18	M	January 14, 1910	Bedford	Murder	Charles W. Noell, 19, white
W. P. Parker	Black	25	M	January 25, 1910	City of Norfolk	Murder	Samuel Fisher, black
William Goins	Black	38	M	January 28, 1910	Roanoke	Murder	Thomas Walker, black
Howard Little	White	38	M	February 11, 1910	Buchanan	Murder-Robbery	Six people, white [140] [q]	William Hodges Mann
Willie Blake	Black	23	M		City of Chesapeake	Rape	Alice Jernigan, 60, white [141]
Elijah Rouse	Black	28	M	April 25, 1910	City of Chesapeake	Murder	Benjamin Taylor, black [142]
Henry Smith	Black	45	M	June 3, 1910	City of Alexandria	Murder-Robbery	Walter F. Schultz, 35, white [143]
Thomas Noel	Black	25	M	June 10, 1910	City of Chesapeake	Murder	Joseph W. Sykes, 41, white (deputy sheriff) [144]
Angelo Hamilton	White	27	M	July 1, 1910	City of Lynchburg	Murder	Sallie B. Hicks, 23, white [145]
Arch Brown	White	32	M	September 22, 1910	Augusta	Murder	Cletis Higgs and Perry Hoy, 8 and 23, white [146]
Pink Barbour	Black	22	M	September 23, 1910	Rockbridge	Murder	James M. Lee, 59, white
John Eccles	Black	17	M	November 11, 1910	Henry	Murder	Sidney Woods, black [147]
Waverly Coles	Black	20	M	November 25, 1910	City of Richmond	Murder	Edward Fuller, black
John Smyth	White	34	M	December 16, 1910	City of Norfolk	Murder	Beatrice and Rita A. Smyth, 29 and 12, white (wife and daughter) [148]
Harry Sitlington	Black	17	M		Rockbridge	Murder	Fannie Brown, 70, white [148]
Richard Biggs	Black	28	M	January 7, 1911	City of Newport News	Murder	Annie Davis, 25, black
Alex Holloman	Black	24	M	June 2, 1911	City of Virginia Beach	Murder	Martha Holloman and her child, 20 and 1, black (wife and child) [149]
Henry Beattie Jr.	White	26	M	November 24, 1911	Chesterfield	Murder	Louisa Beattie, 21, white (wife) [150]
John Williamson	Black	20	M	March 15, 1912	Halifax	Murder
William Pierce	Black	20	M	June 14, 1912	Chesterfield	Murder	W. T. Belcher, white (guard) [151]
John Furby	Black	20	M
Byrd Jackson	Black	18	M	June 21, 1912	Caroline	Robbery [r]	J. L. Farmer, white [152] [153]
Clarence Nixon	Black	24	M		City of Chesapeake	Rape	Lizzie Skiles, 36, white [152]
Virginia Christian	Black	17 [s]	F	August 16, 1912	City of Hampton	Murder-Robbery	Ida Belote, 52, white
Herbert Peyton	Black	20	M	November 8, 1912	King George	Murder	Carolinas Johnson, 23, black [154]
Richard Quarles	Black	29	M	January 3, 1913	Hanover	Rape	Myrtle Rouse, 16, white [155] [t]
Roy Sullivan	White	32	M	February 28, 1913	Pittsylvania	Murder	John Howard, 24, white (guard) [156]
Floyd Allen	White	56	M	March 28, 1913	Wythe [u]	Murder	William McDonald Foster, 57, white (state attorney) [157] [v]
Claude Allen	White	23	M
James Goode	Black	28	M	May 2, 1913	City of Newport News	Murder-Robbery	Julius Smith, 24, white [158]
Alfred Wright	Black	21	M	May 16, 1913	Appomattox	Rape	Bertha Ferguson, 31, white
F. L. Hargrove	Black	39	M	June 20, 1913	Spotsylvania	Murder	Mansfield and Melvina Thornton, 40 and 41, black [159]
Owen Goggin	Black	36	M	June 27, 1913	Bedford	Attempted rape	Elizabeth M. Nance, 32, white
Nelson Carter	White	47	M		Spotsylvania	Murder	Hattie B. Carter, 33, white (wife) [160]
Benjamin Bailey	Black	21	M	August 8, 1913	Fairfax	Rape	Helen Mary Follin, 6, white
William Glenn	Black	26	M	August 16, 1913	City of Norfolk	Murder	Rosie Pitts, 20, black (lover) [161] [w]
Minnie Collins	Black	20	M	October 31, 1913	Northampton	Attempted rape	Sarah B. Gayle, 15, white
Lee Archer	Black	22	M	December 5, 1913	City of Virginia Beach	Rape	Cora Whitehurst, 15, white [162]
Newell Walker	White	29	M		Charles City	Murder	Mary L. Walker, 25, white (wife) [162]
Charlton Moore	Black	54	M	January 16, 1914	King William	Murder	Hannah Hill Moore, 45, black (wife)	Henry Carter Stuart
Willie Rhodes	Black	27	M	January 30, 1914	Charlotte	Murder
Marion Lee	Black	30	M	March 19, 1914	City of Williamsburg	Murder
Walter Boyd	Black	24	M	March 27, 1914	City of Richmond	Murder
George Woods	Black	32	M	May 22, 1914	City of Danville	Murder
Will Calloway	Black	48	M	July 10, 1914	Lee	Murder	Male, black (nephew) [163]
Willie Puryear	Black	19	M	August 7, 1914	Mecklenberg	Attempted rape	S. F. Hite, white [164]
Henry Coach	Black	33	M	August 21, 1914	Nottoway	Highway Robbery [x]	Alexander Murdoch, 62, white
John Edmunds	Black	27	M	December 18, 1914	Prince Edward	Murder	Henry Morton, 49, black
Arthur Neale	Black	19	M	January 8, 1915	King William	Attempted rape-Robbery	Annie Vitalish, minor, white
Charles Miller	Black	29	M	March 26, 1915	Halifax	Murder	John Fountain, black
Herbert Caple	Black	24	M	April 30, 1915	Sussex	Highway robbery [y]	Joseph M. Fuller, 54, white
Skipwith Sydner	Black	25	M	May 21, 1915	Halifax	Murder	Charlie H. Saddle, 80, black
Thomas Cole	Black	22	M	June 4, 1915	Mecklenberg	Rape	Georgia Royster, 15, white
Lemuel Jones	Black	19	M	June 10, 1915	City of Norfolk	Murder	Isaac Aleck, 22, white
Luther Canter	White	24	M	June 11, 1915	Washington	Murder-Rape	Maude C. Wilson, 27, white
George Matthews	Black	32	M	August 20, 1915	Caroline	Rape	Burnley V. and Eulalia Coleman, 49 and 28, white
John Rollins	Black	31	M
Ed Pryor	Black	27	M	September 10, 1915	Surry	Highway robbery [z]	Cecil Clyde Pitman, 16, white [165] [166]
Sherman Stanfield	Black	18	M	September 17, 1915	Pittsylvania	Attempted rape	Elizabeth Collie, 6, white
Percy Ellis	Black	16	M	March 15, 1916	City of Norfolk	Murder	Nathan Cohen, 37, white
Joe Lee	Black	83	M	April 21, 1916	Caroline	Murder	Jack Grymes, 41, black
John Williams	Black	23	M	May 28, 1916	Nottoway	Rape	Mamie Mason, 15, white
Milton Mallory	Black	19	M	July 7, 1916	Wise	Rape	Myra Jenkins, 9, white [aa]
Clifford Mickens	Black	19	M	August 25, 1916	City of Roanoke	Murder	J. Harvey Leverett, 22, white (policeman)
Richard Green	Black	19	M		Charlotte	Murder	Gabriel Jones, 11, black
Henry Lewis	Black	23	M	September 8, 1916	City of Lynchburg	Murder	Mary Willie Crawford, 22, black
James Corbett	Black	22	M	October 2, 1916	City of Norfolk	Murder
Mincie Harris	Black	19	M		Buckingham	Rape	Lucretia Branch, 70s, white [167]
Hansom Warren	Black	23	M	June 15, 1917	Isle of Wight	Murder	Thomas Jefferson Seward, 35, white
Robert Jones	Black	32	M	June 20, 1917	City of Charlottesville	Murder	Meredith A. Thomas, 41, white (policeman) [168]
Hamilton Cosby	Black	25	M
Albert Barrett	Black	35	M	August 31, 1917	Charlotte	Murder	W.T. Roach, white
William Burgess	Black	29	M	October 26, 1917	Fairfax	Rape	Mildred Miller and Mary Davis, white [169] [170]
Paul Langhorne	Black	39	M	June 7, 1918	City of Newport News	Murder	Dorothy Jones, 14, black (stepdaughter)	Westmoreland Davis
Tolson Bailey	Black	17	M	July 2, 1918	City of Norfolk	Murder-Robbery	George Frederick Dashiell, 37, white
Guy Nixon	Black	19	M
Horace Williams	Black	21	M	March 26, 1919	Culpeper	Murder	Orlando T. Clark, 50, white
Harvey Stuart	Black	36	M		City of Buena Vista	Murder	Matt Ross and Monica Evelyn Le Flett, 22 and 21, black
Jerry Warren	Black	29	M	June 27, 1919	Northampton	Murder	James A. Taylor, 62, white
Emper Jacobs	Black	29	M	October 30, 1919	City of Portsmouth	Murder	John Turk, 21, white
Robert Williams	Black	23	M	November 13, 1920	City of Lynchburg	Rape	Annie Ross, 20, white
John Williams	Black	27	M	March 5, 1921	City of Lynchburg	Murder	Leslie Arthur Mann, 38, white (policeman) [ab]
Giles Sydnor	Black	23	M	April 8, 1921	Halifax	Rape	Lottie V. Cunningham, 24, black
Judge Griffith	Black	22	M	September 30, 1921	Dinwiddie	Murder-Robbery	Stephen G. Write, white (Harpers Home postmaster) [171]
Raleigh Haskins	Black	18	M
Wilmer Hadley	White	39	M	December 9, 1921	Henrico	Murder	Sue Tinsley Hadley, white (wife) [172]
Harry Hart	Black		M	January 23, 1922	Augusta	Attempted rape	Female, white [173]
Edmond Thompson	Black	23	M	February 7, 1922	Botetourt	Murder		Elbert Lee Trinkle
Henry Lockett	Black	34	M	February 23, 1922	Albemarle	Murder-Robbery
Thomas Sparks	Black	26	M	February 24, 1922	Albemarle	Murder-Robbery
Will Elmore	Black	29	M	March 31, 1922	City of Richmond [ac]	Murder	T. Tignall Elmore, white (Tobacco postmaster) [171]
Henry Barnes	Black	32	M	April 4, 1922	Orange	Murder	Walter E. Snow, 35, white
Ernest Brown	Black	20	M	May 26, 1922
Willie Clayton	Black	23	M	January 5, 1923	Henrico	Murder	Three people, black [ad]
Alvin Harris	Black	22	M	February 6, 1923	Prince William	Murder	Thomas S. Meredith, 64, white
George Wriggins	Black	31	M	March 2, 1923	City of Petersburg	Murder	Alice Wiggins, 30, black (wife)
Sam Riddick	Black	32	M	June 25, 1923	City of Newport News	Murder	Mary Ralls Simmons, 47, black
Robert Corbett	Black	35	M	September 28, 1923	City of Roanoke	Murder	Virgie Martin Griggs, 25, black
Otto Clear	Black	18	M	September 12, 1924	Caroline	Murder-Robbery	Thomas Richard Campbell, white [174]
Fritz Lewis	Black	17	M
Isaac Cooper	Black	39	M	March 6, 1925	Roanoke	Murder	Australia Wiley, 16, black (stepdaughter)
Prince Dandridge	Black	33	M	March 12, 1925	Henrico	Murder	Mary Ross Dandridge, black (wife) [167]
Jesse Carter	Black	30	M	April 17, 1925	Prince Edward	Rape	Female, 15, white [167]
Percy Lee	Black	34	M	May 1, 1925	Henrico	Attempted rape-Robbery	Female, black [167] [175] [ae]
Rodney Hoke	White	19	M	July 10, 1925	Alleghany	Murder-Robbery	"Old Man" Brown, 60+, white
Horace Allen	Black	45	M	July 17, 1925	Isle of Wight	Murder	Sam T. Saunders, 49, white
Henry Perman	Black	28	M	September 29, 1925	City of Chesapeake	Attempted rape	Female, 19, white
Doc Earl McMillan	Black	31	M	October 9, 1925	City of Norfolk	Murder	Harold W. Gregory, 21, white
William Spencer	Black	28	M	January 22, 1926	Lee	Murder-Rape	Maxine Kinser, 13, white
Rudolph Disse	White	20	M	February 19, 1926	City of Richmond	Murder	Three people, white [176] [af]	Harry F. Byrd
Louis Watkins	Black	28	M	March 19, 1926	City of Richmond	Murder	Louis Bertucci, white (detective sergeant) [177]
James Patterson	Black	37	M	August 27, 1926	City of Petersburg	Murder
James Satchell	Black	25	M	September 25, 1926	Northampton	Murder
William Gee	Black	21	M	January 14, 1927	City of Newport News	Rape	Female, elderly, white [167]
William Thomas	Black	23	M	April 15, 1927	Madison	Attempted rape	Female, white [178]
Henry Perfey	Black	21	M		City of Chesapeake	Murder	Goldie L. Curling, 45,
Louis Boersig	White	44	M	July 7, 1927	Fairfax	Murder	Loretta and Catherine Ridgeway, 6 and 4, white [179]
William Nelson	Black	25	M	November 25, 1927	City of Hopewell	Attempted rape	Female, white
Shirley Winningham	Black	25	M	January 25, 1928	City of Richmond	Murder-Rape	Hilda Barlow, 13, white
Burn Gray	Black	36	M	May 18, 1928	City of Petersburg	Murder	J. Peyton Stewart, 57, white (policeman)
James Washington	Black	19	M	July 27, 1928	Loudoun	Rape	Gladys Boyd, 14, white
Henry Jones	Black	20	M	March 29, 1929	Mecklenburg	Murder	Robert Hurick, 19, black
Henry Palmer	Black	27	M	May 17, 1929	City of Norfolk	Murder	Bertha Cox, 38, white
Samuel Haskins	Black	32	M	September 6, 1929	Powhatan	Murder-Robbery	B. M. Gordon, 55, white [ag]
Luther Clayborn	Black	35	M	November 29, 1929	City of Roanoke	Murder	Frances White, 28, black
John Fields	Black	23	M	February 20, 1930	Gloucester	Murder	Christian Hogge, 32, white	John Garland Pollard
Elwood Payne	Black	33	M	September 19, 1930	Fauquier	Murder	Estelle Corbin, 25, white [ah]
Alphonso Bellamy	Black	19	M	October 31, 1930	City of Newport News	Murder-Robbery	Richard P. Richards, 71, white
Ollie Dorson	Black	40	M	February 3, 1931	City of Virginia Beach	Murder-Robbery	James T. Howe, 58, white [ai]
Calvin Grooms	Black	18	M	June 26, 1931	Amherst	Rape	Mary E. Vail, 36, white
Sam Pannell	Black	18	M	May 20, 1932	Halifax	Rape	Lena Crews, 38, white
Randolph Cox	Black	41	M	June 3, 1932	Richmond	Murder	James Newton Wood, 38, white (policeman)
Frank Mann	Black	38	M	January 6, 1933	City of Suffolk	Murder	Dorothy Floyd Mann and David Floyd, 17 and 56, black (wife and father-in-law)
Robert Mais	White	29	M	February 2, 1935	City of Richmond	Murder-Robbery	Euell M. Huband, 44, white [aj]	George C. Peery
Walter Legenza	White	42	M
Phillip Jones	Black	25	M	March 11, 1935	Botetourt	Murder-Rape	Alice and Ellen Hill, 13 and 9, black
John Daugherty	White	27	M	February 7, 1936	Fluvanna	Murder	William Raymond Thompson, 33, white
Joe Jackson	Black	23	M	February 21, 1936	Spotsylvania	Murder	John Thomas and Jennie C. Coleman, 77 and 65, white
John Shell	Black	30	M
Isaac Watson	Black	54	M	July 3, 1936	Halifax	Murder	William Thomas Powell, 73, white
Thomas Hart	White	29	M	July 24, 1936	Scott	Murder	Alton Leonard, 23, white (guard)
Willie Leake	Black	30	M	August 20, 1937	Greensville	Murder	Billie Wright Smith, 30, black
Lawrence Wyche	Black	30	M
John Winsor	Black	25	M	December 31, 1937	Loudoun	Murder	Henry Saffel, 83, white
James Jackson	Black	28	M	March 25, 1938	City of Hampton	Murder	Willie M. Kemp, 66, white	James Hubert Price
Jasper McNeill	Black	24	M		Amherst	Murder	Clyde Poindexter Styers, 47, white [ak]
Joe Martin	Black	31	M	April 8, 1938	City of Lynchburg	Murder	Grover C. Clement, 44, white
George Pingley	White	44	M	November 25, 1938	Frederick	Murder	James William Newcome, 46, white (policeman)
Otis Cypress	Black	32	M		Surry	Murder	Frank Spratley, 61, black
Irving Brooks	Black	23	M	January 20, 1939	King William	Robbery [al]	Eula P. Hand, 66, white [180]
John Anderson	Black	27	M	February 10, 1939	Loudoun	Rape	Lula V. Sisk, 25, white
Harry Williams	Black	20	M	April 7, 1939	Greene	Murder	Clarence Mills, 30, black
Sam Swanson	Black	27	M	December 15, 1939	Pittsylvania	Murder	William N. Coward, 44, white (policeman)
J. Clifton Abdell	White	42	M	January 5, 1940	City of Norfolk	Murder	Audrey Sharpe Abdell, 38, white (wife)
John Henry McCann	Black	63	M	January 26, 1940	City of Norfolk	Attempted rape	Female, 7, white [am]
Willie Bradshaw	Black	65	M	April 12, 1940	Halifax	Murder	Herbert Boelte, 36, white (policeman)
Wilmer Davis	Black	25	M	April 26, 1940	Southampton	Murder	Bessie Davis, 25, black (wife)
Charlie Brown	Black	26	M	September 26, 1941	Isle of Wight	Rape	Female, 23, white
William Diggs	Black	24	M	January 16, 1942	Nelson	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Gladys Mae Tyree, 18, white
Charles Johnson Jr.	Black	19	M
Odell Waller	Black	25	M	July 2, 1942	Pittsylvania	Murder	Oscar Davis, 46, white	Colgate Darden
James Mooring Jr.	Black	22	M	March 19, 1943	City of Norfolk	Murder	Cornelius Grant Goodson, 68, white
Harry Farris	White	28	M	October 15, 1943	City of Richmond	Murder-Robbery	Vinichio Bichi, 36, white [an]
Raymond Woodall	White	36	M	March 3, 1944	Pittsylvania	Murder	Ruth Terry Woodall and Julia Terry Giles, 36 and 34, white (wife and sister-in-law)
Howard Walker	Black	27	M	May 26, 1944	City of Winchester	Rape	Jessie H. Glaize, 26, white
William Clatterback	White	34	M	June 16, 1944	Loudoun	Murder	Five people, white [ao]
Willie Rogers Jones	Black	29	M	February 2, 1945	City of Norfolk	Rape	Female, white
Holman B. Thomas	Black	41	M	March 1, 1945	Lunenberg	Murder	A. K. Fleming, white (police officer) [181]
Raymond McDaniel	White	30	M	March 2, 1945	Campbell	Murder	Roy A. Alfred, white (cousin-in-law) [182]
Mancy Christian	Black	27	M	May 1, 1945	City of Suffolk	Rape-Robbery	Female, 15, white [183]
Lonnie Pearson	Black	31	M	August 3, 1945	City of Chesapeake	Rape-Robbery	Female, white [184]
Andrew Jackson Holloman	Black	31	M	January 11, 1946	City of Chesapeake	Rape	Female, 19, white [167]
Ernest Fagan	Black	30	M	February 15, 1946	City of Norfolk	Murder-Robbery	Horace Cox, 32, white [185]	William M. Tuck
Nelson Cross	Black	33	M	April 15, 1946	City of Danville	Murder	Edward Johnson, 32, black [186]
Thomas Edward Harrison	White	19	M	May 20, 1946	Roanoke	Murder-Robbery	Roby M. Daugherty, 55, white [ap] [187] [188] [189]
Arthur Johnson	Black	22	M	June 21, 1946	City of Virginia Beach	Murder-Robbery	Winston Mason, black [190]
James Hough	Black	29	M
George Grissett	Black	33	M
Robert Holland	Black	22	M	September 13, 1946	Accomack	Murder-Robbery	George S. Broughton, 46, white [191]
James Fletcher	Black	24	M
Amon J. Gusler	White	52	M	January 3, 1947	Henry	Murder	J. Russell Smith, 38, white [192]
Ephriam Thomas	Black	27	M	May 30, 1947 [193]	City of Suffolk	Murder	Lenora Hamilin, black [194]
William Davis	Black	43	M	July 18, 1947	Fauquier	Murder	Male, white (Southern Railway detective) [193]
Buford Morton	Black	30	M	October 17, 1947	City of Danville	Rape	Female, 28, white [195]
Raymond Laurence	Black	30	M	October 24, 1947	City of Newport News	Murder	Charles N. Doughty, 31 white (patrolman) [196]
Sam Baldwin	Black	35	M	January 23, 1948	Accomack	Murder	Bertha Wright (ex-lover) and John McCabe, 23 and 25, black [197]
John Brooks	Black	20	M	April 23, 1948	Halifax	Rape-Robbery	Two females, white [198]
Johnnie Edward James	Black	30	M	October 29, 1948	City of Norfolk	Murder-Rape	Female, black
Alfred Rayfield	Black	35	M	November 17, 1950	Accomack	Murder	William West, 50, black [199]	John S. Battle
Ben Franklin Fuller	Black	42	M	December 8, 1950	Mecklenburg	Murder	Joe Thompson, white [200]
George Hailey	White	24	M	February 2, 1951 [201]	Halifax	Murder-Rape	Marian Floyd, 14, white [202]
Joe Hampton	Black	21	M		City of Martinsville	Rape	Ruby Stroud Floyd, 34, white [aq]
Howard Hairston	Black	20	M
Booker Millner	Black	22	M
Frank Hairston Jr.	Black	22	M
Francis Grayson	Black	38	M	February 5, 1951 [201]
John C. Taylor	Black	23	M
James L. Hairston	Black	22	M
Ulysses Jones	Black	32	M	July 13, 1951	City of Suffolk	Murder-Rape	Doris Chapman, 10, black
Floyd Joyner Jr.	Black	39	M	December 12, 1951	Roanoke	Murder	Addie Gurlund McCormack, 47, white
Albert Jackson Jr.	Black	24	M	August 25, 1952	City of Charlottesville	Rape	Female, 40, white [203] [ar]
John Kensinger	White	29	M	May 26, 1954	Arlington	Murder-Robbery	Leroy F. Applegate, 46, white [204]	Thomas B. Stanley
Sterling Groom	Black	48	M	October 14, 1954	Culpeper	Murder-Robbery	Jeremiah Jasper Barthelow, white [205] [as]
Alonzo Russell	Black	41	M	July 14, 1955	Rockbridge	Murder-Rape	Emma Moore Duncan, 56, white [206] [207] [at]
John Lewis Gregory Jr.	Black	23	M	June 4, 1957	City of Norfolk	Murder-Robbery [au]	David Weinstein, 72 [208] [av]
Lloyd J. Doby	Black	26	M	July 12, 1957	Southampton	Rape-Robbery	Lillian Vann Scott, 48, white [209]
Jeremiah McCray	Black	24	M	April 18, 1958	Caroline	Murder-Rape	Jeanette M. Griffin, 49, white [210] [aw]	J. Lindsay Almond
E. J. Sherod	Black	24	M	June 6, 1958	City of Richmond	Murder-Robbery	Clara Wingfield, 31, black [211]
Clarence Dabney	Black	25	M	November 21, 1958	City of Lynchburg	Murder	William Owen Grubbs, 26, white [212]
William Brown	Black	56	M	April 24, 1959	Caroline	Murder	James S. Brooks, 35, white [167] [167] [ax]
Willis Boyd	White	24	M		Goochland	Murder-Robbery	Bennett Ranson Jr., 51, white [213]
Harry Eugene Fuller	Black	31	M	June 30, 1960	City of Alexandria	Murder	Bobby Gene Padgett, 28, white (policeman) [214]
Linwood Bunch	Black	22	M	February 17, 1961	City of Newport News	Rape	Female, 49, white [215] [216] [217] [ay]
Grover Lucas	White	57	M	March 10, 1961	City of Roanoke	Murder	Connie Lucas, 48, white (wife) [218] [az]
Claude Hart Jr.	White	32	M	November 17, 1961	City of Norfolk	Murder	Robert C. Wash, white (detective) [219]
Jim Cobbs	Black	46	M	December 8, 1961	Halifax	Murder-Rape	James Algie Buckner, 60, white [220] [221]
Carroll L. Garland	Black	27	M	March 2, 1962	City of Lynchburg	Murder-Robbery	Jimmy N. Nuckles, 27, white [222]	Albertis Harrison

See also

• Capital punishment in Virginia
• Crime in Virginia

Notes

1. Certain boundary changes are not be accounted for, such as independent cities which split from counties rather than absorbing them (ex. City of Manassas and Prince William County), as the independent cities often doubled as county seats and were therefore the locations of executions regardless of the location of the crime.
2. Convicted of starting a fire that destroyed 22 buildings in Rocky Mount.
3. Suspected, but not convicted, of murdering the man who wife he married. Hylton's was this man's brother-in-law.
4. Ira Mullins, his wife, his son, and his brother John Mullins.
5. Murdered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil, en route from the River Platte to Boston. Also shot a mate and ordered the other crew to throw him overboard while still alive.
6. Also attempted to murder victim.
7. Only hanging to take place at the state penitentiary.
8. Serial rapist, confessed to several similar crimes before his execution.
9. Hanged at the state prison farm.
10. Previously murdered Harry Vanover in Letcher County, Kentucky and was sentenced to life in prison in 1887, but was pardoned 15 years later.
11. Confessed to murdering a freight brakeman in Clifton Forge, a man in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina, and an unidentified man found dead near Danville; denied murdering Jake Lee.
12. Confessed to murdering two other women in Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively as well as attacking numerous women.
13. Murdered Shinberger while he was attempting to arrest Goode for murdering Richard Fox, black.
14. Also convicted of murdering his adopted son; denied committing either murder.
15. Confessed to murdering a Romani man, Joseph Smith, in Pennsylvania; denied killing Charles Smith.
16. Confessed to an earlier similar crime before execution.
17. Elizabeth Justus, her son-in-law George Meadows, his wife Lydia, and their three children Will, Noah, and Lafayette. Previously given a life sentence (and pardoned) for the murder of George Kinney in Kentucky.
18. Attempted to murder victim. Jackson beat him in the head with a brick and then an iron bar, after which he slit his mouth with a knife, cut off one of his ears, and left him for dead. The victim was conscious during the entire attack.
19. Last female juvenile offender to be executed in the United States.
20. Also charged with the attempted rape of Maggie Robinson, also white.
21. Crime committed in Carroll, venue changed.
22. Also killed judge Thornton L. Massie, sheriff L. F. Webb, juror Augustus Fowler, and spectator Elizabeth Ayres.
23. Also killed Elijah Hackett, also black, at a woman's home in Greenwood, South Carolina, later killing Pitts while a fugitive.
24. Victim was also assaulted.
25. Also convicted of assault for beating victim with a rock.
26. Attempted to murder victim by hacking him with a meat cleaver and left him for dead.
27. Serial rapist, attacked six girls aged 5 to 11 years over several weeks using drugged candy.
28. Previously killed two policemen in Greenville, South Carolina and was a fugitive at the time of this crime.
29. Apparent change of venue from Brunswick County.
30. 21-year-old wife Gertrude Brown Clayton, 44-year-old father-in-law Albert Brown, and 37-year-old aunt Melinda Carter.
31. Serial rapist, also attacked three white women and three black women.
32. 39-year-old police detective J. Harvey Burke, 19-year-old Vivian Tomlin Peers, and 18-year-old H. G. Carter.
33. Also suspected in the murder of 60-year-old Arthur Edgar Trainer, also white.
34. Also killed Estelle Corbin's father, 56-year-old Alfin C. Corbin, also white.
35. Also previously killed 62-year-old John W. Brickhouse, also white.
36. Also killed 58-year-old Richmond policeman William A. Toot and 44-year-old Philadelphia racketeer William Weiss, both white.
37. Also suspected of killing 65-year-old Henry A. Gurley, also white, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
38. The victim was brutally beaten and died from her injuries after the trial.
39. Serial rapist, also attacked three other girls ages 3, 7, and 10 in Norfolk after being released from Massachusetts State Prison for statutory rape.
40. Also killed another man under identical circumstances the day prior.
41. 59-year-old Andrus Morris Love, his 58-year-old wife Ruth G. Love, their 22-year-old son James W. Love, 27-year-old Walter Russell, and his 25-year-old wife Katherine Russell.
42. Also suspected in the murders of William Ralph Chattin, 30, and Roy R. Rice, 50, both also white.
43. All seven men were pardoned in 2021. The guilt of the men has historically not been disputed, nor did the pardon address their guilt. However, it acknowledged that their trials were unfair and their sentences were racially biased.
44. Also raped a black woman and served two years of a 10-year sentence.
45. Also previously murdered a woman and served prison time for the crime.
46. Serial rapist, previously convicted of the attempted rape of Duncan's daughter and later the rape of another woman. Also charged with raping a black girl.
47. Received additional death sentence for first degree robbery.
48. Previously convicted of raping a Japanese woman while serving in the U.S. Air Force.
49. Serial killer, murdered four other people.
50. Also murdered Brooks's 74-year-old mother, Katherine S. Brooks.
51. Serial rapist, also attacked a pregnant 17-year-old girl and a 56-year-old woman, both white.
52. Also murdered their two children, 11-year-old Mildred Joyce and 9-year-old Dennis Fred, and attempted to murder their 15-year-old stepdaughter, born from Connie's first marriage, whom he had attempted to abuse on several occasions.

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