List of people executed in West Virginia
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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.{{cite web|url=https://statelaws.findlaw.com/west-virginia-law/west-virginia-capital-punishment-laws.html|title=Abolition of capital punishment in West Virginia|publisher=statelaws.findlaw.com|access-date=2021-01-18}} From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia,{{cite web|url=https://deathpenaltyusa.org/usa1/state/west_virginia.htm|title=Executions in West Virginia, from 1861-1959|publisher=deathpenaltyusa.org|access-date=2021-01-18}} 102 by hanging, 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains.
Executions 1861-1959
| class="wikitable" |
| Name
!Race !Sex !Date of execution !Method !Crime(s) |
|---|
| Winthrow
|Black |? |January 1861 |Unspecified Felony |
| Daniel Grogan
|? |M |February 9, 1866 |
| Thomas Boice
|? |M |February 9, 1866 |
| Mortimer Gibboney
|? |M |June 15, 1866 |
| Joseph Eisele
|White |M |March 6, 1868 |
| Labon Walker
|White |M |November 28, 1879 |
| Henry Jenkins
|Black |M |November 11, 1881 |
| Felix Kampf
|White |M |March 7, 1890 |
| William Martin
|? |M |October 3, 1890 |
| Sim Johnson
|Black |M |June 19, 1891 |Rape |
| William Maier
|White |M |November 17, 1892 |
| Allen Harrison
|White |M |November 22, 1892 |
| John Hardy
|? |M |January 19, 1894 |
| Washington Adkins
|Black |M |July 20, 1894 |
| Andrew Scott
|Black |M |October 4, 1895 |
| Jim Nichols
|Black |M |December 13, 1895 |
| Clark Lewis
|Black |M |June 25, 1897 |
| Jerry Brown
|Black |M |July 25, 1897 |Rape |
| Albert Viars
|White |M |November 12, 1897 |
| John Morgan
|White |M |December 16, 1897 |
| Shep Caldwell
|Black |M |October 10, 1899 |
| Frank Broadsnax
|Black |M |November 9, 1899 |
| Frank Walker
|Black |M |December 15, 1899 |
| George Carter
|Black |M |March 21, 1902 |
| Lewis Young
|Black |M |May 1, 1902 |
| John Mooney
|White |M |May 9, 1902 |
| Frank Friday
|White |M |May 9, 1902 |
| Perry Christian
|White |M |June 13, 1902 |
| State Henry
|Black |M |June 24, 1902 |
| Wilfred Davis
|White |M |June 5, 1903 |
| George Williams
|Black |M |September 9, 1904 |Rape |
| Edward Walton
|Black |M |July 17, 1908 |
| Arthur Brown
|Black |M |August 27, 1909 |
| Thomas Wayne
|Black |M |December 23, 1910 |
| Frank Stevenson
|Black |M |February 17, 1911 |
| Jesse Cook
|White |M |March 10, 1911 |
| William Furbish
|Black |M |March 17, 1911 |Rape |
| John Marshall
|Black |M |April 4, 1913 |
| James Williams
|Black |M |April 4, 1913 |
| Henry Sterling
|Black |M |June 6, 1913 |
| John Bix
|White |M |June 6, 1913 |
| Henry Green
|Black |M |March 6, 1914 |
| Silas Jones
|Black |M |July 10, 1914 |
| Will Thomas
|Black |M |July 2, 1915 |
| Will Stuart
|Black |M |July 2, 1915 |
| Nat Jarrell
|White |M |July 9, 1915 |
| Charles Forest
|Black |M |September 10, 1915 |
| Claude Sutton
|White |M |August 4, 1916 |
| James Lay
|Black |M |September 1, 1916 |
| Hugh Ferguson
|Black |M |August 6, 1919 |
| Hugh Bragg
|White |M |April 30, 1920 |
| Jacob Lutz
|White |M |July 22, 1921 |
| Hobart Green
|White |M |August 5, 1921 |
| Henry Harbor
|Black |M |January 7, 1922 |
| Leroy Williams
|Black |M |March 3, 1922 |Rape |
| Monroe Payton
|Black |M |May 4, 1922 |Rape |
| George Banhage
|White |M |November 2, 1923 |
| Nick Salamante
|White |M |January 4, 1924 |
| Philip Connizzaro
|White |M |January 4, 1924 |
| Richard Ferri
|White |M |January 4, 1924 |
| Samuel Muratore
|White |M |February 15, 1924 |
| Tiny McCoy
|White |M |September 12, 1924 |
| Robert Ford
|Black |M |January 29, 1926 |
| Harry Sawyer
|Black |M |April 19, 1926 |Rape |
| Philip Euman
|Black |M |August 20, 1926 |
| Henry Jackson
|Black |M |September 10, 1926 |
| Pierce Jefferies
|Black |M |February 18, 1927 |Rape |
| Wesley Swain
|White |M |February 3, 1928 |Rape |
| Andrew Brady
|Black |M |March 30, 1928 |Rape |
| Lawrence Fike
|White |M |August 10, 1928 |
| Henry Grogan
|Black |M |February 8, 1929 |Rape |
| Theodore Carr
|White |M |June 14, 1929 |
| Walter Wilmot
|White |M |September 13, 1929 |
| Willard Morrison
|White |M |September 13, 1929 |
| Walter Crabtree
|White |M |May 9, 1930 |
| Roosevelt Darnell
|White |M |November 14, 1930 |
| William C. Adams
|White |M |February 20, 1931 |
| Emory Stephens
|White |M |February 20, 1931 |
| Frank Myer
|White |M |June 19, 1931 |
| Harry Powers
|White |M |March 18, 1932 |
| James Blount
|Black |M |May 12, 1932 |
| Omer Brill
|White |M |August 10, 1933 |
| Leo Fraser
|White |M |November 24, 1933 |
| Joe Corey
|White |M |December 8, 1933 |
| Greely Blankenship
|White |M |January 7, 1935 |
| Robert Branch
|Black |M |July 19, 1935 |
| Frank Pramera
|White |M |April 13, 1937 |
| Willy Becker
|White |M |June 25, 1937 |
| Mervin Brown
|Black |M |September 10, 1937 |
| William Read
|White |M |November 5, 1937 |
| Raymond Styres
|White |M |March 13, 1938 |
| John Travis
|White |M |March 21, 1938 |Kidnapping and Murder |
| Arnett Booth
|White |M |March 21, 1938 |Kidnapping and Murder |
| Orville Adkins
|White |M |March 21, 1938 |Kidnapping and Murder |
| Hartman Byzantine
|White |M |June 28, 1940 |
| Paul Tross
|Black |M |December 6, 1940 |Rape |
| James Chambers
|Black |M |March 30, 1945 |
| William Turner
|White |M |December 28, 1945 |
| Richard Collins
|White |M |January 11, 1946 |
| William Gordon
|White |M |January 3, 1947 |
| Paul Burton
|White |M |January 2, 1948 |
| Mark McCauley
|White |M |January 30, 1948 |
| Matthew Perison
|Black |M |September 23, 1948 |
| Lemuel Steed
|Black |M |January 15, 1949 |
| Bud Peterson
|Black |M |February 25, 1949 |
| Harry Burdette
|White |M |March 26, 1951 |
| Fred Painter
|White |M |March 26, 1951 |
| James Hewlett, Jr.
|White |M |April 10, 1951 |
| Oshel Gardner
|White |M |April 17, 1953 |
| Tom Ingham
|Black |M |March 27, 1954 |
| Robert Hopkins
|White |M |September 7, 1956 |
| Eugene Linger
|White |M |June 5, 1958 |
| Larry Fudge
|White |M |July 1, 1958 |
| Elmer Bruner
|White |M |April 3, 1959 |