Executed
Abraham Pickney
Abraham Pickney, a 67-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on February 27, 1953, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. He was in the custody of the state at the prison when he died. The department's record lists the cause of death as execution in the electric chair, carried out by the State of Georgia.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.