Executed
Andrew Dorsey
Andrew Dorsey, a 23-year-old Black man, was held in the custody of Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections records that he was executed in the electric chair at the prison on August 19, 1949. The department's history of executions lists the manner of death as homicide.
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.