Executed
Arthur Brown Jr.
Arthur Brown Jr., a 23-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on February 8, 1947, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. He was held at the prison at the time of his death, and the department records the cause as execution by electric chair. The department's account is the only source for this record.
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.