Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charlie Young

35 years old · died June 25, 1937 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Charlie Young, a 35-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on June 25, 1937, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's history is the only account available, and it reports no objections to the execution.

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.

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