Executed
Cleveland Hicks
Cleveland Hicks, a 30-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville on July 12, 1935, by the State of Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's execution record is the only source on his death, and it gives no details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case. The record lists the manner of death as homicide, reflecting the state's judicial execution. No other accounts of his death were available to dispute or add to 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.