Executed
Curtis Barkley
Curtis Barkley, a 34-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair on August 16, 1940. The Georgia Department of Corrections, in its history of executions in the state, records the death as an execution. The record includes no details about his family, work, or life beyond his age and race.
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.