Executed
Frazier Copeland
Frazier Copeland was executed by hanging at Walhalla, South Carolina, according to a short item in The Farmer And Mechanic published on May 2, 1883. The paper reported it as the first hanging ever held in that county. The hanging was a judicial execution carried out while Frazier Copeland was in state custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.