Executed
George McKay
George McKay, a 30-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on September 29, 1950, a sentence carried out by the State of Georgia according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The record gives no further details about his family, work, or life beyond his name and age. The Department's listing describes the manner of death as homicide, reflecting the state's judicial execution. No other accounts of the circumstances were consulted for this entry.
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.