Executed
George Thomas
George Thomas, a 21-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on May 13, 1938. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as a judicial execution carried out by the State of Georgia. The available record includes nothing about his family, work, or how others remembered him, and it reports no dispute over 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.