Deaths in Custody
Executed

George W Solesbee

26 years old · died July 27, 1951 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

George W. Solesbee, 26, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair on July 27, 1951. The Georgia Department of Corrections lists his death in its published history of executions in the state as an execution carried out by the state. The source gives no details about his life or family, and it records no objections to 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.

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