Executed

Horace Terrill

Charlottesville city, Virginia

Horace Terrill, a Black man, was hanged at Charlottesville, Virginia, after a court sentenced him to death. The Narragansett Herald reported the execution in June 1885. No objections to the sentence appear in the account this record draws on.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: newspaper account of the execution.

Source

Narragansett Herald, June 27, 1885, page 4 Narragansett Herald, June 27, 1885

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