Executed
J. D Vaughn
J. D Vaughn was 25 years old when the State of Georgia executed him on July 7, 1939. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, the execution was carried out in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, where he was held in state custody. The department's execution history records the death as a homicide, the category it uses for executions.
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.