J. G. Rawlings
Rawlings, a man, was hanged in the jail yard at Valdosta, Georgia, on December 4, 1906, a sentence carried out after his case had been fought through the courts. Some accounts describe him as a former Methodist minister, while another calls him a Baptist minister and farmer in the community near Valdosta. In his last statement he said he had told the truth and that his sons had no connection with the events, and his family pursued a long series of legal appeals before the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Rawlings's family pursued a long series of legal appeals, and in his last statement he declared that his sons had no connection with the events.
Reported by: contemporary newspaper report of the Valdosta hanging (reporters).