Executed

Jake Nimmons

died December 9, 1887 · Charleston County, South Carolina

Jake Nimmons was executed at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on the morning of Friday, December 9, 1887. He was a Black man. The Wood County Reporter printed a brief account of the execution on December 15, 1887. As an execution carried out by the state, his death was in the custody of South Carolina until the sentence was carried out.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Wood County Reporter, December 15, 1887, page 2 Wood County Reporter, December 15, 1887

Read the South Carolina report See on the South Carolina map See on the national map All records