Executed
James Bivins
James Bivins, a 19-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 21, 1939. He was in the custody of the state when he died. The Georgia Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state.
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.