Executed
Jennings Wadell
Jennings Wadell, a 34-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on December 27, 1940, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The state's execution history records the death as a homicide carried out by lawful execution. The available record offers no information about his family or life beyond his age, race, and the date and place of his death.
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.