Executed
Joe Mathis
Joe Mathis, a 27-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, and was executed in the electric chair there on February 9, 1940. The Georgia Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state. The available record gives no further information about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.
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.