Executed
John Henry Williams
John Henry Williams was 21 years old and Black. The State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on December 9, 1938. He was in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections at the time of his death. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the manner of his death as homicide, 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.