Executed
John Rounsaville
John Rounsaville, a 20-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on July 12, 1927, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's execution history records the death as a homicide carried out by the state. The available record contains no family statements or other details about his life. No accounts from other sources have been reviewed, so no disputes about the case are noted.
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.