Executed

Jordan Sheats

Madison County, Georgia

Jordan Sheats, a Black man, was hanged in a judicial execution at Danielsville, Georgia. The Chariton Courier reported the execution in a news item published November 22, 1879. The item is the only source for his death, and no family or other accounts of his life are recorded in it.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news report on the execution.

Source

Chariton Courier, November 22, 1879, page 1 Chariton Courier, November 22, 1879

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