Executed
Lee Chamblee
Lee Chamblee, a 40-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville on October 14, 1927, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections' history of executions in the state. The department lists the death as an execution carried out by the state while he was held at the prison. The source gives no details about his family or work, and it records no objections to the execution.
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.