Deaths in Custody
Executed

Lindsey Brown

26 years old · died December 16, 1949 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Lindsey Brown, a 26-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, when the state executed him in the electric chair on December 16, 1949. The Georgia Department of Corrections records his death as an execution. The available source gives no further details about his life, family, or the proceedings that led to his death.

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.

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