Executed
Sylvester Seymore
Sylvester Seymore, 35, a Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections records that the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair there on August 6, 1954. The department lists the manner of death as homicide, the legal term for this 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.