Executed
Thomas Nelson
Thomas Nelson, a 38-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville on March 20, 1936, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department lists the manner of death as homicide by state execution. No family, friends, or other accounts of his life or of the proceedings are available in this source.
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.