Deaths in Custody
Executed

William Cular Davis

55 years old · died October 15, 1948 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

William Cular Davis, a 55-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections reports that the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at the prison on October 15, 1948. The department lists the cause of death as execution by electric chair.

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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