Executed
Wilson Wright
Wilson Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on January 25, 1939, by the State of Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The available record gives no further detail about his life or family. Because this was a judicial execution carried out by the state while he was held in its custody, it is listed as a death in state custody.
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.