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This is a list of people executed in Illinois between 1779 and 1899. The earliest recorded executions in Illinois took place in 1779. Between the June 15, 1779, executions of two black enslaved men, Manuel and Moreau, and 1899, at least 144 legal executions took place in Illinois.[1]

List of people executed in Illinois, 1779–1899

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Information is sourced from the Espy Files unless otherwise specified.[1]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
No. Name Race Age Sex Date of Execution County Method Crime(s) Ref.
1 Manuel (Enslaved Man) Black - M June 15, 1779 Randolph or St. Clair Hanging, burning, or shooting[a] Witchcraft [2][3][4][5]
2 Moreau (Enslaved Man) - M Hanging [2][3][4]
3 (Unknown Name) Native American - M 1802 Randolph Hanging Murder, robbery
4 Emsley Jones (or Emerly Jones) White - M August 25, 1807 Randolph Hanging Murder of Oliver Reed, 33 [6][7][8]
5 (Unknown Name) Native American - - 1807 Randolph Hanging Murder of a white man [6]
6 John Killduck Native American - M July 14, 1819 Crawford Hanging Murder of Thomas McCall; first execution after statehood [9]
7 Who-rah-jin-kah / Whorahjinkah Native American - M August 14, 1821 Rock Island, Madison, or Randolph Hanging Murder of John Blottenburgh and Clement Attley Riggs ("two soldiers of the United States stationed at Fort Armstrong") - his trial was under federal jurisdiction [10][11][12][13]
8 Timothy Bennett White - M September 3, 1821 St. Clair Hanging Murder
9 Eliphalet Green White - M February 12, 1824 Madison Hanging Murder of William Wright [14]
10 Martin Frazier White - M May 10, 1824 Gallatin Hanging Murder
11 Nathaniel Van Noy White - M November 26, 1826 Sangamon Hanging Murder of his wife [15]
12 William Ledbetter White - M April 30, 1834 White Hanging Murder
13 Henry Shouse White - M June 9, 1834 Pope Hanging Murder
14 Thomas Bennett White - M December 22, 1834 Adams Hanging Murder
15 Elias McFadden White 60 M July 6, 1835 Schuyler Hanging Murder of John Wilson [16][17][18]
16 David McFadden White 25 M
17 Joseph Thomason (or Thompson) – AKA Benjamin F. Norris, Joseph F. Morris White 23 M June 10, 1836 Iroquois Hanging Murder and robbery of Charles Legree [19][20]
18 William Fraime White 21 M May 18, 1839 Hancock Hanging Murder
19 Aaron Todd White - M June 2, 1840 Macoupin Hanging Murder of Larkin Scott [21]
20 John Stone White 30 M July 10, 1840 Cook Hanging Murder and rape of Lucretia Thompson [22]: 17–19 
21 Elizabeth 'Betsey' Reed White 40 F May 23, 1845 Lawrence Hanging Murder of her husband, Leonard, by poisoning [23][24]
22 Granville Young White - M October 19, 1845 Rock Island Hanging Murder, burglary, and robbery of George Davenport [25]
23 Aaron Long White 24 M Hanging
24 John Long White 23 M Hanging
25 Milton Jones White 21 M October 11, 1850 Wabash Hanging Murder of Joseph Miller [26]
26 George Williams White - M January 19, 1851 Peoria Hanging Murder and robbery of Harvey Hewett [27]
27 Thomas Brown White - M
28 Henry Volz White - M May 24, 1853 Wayne Hanging Murder of Luke Lawler [28]
29 George Gates White - M June 28, 1853 LaSalle Hanging Murder and robbery of Daniel Liley [29]
30 John Collins White - M April 21, 1854 Kane Hanging Murder of his wife [30]
31 Patrick Doyle White - M May 12, 1854 DuPage Hanging Murder and robbery of Patrick Tohil or Tole [31][32]
32 Joseph Orban White - M September 4, 1854 St. Clair Hanging Murder
33 John Taylor White - M January 19, 1855 Jo Daviess Hanging Murder
34 David Stoddard White 45 M July 13, 1855 Rock Island Hanging Murder of his wife [33]
35 Alfred Countryman White - M March 27, 1857 Winnebago Hanging Murder
36 Herman Jackson - - M April 26, 1857 Cook Hanging Murder
37 John Johnson (or Edward Barber) White - M June 19, 1857 Madison Hanging Murder of Jacob Barth [34][35]
38 George W. Sharpe (or Gibson) White - M
39 William Jackson White - M June 19, 1857 Cook Hanging Murder of Roman Morris [36]
40 Andrew Ingram White - M July 3, 1857 Rock Island Hanging Murder
41 Albert Staub White 20 M April 20, 1858 Cook Hanging Murder of Peter Lauerman [37]
42 Michael McNamee - - M May 6, 1859 Cook Hanging Murder of his wife, Jane [38]
43 Henry Alter - - M December 28, 1860 Monroe Hanging Murder of William Hentz [39]
44 John Ott White - M March 1, 1861 Tazewell Hanging Murder, robbery
45 Wiley J. Morris Black - M May 17, 1861 Kankakee Hanging Murder and rape of Mary Murphy[b] [40]
46 James White White 19 M August 15, 1861 Marion Hanging Murder
47 Addison Cunningham (or Ottison Cunningham) White 37 M November 29, 1861 Adams Hanging Murder of Ratliffe Harrison [41][42][43]
48 John McDonnell White - M February 7, 1862 Iroquois Hanging Murder
49 William Bell[c] White - M June 30, 1865 Lake Upright jerker Murder of Ruth Briden [45][46]
50 Matt Fleming (or Walter Fleming) White - M December 15, 1865 Cook Hanging Contract murder of Patrick Maloney; known as the "Sand Ridge Murderers" [22]: 31–34 
51 Jerry Corbett White - M Hanging
52 Francis Harper White 22 M December 22, 1865 Iroquois Hanging Murder, robbery
53 Barney Van Ausdale (or Barney Vanarsdale) White - M July 20, 1866 Sangamon Hanging Murder and robbery of John H. Saunders or Sanders [15][47]
54 James Lemon (or John Lemons) White - M
55 John Kennedy White 41 M July 27, 1866 Lake Upright jerker Murder of "Tailor" Maloney [48]
56 George P. Chase - 36 M July 27, 1866 Will Upright jerker Murder of Joliet Correctional Center Warden Joseph Clark [49][50]
57 John Guedel White 41 M April 26, 1867 St. Clair Hanging Murder of Adam Zimmerman [51]
58 John W. Moore White - M October 23, 1869 Bond Hanging Murder and attempted rape of Louisa McAdams, 18 [52][53]
59 William C. Bell White 37 M November 12, 1869 Madison Hanging Murder of Herman Wendell [54]
60 Joseph Myers (or Meyers) White - M July 30, 1870 Shelby Hanging Murder of Plassibo Calhoun [55]
61 Bartholomew Barnes White 19 M December 29, 1871 Pike[d] Hanging Murder of John Gresham [56]
62 Henry McNulty White - M February 7, 1873 Peoria Hanging Murder of his wife, Elizabeth [57]
63 George Driver White - M March 14, 1873 Cook Hanging Murder of his wife, Ann, 32 [22]: 35–38 
64 John Marion Osborne White 27 M March 14, 1873 Knox Hanging Murder and rape of Adelia Mathews [58]
65 Joseph O'Neill (or Joseph O'Neal) White 27 M May 16, 1873 Carroll Hanging Murder of Hirman Rexford [59]
66 William C. Campbell Black - M August 29, 1873 Alexander Hanging Murder of Thomas Doyle [60]
67 Andrew Perteet Black 59 M December 12, 1873 Will[e] Upright jerker Murder of his wife, Martha, 44 [22]: 39–41 
68 Chris Rafferty White 25 M February 27, 1874 Lake[f] Upright jerker Murder of Officer Patrick O'Meara [22]: 42–45 
69 Nathan Burgess White 28 M June 18, 1875 Effingham Hanging Murder and robbery of Joseph Robbins [61]
70 John Casey White 38 M June 18, 1875 Edgar Hanging Murder of his wife, Rebecca [61][62]
71 George Henry Jacobs White - M January 21, 1876 Will Upright jerker Murder of his wife [63][64]
72 Marshall Crain White 27 M January 21, 1876 Williamson Hanging Contract murders of George Bulliner, David Bulliner, Vincent Hinchcliff, James Henderson, George Sisney, and William Spence (hired assassin involved in Illinois' Ku Klux Klan, associated with the Bulliner family in Williamson County's Bulliner-Henderson feud) [63][64]
73 William Wesley Lee White 29 M June 16, 1878 Henderson Upright jerker Murder of Jessie McCarty [65]
74 Jeremiah Connelly White 19 M June 21, 1878 Cook Hanging Murder of Hugh McConville, 30 [22]: 46–50 
75 George Sherry White 21 M
76 Charles Burnes (or John Burnes) White 27 M June 21, 1878 Edgar Hanging Murder of Elijah Burdwell [22]: 50 
77 Harrison Burklow White - M July 5, 1878 Johnson Hanging Murder
78 Charles Glass Black - M September 16, 1879 Alexander Hanging Murder of Carter Newman [66]
79 Johannes DeBoer White 18 M March 17, 1880 Livingston Hanging Murder and attempted rape of Ella Martin [67]
80 Frederic Kester (or Fred Koester) White - M January 21, 1881 Vermilion Hanging Murder of his wife, Minnie [68]
81 William Hailwagon White 49 M March 24, 1882 Rock Island Hanging Murder
82 Patsy Devine White - M May 12, 1882 DeWitt Hanging Murder and robbery of Aaron Goodfellow [69]
83 James Vaughan White - M June 16, 1882 Perry Hanging Murder
84 James Tracy - 37 M September 15, 1882 Cook Hanging Murder of Officer John Hoebner [22]: 51–53 
85 Samuel Redden Black - M September 15, 1882 Massac Hanging Murder of Adolphus Zimmerman [22]: 53 
86 Phillip Matthews White 20 M January 12, 1883 St. Clair Hanging Murder of Annie Geyer [70]
87 Sylvester King MacKinson (or MacKinnon) White 25 M May 11, 1883 Henry Hanging Murder and robbery of Maggie A. Copeland [71]
88 Christian Reibling White 30 M May 16, 1884 Whiteside Hanging Murder of Albert Lucia [72]
89 William Brown Black - M May 29, 1884 St. Clair Hanging Murder, robbery
90 Isaac Jacobson (or Theodore Jacobsen) White 54 M September 19, 1884 Cook Hanging Murder of George Bedell, his employer [73][22]: 54–56 
91 William Felix Henry Black - M January 16, 1885 Madison Hanging Murder and robbery of Henry Ross and Henry DePugh [74][75]
92 Thomas Jefferson Chapman White 23 M January 23, 1885 Coles Hanging Murder of Nicholas Hubbart [76]
93 Charles Holden (or Houlden) White 46 M May 15, 1885 Menard Hanging Murder of his wife, Rebecca [77]
94 Giovanni Azzaro White 31 M November 14, 1885 Cook Hanging Murder of Filippo Caruso, 20 [22]: 57–59 
95 Agostino (or Augustine) Gilardo White 23 M
96 Ignazio Sylvestri (or Ignacio Sylvester) White 23 M
97 Noah Merriman Black - M January 15, 1886 St. Clair Hanging Murder of his wife, Mamie [78][79]
98 Frank Mulkowski White 43 M March 26, 1886 Cook Hanging Murder and robbery of Agnes Kledzieck [22]: 60–62 
99 James Dacey White 39 M July 16, 1886 McHenry Hanging Murder of Michael Gaynor, city alderman [22]: 63–65 
100 William S. Wilson White - M November 12, 1886 Union Hanging Murder of his wife [80]
101 August Spies White 31 M November 11, 1887 Cook Hanging Murder of Officer Mathias J. Degan (see Haymarket affair)
102 Albert Parsons White 39 M
103 Adolph Fischer White 29 M
104 George Engel White 51 M
105 Zephyr Davis Black 17 M May 12, 1888 Cook Hanging Murder of Maggie Gaughan [81][22]: 70–73 
106 George Milligan White - M November 23, 1888 Gallatin Hanging Murder
107 James F. Maxwell (alias Murray) White - M October 17, 1890 Grundy Hanging Murder, burglary, and robbery of Charles Decker [82]
108 William H. Crawford, Jr. White - M March 14, 1891 Macon Hanging Murder of Mrs. Lina Mathias [83]
109 Charles Ford White 23 M May 9, 1891 LaSalle Hanging Murder of David Moore [84]
110 Patrick Boyle White - M January 23, 1892 Madison Hanging Murder of John Muench [85]
111 Tom Davis Black - M May 14, 1892 Washington Hanging Murder and robbery of Marcus Deitsh [86]
112 Henry Dickerson Black - M
113 William J. Jamison Black - M August 18, 1893 Adams Hanging Murder, robbery
114 Harvey Pate White 21 M December 8, 1893 Vermilion Hanging Murder and robbery of Henry Helmick [87]
115 Frank Stires White 19 M
116 Ernest Lacore White 21 M January 19, 1894 Will Hanging Murder and attempted rape of Mary Ellen 'Nellie' Byron, 12 [88][89]
117 George H. Painter White - M January 26, 1894 Cook Hanging Murder of Alice Martin, his mistress [90]
118 Thomas "Buff" Higgins White 23 M March 23, 1894 Cook Hanging Murder and robbery of Peter McCooey [91]
119 Patrick Eugene Prendergast White 23 M July 13, 1894 Cook Hanging Murder of Carter Harrison Sr. (political assassination)
120 George Centrall White 24 M November 30, 1894 St. Clair Hanging Murder of Frederick Kahn [92]
121 Arley Henderson White 23 M May 31, 1895 Jackson Hanging Murder and robbery of James Towle (or Frank Towel), 45 [93][94]
122 Frank Jeffrey White 28 M
123 Harry Lyons White 35 M October 11, 1895 Cook Hanging Murder
124 Charles N. "Pacer" Smith White 42 M November 29, 1895 Macon Hanging Murder of Louise Smith (daughter) and Edna Buchert [95]
125 Henry Foster Black - M January 23, 1896 Cook Hanging Murder
126 Albert Wallace White - M March 14, 1896 Tazewell Hanging Murder
127 Alfred Fields Black - M May 15, 1896 Cook Hanging Murder
128 John Jones - - M May 19, 1896 Jackson Hanging Murder
129 Joseph Windrath White - M June 5, 1896 Cook Hanging Murder
130 Julius Mannow White - M October 30, 1896 Cook Hanging Murder
131 Fred Behme White 47 M December 4, 1896 Hamilton Hanging Murder of his wife Mary, and 3-year-old son Thomas [96]
132 Dan McCarthy White - M February 19, 1897 Cook Hanging Murder
133 Fred Hoeltman White - M May 14, 1897 Ford Hanging Murder
134 John Lattimore Black - M May 28, 1897 Cook Hanging Murder
135 William Powers Black - M
136 James Mingle - - M February 11, 1898 Sangamon Hanging Murder
137 Chris Merry White - M April 22, 1898 Cook Hanging Murder of his wife, Pauline [22]: 99–101 
138 John Drugan White - M October 14, 1898 Cook Hanging Murder
139 George Jackson White - M
140 Dick Collier White - M December 16, 1898 Champaign Hanging Murder, robbery
141 Robert Howard Black - M February 17, 1899 Cook Hanging Murder, robbery
142 Albert Becker White - M November 10, 1899 Cook Hanging Murder
143 Michael Rollinger White - M November 17, 1899 Cook Hanging Murder
144 William Martin Black - M December 29, 1899 Alexander Hanging Murder of Joseph Landrum [97]

Statistics

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Except for the execution of Manuel, which occurred by means of either hanging, shooting, or burning Manuel alive, all other executions in Illinois between 1779 and 1899 are confirmed to have taken place by hanging. Some Illinois executions by hanging, specifically in Henderson County, Lake County, and Will County, utilized an upright jerker, an alternative form of hanging.

All recorded executions in Illinois between 1779 and 1899 were of men, with the exception of the hanging of Betsey Reed in 1845.

Decade

Race

Age

Gender

Crime

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  1. ^ Several different sources imply Manuel was burned alive at the stake (while all sources that mention Moreau state he was hanged); several sources alternatively imply that Manuel was sentenced to be burned but had his sentence commuted to shooting. The 1909 source from the Illinois State Historical Library contains Manuel's final death warrant heavily implying that he was hanged like Moreau was. Which method was ultimately used in Manuel's execution is unclear.
  2. ^ Sixteen years after Morris's execution, newspapers reported that three other men (at least one of whom was serving a prison term in Pennsylvania) made a confession to the murder of Mary Murphy, thus posthumously exonerating Morris; Morris insisted he was innocent in his last statement at his own execution.
  3. ^ Some records of Illinois executions state that a man named "William Curry" was executed on September 27, 1862, for a murder in Washington County. However, it appears that Curry's name may have actually been James Ambrose, and he had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment the night before his scheduled execution.[44]
  4. ^ Barnes committed the murder of John Gresham in Calhoun County, Illinois, but the execution took place in Pike.
  5. ^ Perteet was originally convicted in Cook County, as the murder took place in Chicago. Two days before his execution, he won a retrial; the court granted him a change of venue to Will County, where he was again convicted. His execution took place in Will County.
  6. ^ Rafferty's first trial was held in Chicago, Cook County, where Officer O'Meara's murder took place. Two subsequent trials took place in Waukegan, Lake County. Rafferty was hanged in Lake County.

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