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The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 15 February 2025. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
Theriocide – the act of killing an animal by a human (Ancient Greek: therion "wild animal, beast"). Vermicide – an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms. Virucide (also viricide) – an agent capable of destroying or inhibiting viruses. Vulpicide (also vulpecide) – the killing of a fox by methods other than by hunting it with hounds.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1920 and 1929. A total of 66 people were executed during this period. From 1920 to 1923, ten people were executed by hanging. [1] The last hanging in the state was that of Nathan Lee, a man convicted of murder and executed in Brazoria County on August 31, 1923.
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1920 U.S. census with the Ball family on lines 37–45. Joe D. Ball is on line 37. Joseph Douglas Ball was born in San Antonio to Elizabeth Hart (née Lawler; 1868–1922) and Frank Xavier Ball (1868–1937), a rich farm owner later turned general store owner, as the second of eight children.
In an effort to help families find answers, NBC News is publishing the names of more than 1,800 people whose bodies were given to the Health Science Center by Dallas and Tarrant counties since 2019.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was en route to Robert Williams’ farm, planning to kill his entire herd of whitetail deer, when word came through that a court had blocked the operation.
All of the 248 people (246 males and 2 females) during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The count is the most of any decade in Texas history, surpassing the 166 executions from the previous decade (1990–1999).