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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. [ 1 ] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, [ 2 ] 102 by hanging , 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains .
Wood County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, [1] making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg. [2] The county was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799.
David Leonard Wood: 67 29 38 White Profile: 3 April 16, 2025 John E. Drummond: 47 25 22 Black Ohio: To be determined: Profile: 4 May 14, 2025 James Galen Hanna: 75 48 27 White Profile: 5 June 18, 2025 Percy Hutton: 71 32 39 Black Profile: 6 July 30, 2025 Samuel Moreland: 31 40 Profile: 7 September 24, 2025 Douglas Lamont Coley: 50 21 29
Capital punishment was abolished in the U.S. State of West Virginia in 1965. Prior to secession from the Confederacy and admission to the Union on June 20, 1863, West Virginia was a part of Virginia. Under Virginia's authority, 43 people were executed; there were 112 executions after West Virginia achieved statehood .
Arthur Ingram Boreman (July 24, 1823 – April 19, 1896) was an American lawyer, politician and judge who helped found the U.S. state of West Virginia.Raised in Tyler County, West Virginia, he served as the state's first Governor, and a United States senator, as well as represented Wood County in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as a circuit judge before and after his federal service.
Gothic Revival. NRHP reference No. 14000107 [1] Added to NRHP. March 31, 2014. Bethel Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 7132 Old St. Marys Pike in Waverly, Wood County, West Virginia. The brick Gothic Revival structure was built in 1904, replacing an earlier wood-frame building. It is the only surviving rural brick church ...
September 7, 1972. Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is a state park located on Blennerhassett Island, a small island in the Ohio River, located in Wood County, West Virginia, USA. The property was the site of a Palladian mansion owned by Harman Blennerhassett, a participant in some of the alleged intrigues of Aaron Burr, and his wife ...
People from Parkersburg, West Virginia (4 C, 41 P) V. ... Pages in category "People from Wood County, West Virginia" The following 10 pages are in this category ...