Handbook of Texas Online entry on Harris County
U.S. Census Data
Harris County Profile from Texas Association of Counties
Harris County website
Harris County Public Library
The State of Texas Children: Harris County, The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP)
Capital punishment
The Total Number of Executions in Harris County 1924- 2009 PDF JPEG
Comparison of Executions in Harris County to Total Executions 1924- 2009 PDF JPEG
Comparison of Executions in Harris County to Total Executions 1924- 1964 PDF JPEG
Comparison of Executions in Harris County to Total Executions 1982- 2009 PDF JPEG
Executions from Harris County sentences
1925
July 19 - Joe Brown - Black - Harris
1926
May 3 - T. Harris - Black - Harris
1928
April 12 - Willie Fisher - Black - Harris
September 28 - O. Alexander - Black - Harris
1930
November 28 - J. Maple - white - Harris
1931
July 28 - Will Jenkins - Black - Harris
August 14 - Joe Shield - Black - Harris
1933
December 19 - Tom Cook - Black - Harris
1934
January 18 - Ira Kelley - white - Harris
May 1 - Jonnie Williams - Black - Harris
June 1 - Nathan Brooks - Black - Harris
1935
February 1 - C. Dobbins - white - Harris
March 19 - Gabe Smith - Black - Harris
June 12 - Elijah Stewart - white - Harris
1936
May 30 - Aria Tance - Black - Harris
1942
January 28 - Nehemiah Glover - Black - Harris
February 15 - Richard Robinson - Black - Harris
1945
July 7 - Julius Harper - Black - Harris
1947
September 12 - Elijah Pearson - Black - Harris
1948
April 25 - Willie Sims - Black – Harris
1949
February 1 - Wilson Moore - Black - Harris
February 13 - Thurman Williams - Black - Harris
1950
February 5 - William Wilson, Jr. - 31 - Black - Harris
February 9 - J. Morrow - 29 - white - Harris
April 5 - James Blackmon - 24 - Black - Harris
April 5 - William Smith, Jr. - 22 - Black - Harris
May 17 - Nathaniel Edwards - 27- Black - Harris
June 14 - Porter Henderson - 47 - Black - Harris
June 30 - Eugene McFarland - 26 - Black - Harris
December 29 - Edward Johnson - 31 - Black - Harris
1951
January 13 - Ben Pickett - 35 years old - Black - Harris
March 14 - J. Patterson - 44 - white - Harris
March 21- Allen Williams- 40 - white - Harris
June 27 - Morris Bessard- 22 - Black - Harris
July 3 - Sam Williams- 53 - Black - Harris
September 5 - Allen Matthews - 24 - Black - Harris
September 25 - Steve Mitchell - 49 - white - Harris
October 9 - Albert Edwards- 39 - white – Harris
1953
October 17 - Lewis Allison - 23 - Black - Harris
1954
July 14 - Charles Barnes - 24 - Black - Harris
September 29 - Maurice Sampson - 21 - Black - Harris
1955
June 8 - Henry Meyer - 65 - white - Harris
1956
January 4 - Carrol Farrar - white - Harris
January 24 - Johnnie Gordon - Black - Harris
1957
January 3 - John McHenry - 26 years old - Black - Harris
April 4 - Merle Ellisor - 34 - white - Harris
April 24 - Yancy McGowen - 64 - white - Harris
August 21 - Wilburn Hall - 29 - white – Harris
1958
June 11 - Alvin Blankenship - 27 - Black - Harris
June 20 - Theodore Thompson - 23 - Black – Dallas
1960
March 5 - Junior Williams - 30 years old - Black - Wharton
April 28 - Nearvel Moon - 19 years old - White - Harris
August 12 - George Moses - 30 years old - Black - Harris
1962
April 19 - Adrian Johnson - Black - Harris
May 23 - Howard Stickney - White - Harris
July 18 - Walter Mosley - White - Harris
September 5 - Bobby Stein - Black - Harris
October 6 - Gibson Roscoe - Black - Harris
1963
John Lavan - Black - Harris
1964
February 12 - Jesse Parker - Black - Dallas
April 26 - Lawrence O'Connor - Black - Harris
May 7 - James Echols - Black - Harris
July 30 - Joseph Johnson - Black - Harris
1979 - Johnny Holmes becomes Harris County District Attorney
1984
March 31 - Ronald O'Bryan - white - Harris
1985
1986
March 12 - Charles Bass - white - Harris
April 16 - Jeffery Barney - white - Harris
June 9 - Rudy Esquivel - Hispanic - Harris
June 19 - Kenneth Brock - white - Harris
1987
May 28 - Anthony Williams - Black - Harris
1988
December 13 - Raymond Landry, Sr. - Black - Harris
1989
March 22 - Leon King - Black - Harris
May 24 - Stephen McCoy - white - Harris
September 20 - James Paster - White - Harris
1990
April 21 - Jerome Butler - Black - Harris
June 26 - James Smith - Black - Harris
July 18 - Mikel Derrick - white - Harris
1991
February 26 - Lawrence Buxton - Black - Harris
May 23 - Ignacio Cuevas Hispanic Harris
1992
January 22 - Joe Cordova - Hispanic - Harris
March 3 - Edward Ellis - white - Harris
April 23 - Billy White - Black - Harris
August 11 - Curtis Johnson - Black - Harris
September 22 - James Demouchette Black Harris
November 19 - Jeffery Griffin - Black - Harris
1993
March 23 - Carlos Santana - Hispanic - Harris
March 25 - Ramón Montoya - Hispanic - Dallas
May 4 - Darryl Stewart - Black - Harris
May 18 - John Sawyers - white - Harris
June 29 - Markum Duff-Smith - white - Harris
August 31 - Richard Wilkerson - Black - Harris
September 28 - Antonio Bonham - Black - Harris
December 15 - Clifford Phillips - Black - Harris
1994
April 4 - Richard Beavers - white - Harris
April 26 - Larry Anderson - white - Harris
May 3 - Paul Rougeau - Black - Harris
June 14 - Denton Crank- white - Harris
December 6 - Herman Clark, Jr. - Black - Harris
December 11 - Raymond Kinnamon - white - Harris
1995
January 31 - Willie Williams - Black - Harris
February 7 - Jeffery Motley - white - Harris
September 19 - Carl Johnson - Black - Harris
December 12 - James Briddle - white - Harris
1996
February 9 - Leo Jenkins - white - Harris
1997
March 12 - John Barefield - Black - Harris
April 14 - Billy Woods - white - Harris
May 13 - Anthony Westley - Black - Harris
May 19 - Richard Drinkard - white - Harris
May 22 - Larry White - white - Harris
June 2 - Patrick Rogers - Black - Collin
June 3 - Kenneth Harris - Black - Harris
July 29 - Robert West, Jr. - white - Harris
September 22 - Jessel Turner - Black - Harris
October 28 - Kenneth Ransom - Black -Harris
November 4 - Aua Lauti - Asian- Harris
November 21 - Charlie Livingston - Black Harris
1998
February 3 - Karla Faye Tucker - white - Harris
May 18 - Robert Carter - Black - Harris
November 17 - Kenneth McDuff - white - Harris
December 15 - James Meanes - Black - Harris
1999
August 10 - Kenneth Dunn - Black - Harris
September 10 - Willis Barnes - Black - Harris
September 14 - William Davis - Black - Harris
September 21 - Richard Smith - white - Harris
December 15 - Sammie Felder, Jr. Black - Harris
2000
March 14 - Ponchai Wilkerson - Black - Harris
June 22 - Gary Graham - Black - Harris
2001 - Chuck Rosenthal becomes Harris County District Attorney
October 22 - Gerald Mitchell - Black - Harris
2003
Feburary 25 - Richard Williams - White - Harris
March 20 - Keith Clay - Black - Harris
July 24 - Allen Janecka - White - Harris
December 3 - Richard Duncan - White - Harris
2004
March 3 - Marcus Cotton Black - Harris
October 5 - Edward Green - Black - Harris
October 6, - Peter Miniel - Hispanic - Harris
October 26 - Dominique Green - Black - Harris
November 2 - Lorenzo Morris - Black - Harris
November 9 - Demarco McCullum - Black - Harris
November 10 - Frederick McWilliams - Black - Harris
November 17 - Anthony Fuentes - Hispanic - Harris
2005
June 7 - Alexander Martinez Hispanic - Harris
September 14 - Frances Newton - Black - Harris
November 9 - Charles Thacker - White - Harris
November 15 - Robert Rowell - White - Harris
November 16 - Shannon Thomas - Black - Harris
2006
January 25 - Marion Dudley - Black - Harris
January 31 - Jaime Elizalde Jr. - Hispanic - Harris
February 15 - Clyde Smith Jr. - Black - Harris
March 29 - Kevin Kincy - Black - Harris
June 27 - Angel Resendiz - Hispanic - Harris
July 11 - Derrick O'Brien Black - Harris
September 12 - Farley Matchett- Black - Harris
November 1 - Donell Jackson - Black -Harris
November 8 - Willie Shannon Black - Harris
2007
February 7 - James Jackson - Black - Harris
February 27 - Donald Miller - white - Harris
March 7 - Joseph Nichols - Black - Harris
March 29 - Roy Pippin - white - Harris
June 6 - Michael Griffith - white - Harris
June 20 - Lionell Rodriguez - Hispanic - Harris
July 24 - Lonnie Johnson - Black - Harris
August 22 - Johnny Conner - Black - Harris
Sepember 25 - Michael Richard - Black - Harris
2008 - Chuck Rosenthal resigns as Harris County D.A. and is replaced by Kenneth Madgison
July 23 - - Derrick Sonnier - Black - Harris
August 5 - José Medellin - Hispanic - Harris - Mexican national
October 28 - Eric Nenno - white - Harris
November 12 - George Whitaker III - Black - Harris
2009 - Patricia R. Lykos becomes Harris County District Attorney (the first woman to hold that position)
February 12 - Johnny Johnson - Black - Harris
March 4 - Kenneth Morris - Black - Harris
September 16 - Stephen Moody - white - Harris
September 22 - Christopher Coleman - Black - Harris
November 10 - Yosvanis Valle - Hispanic - Harris
November 19 - Robert Thompson - Black - Harris
2010
March 30 - Alix Franklin - 34 - Black - Harris
July 20 - Derrick Jackson - 42- Black - Harris
August 17 - Peter Cantu - 35 - Hispanic - Harris
