While searching for information about Julia Force , and especially Cora Lou Vinson , I was led to other "famous" female murder cases in Georgia's history. On the 30th ult. was executed at Washington, Georgia, POLLY BARCLAY, as an accessory in the murder of her husband. -- Charleston Courier (South Carolina), 11 June 1806 Polly Jenkins Barclay is often misstated as being the first woman hung for murder in Georgia. That is incorrect, as that distinction belongs to Alice Riley of Savannah. (We'll save her story for another post.) Point is, Polly Barclay was actually the second woman to be hung for murder in Georgia. Mrs. Barclay was tried and convicted for the murder of her husband John, most often simply referred to as "Mr. Barclay," in 1806. The murder took place in the fall of the previous year. This all happened near the city of Washington in Wilkes County, GA. Records regarding the murder are difficult to find, and historians owe a debt of g
(and Other Crime and Criminals of the Peach state)