From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Buckner, Jim
(born: 1893 - died: 1911)Jim Buckner was the first prisoner to be electrocuted in Kentucky. Convicted of a murder in Marion County, KY, he was put to death on July 8, 1911. For more see P. T. Ryan, Legal Lynching: the plight of Sam Jennings, p. 172.