William Cleveland Nesbit

Released
Date of birth:April 1887
Date of death:11. 12. 1917
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1910s
State:Texas
Time Imprisoned:
11 Days
Support
Anti-War Socialism Anarchism
William Cleveland Nesbit

Biography

William Cleveland Nesbit was a senior NCO of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry, born in Blair County, Pennsylvania. As one of the highest-ranking Black NCOs in the unit, identified by prosecutors as a leader of the August 23, 1917 march on Houston. Tried in the first "Nesbit" court-martial; hanged at sunrise December 11, 1917. Conviction set aside November 2023. Conviction formally set aside by U.S. Army November 2023 (posthumous). (Recorded as William Cleveland Nesbit Sergeant of the 24th Infantry Regiment. Sgt. William C. Nesbit)

Case

Fort Sam Houston Disciplinary Barracks
Charges: Mutiny and riot (1917 Houston Riot courts-martial at Fort Sam Houston; convictions set aside 2023)
Arrested: Aug 24, 1917
Sentenced: Nov 30, 1917
Incarcerated: Nov 30, 1917
Released: Dec 11, 1917
Sentence: Death by hanging
Prosecutor: Col. John A. Hull (Trial Judge Advocate)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Texas

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