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Ripley is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.
The Last Public Execution in West Virginia. West Virginias last public hanging occurred at Ripley, Jackson County, Thursday, December 16, 1897. John Morgan, aged 27, convicted by jury of the murder of three in a family of four persons at Ripley, was the person hanged for the commission of the crime.