Executed
J. Payton
J. Payton, a 41-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on May 15, 1941. He was in the custody of the state prison system at the time of his death. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records the death as an execution carried out by the state.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.