Executed
Will Upton
Will Upton, a Black man, was put to death by hanging in an execution on the afternoon of Thursday, December 20, 1906, at Madisonville, Tennessee. The execution was carried out in the town of Madisonville, where he died. He was a man whose life and death were recorded in the press of the day, and his name is kept here so that his death is not forgotten.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Knoxville correspondent (reporters).