Executed
William M. Patterson
William M. Patterson, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on June 26, 1942, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The available record gives no details about his family, work, or life beyond his name. The state's listing describes the death as an execution, and no other account in these sources disputes that.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.