Deaths in Custody
Executed

Willie Gillom

21 years old · died January 18, 1929 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Willie Gillom, a 21-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on January 18, 1929, by the State of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as an execution. The available source gives no further information about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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