Executed
Willie Jackson
Willie Jackson, a 28-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair on March 2, 1945. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution in its history of executions in Georgia. The available account gives no further detail 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.