Willis Jackson
A Black man, named Willis Jackson in one October 1911 report and Millis Jackson in another, was in custody near Honea Path, South Carolina. According to a telephone message from Honea Path, officers driving him from Anderson in an automobile reached town ten minutes ahead of about ten cars of men who intended to lynch him, and they then transferred him to another vehicle and left. One report, citing the Associated Press, says a posse took him from the Greenville sheriff on the evening of October 10, 1911, and that a mob hanged him from a telegraph pole and shot his body. The reports give the date of death as October 10, 1911.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone message from Honea Path, relayed by the Associated Press, says a mob took him from the sheriff's posse, hanged him from a telegraph pole and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: telephone message received at Greenville, S.C. (reporters); Associated Press, citing a telephone message from Honea Path (reporters).