Executed

Winter Payne

Fauquier County, Virginia

Winter Payne, who was Black, was hanged in Warrenton, Virginia. The Gloucester County Democrat reported the execution as carried out in July 1879. The hanging was carried out as a judicial execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: reporters.

Source

Gloucester County Democrat, July 22, 1879, page 4 Gloucester County Democrat, July 22, 1879

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