What the records say
- When
- 1 Feb 1927
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 30.42° N, 95.48° W
- Description
- lynching in 1927, in Willis, Texas, United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of Tom Payne
1927 lynching of a Black man in Texas
Tom or Thomas Payne was an African-American man who was murdered in Willis, Texas on February 1, 1927. After his arrest in connection with an assault and murder, a white mob abducted and hanged him from a tree.
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