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Presley Tankersley

Name:: Presley Tankersley
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 480304
State:: Texas
Date Execution:: 1905-09-01
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Williamson
County FIPS Code:: 48491
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