Jeremiah M. P. Williams (died June 24, 1884) was a Baptist preacher and state legislator in Mississippi. [1] [2] He served several terms in the Mississippi Senate during and after the Reconstruction era. [3] He represented Adams County, Mississippi. [1]
He was one of the incorporators of the Mississippi Printing and Publishing Company. [4] In 1870 he was Corresponding Secretary of the Colored Missionary Baptist Convention. [5] He was designated to give the introductory sermon at its 1876 meeting. [6]
He died in Minorville, Mississippi. [7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Jeremiah M. P. Williams – Against All Odds".
- ^ Foner, Eric (March 12, 1993). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507406-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (March 12, 1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. R.H. Henry & Company. ISBN 9780788448218 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Laws of the State of Mississippi". Richard C. Langdon. March 12, 1873 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Vicksburg Daily Times, July 16, 1870 – Against All Odds".
- ^ "Weekly Democrat-Times, June 24, 1876 – Against All Odds".
- ^ "Natchez Democrat, June 25, 1884 – Against All Odds".
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