George B. Willis

George B. Willis was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Craven County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1870. ^[1]

Richard Tucker and Edward R. Dudley were fellow African American state legislators from New Bern. ^[2] Craven County was represented by several African Americans during the period. ^[3]

He commanded Company H of the 1st North Carolina State Troops. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900
• List of first African-American U.S. state legislators

References

1. Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. 1993. ISBN   978-0-19-507406-2.
2. Claiming Union Widowhood: Race, Respectability, and Poverty in the Post-Emancipation South. Duke University Press. 2020. ISBN   9781478012832.
3. George Henry White: An Even Chance in the Race of Life. LSU Press. 2012. ISBN   9780807144770.
4. McGuire, Samuel B. (2014). "The Making of a Black Militia Company: New Bern Troops in the Kirk-Holden War, 1870". The North Carolina Historical Review. 91 (3): 288–322. JSTOR   44113199.
5. Crafting Lives: African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770–1900. UNC Press Books. 2013. ISBN   9781469608761.