Jeremiah M. P. Williams

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The Reverend
Jeremiah M. P. Williams
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Official portrait, 1874
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 4th district
In office
1870–1880

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jeremiah M. P. Williams – Against All Odds".
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. ↑ "Laws of the State of Mississippi". Richard C. Langdon. March 12, 1873 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Vicksburg Daily Times, July 16, 1870 – Against All Odds".
  6. ↑ "Weekly Democrat-Times, June 24, 1876 – Against All Odds".
  7. ↑ "Natchez Democrat, June 25, 1884 – Against All Odds".
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