Jeremiah M. P. Williams

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

• African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900

References

1. "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.
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".