Green Hill Jones
Appearance
Green Hill Jones | |
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Arkansas House of Representatives | |
In office 1885–1885 | |
Arkansas House of Representatives | |
In office 1889–1889 | |
Personal details | |
Born | December 24, 1842 Tennessee |
Died | November 24, 1924 | (aged 81)
Resting place | Mason (African American) Cemetery in Chicot County |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Hillsdale College |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Union Army |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Green Hill Jones (December 24, 1842 - November 12, 1924) was a state legislator and Baptist minister in Arkansas.[1] He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for Chicot County in 1885 and 1889,[2] and he was a Republican.[3]
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Jones was born in Tennessee and was enslaved on Kenneth Rayner's plantation in Chicot County, Arkansas.[1] During the American Civil War he served in a "Colored" unit in the Union Army.[1] He studied at Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1870 until 1873.[2]
He also served as Chicot County treasurer from 1874 to 1876.[4]
He died November 12, 1924, and is buried at Mason (African American) Cemetery in Chicot County.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ a b "Southeast Arkansas's African-American Legislators, 1868-1893". The Lakeport Plantation. February 17, 2016.
- ^ "Voice of the voter - Chicot County section". Arkansas Democrat. 8 September 1884. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Plantation, Blake Wintory on behalf of Lakeport (2015). Chicot County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4671-1405-9. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "JONES, GREEN HILL, REV - Chicot County, Arkansas | GREEN HILL, REV JONES - Arkansas Gravestone Photos". arkansasgravestones.org. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- The book Plantation, Blake Wintory on behalf of Lakeport (2015). Chicot County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4671-1405-9. Retrieved 13 February 2021. contains a photograph of him.
Categories:
- 1842 births
- 1924 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Baptist ministers from the United States
- African-American state legislators in Arkansas
- County treasurers in the United States
- County officials in Arkansas
- Hillsdale College alumni
- People from Chicot County, Arkansas
- 20th-century African-American politicians