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Weldon Hicks was a farmer, judge and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Virginia. He served as a Justice of the Peace and represented
Weldon Hicks was a farmer, judge and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Virginia. He served as a Justice of the Peace and represented Hinds County, Mississippi
Hinds County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. With its county seats (Raymond and the state's capital, Jackson), Hinds is the most populous county in Mississippi with a 2020 census population of 227,742 residents. Hinds Coun ...
in the Mississippi House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...
in 1874, 1875, and 1878. He was documented as having been illiterate.
He lived in Edwards, Mississippi
Edwards is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,034 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 1,347 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson Ja ...
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See also
*African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) after passage of the Reconstruction Acts in 1867 and 1868 as well as in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, ...
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