Green Hill Jones Explained

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]

Jones was born in Tennessee and was enslaved on Kenneth Rayner's plantation in Chicot County, Arkansas. During the American Civil War he served in a "Colored" unit in the Union Army. He studied at Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1870 until 1873.

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

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

External links

• The book Book: Plantation . Blake Wintory on behalf of Lakeport . Chicot County . 2015 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-4671-1405-9 . 28 . 13 February 2021 . en. contains a photograph of him.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
2. Web site: Southeast Arkansas's African-American Legislators, 1868-1893. February 17, 2016. The Lakeport Plantation.
3. News: Voice of the voter - Chicot County section . 13 February 2021 . Arkansas Democrat . 8 September 1884 . 1.
4. Book: Plantation . Blake Wintory on behalf of Lakeport . Chicot County . 2015 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-4671-1405-9 . 28 . 13 February 2021 . en.
5. Web site: JONES, GREEN HILL, REV - Chicot County, Arkansas GREEN HILL, REV JONES - Arkansas Gravestone Photos . arkansasgravestones.org . 13 February 2021.