George Willis Proctor Explained

George Willis Proctor (born August 8, 1848) was an American farmer and state legislator in Florida. An African American, he represented Jefferson County, Florida for one term in the 1883 legislature,^{[1] [2] [3]} while his brother John E. Proctor served as a state senator.^{[4] [5] [6]}

He was born in Tallahassee August 8, 1848. He owned 180 acres of land.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Brown, Canter. Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. January 23, 1998. University of Alabama Press. 9780817309152. Google Books. 117.
2. https://www.floridamemory.com/fmp/territorial-legislative/PeopleOfLawmaking.pdf
3. Book: Assembly Journal . 1883 . Florida Legislature . en.
4. News: 1883-01-02 . The Legistlature . 2 . The Weekly Floridian . 2023-11-24.
5. News: December 17, 1944 . John Proctor, Slave Who Became Legislator, Dies Here at 100 . 22 . Tallahassee Democrat . Tallahassee, Florida . February 1, 2019.
6. Book: Warner, Lee H. . Free Men in an Age of Servitude: Three Generations of a Black Family . 2021-12-14 . University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-9511-7 . 95, 138 . en.