J. W. McFarland explained

J. W. McFarland was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Rankin County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875.^[1]

He married Mary Birdson in 1870.^[2] Wilson Hicks also represented the county at that time.^[3]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 145
2. Web site: J. W. McFarland – Against All Odds.
3. Book: 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. Robert. Lowry. William H.. McCardle. June 3, 1891. AMS Press. 9780404046101 . Google Books.