Thomas Crayton Explained

Thomas Crayton was an American minister and state legislator in Georgia. He served in the Georgia Senate. He was expelled.^[1] He had been enslaved.^[2] Henry McNeal Turner appointed him to head a church in Lumpkin.^[3] He was a Republican. His life was threatened.^[4] He was born in Georgia. He represented Stewart County, Georgia.^[5]

He was a delegate to the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868.

Notes and References

1. Book: Drago, Edmund L. . Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure . 1992 . University of Georgia Press . 978-0-8203-1438-9 . 22 . en.
2. Book: O'Donovan, Susan Eva . Becoming Free in the Cotton South . 2010-04-10 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-26631-5 . 246 . en.
3. Book: Angell, Stephen Ward . Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and African-American Religion in the South . 1992 . Univ. of Tennessee Press . 978-1-57233-156-3 . 74–75 . en.
4. Book: Dickerson, Dennis C. . The African Methodist Episcopal Church: A History . 2020-01-09 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-77562-5 . 133 . en.
5. Book: Foner, Eric . Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction . 1993 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-507406-2 . 53 . en.