Toney Grissom Explained

Toney Grissom or Tony Grissom was a Baptist minister, farmer, and state legislator in Arkansas. His employer owed him money after he left and then had him "silenced" from preaching after Grissom sued him for it.[1] A Republican, he represented Phillips County, Arkansas for two terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1873 until 1875.[2]

The House was in session from January 6 to April 25 during his first term in 1873.[3] He also served as assessor in Phillips County in 1875.[4] He was relatively prosperous and 32 years old in 1870.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: J t White Toney Grissom. Daily Arkansas Gazette. July 30, 1873. 2. newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  3. Book: Hempstead, Fay. A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890 .... June 28, 1890. Southern Historical Press. 9780893080747. Google Books.
  4. Web site: United States Congressional Serial Set. June 28, 1875. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
  5. Branam . Christopher Warren . May 2011 . "The Africans Have Taken Arkansas": Political Activities of African-American Members of the Arkansas Legislature, 1868–73 . MA thesis . University of Arkansas, Fayetteville .

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