Weldon Hicks Explained

Weldon Hicks was a farmer, judge and state legislator in Mississippi.^[1] He was born in Virginia. He served as a Justice of the Peace and represented Hinds County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874, 1875, and 1878. He was documented as having been illiterate.^[2]

He lived in Edwards, Mississippi.^[3]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weldon Hicks – Against All Odds.
2. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 102
3. Web site: The Clarion, September 5, 1877 – Against All Odds.