George Lawrence Mabson was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina State Senate, as well as the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1875.[1]

Mabson was the son of a black woman, Eliza Moore, and a prominent white man, George W. Mabson, in Wilmington, North Carolina.[1] His brother was William P. Mabson, who was also a politician. In the 1850s, he was sent to Boston to attend school.[1] During the Civil War, Mabson first served in the United States Navy and then joined Company G, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in February 1864 and mustered out in Clarksville, Texas, a full Command Sergeant.[1][2] After earning a degree from Howard University Law School, he became the first black lawyer in North Carolina.[1] In 1870, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives.[1]

He was the nephew of William B. Gould and correspond with him frequently during the Civil War.[3][1] In the 1880s, a child who was likely either his son or nephew lived with and worked for Gould in Dedham, Massachusetts.[3]

He died on October 4, 1885, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and was buried at Pine Forest Cemetery in Wilmington.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gould IV 2002, p. xxii.
  2. ↑ "Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From The State of Massachusetts", available at Fold3 by Ancestry.com. Note: Listed as "Com. Sergt."
  3. 1 2 Gould IV 2002, p. 30.

Works cited

  • Gould IV, William B. (2002). Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor (paperback ed.). Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4708-3.
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