Green Hill Jones
Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1885–1885
Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1889–1889
Personal details
BornDecember 24, 1842
Tennessee
DiedNovember 24, 1924(1924-11-24) (aged 81)
Resting placeMason (African American) Cemetery in Chicot County
Political partyRepublican
EducationHillsdale College
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Green Hill Jones (December 24, 1842 - November 12, 1924) was a state legislator and Baptist minister in Arkansas.[1] He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for Chicot County in 1885 and 1889,[2] and he was a Republican.[3]

1885 House of Representatives composite photo of the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas

Jones was born in Tennessee and was enslaved on Kenneth Rayner's plantation in Chicot County, Arkansas.[1] During the American Civil War he served in a "Colored" unit in the Union Army.[1] He studied at Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1870 until 1873.[2]

He also served as Chicot County treasurer from 1874 to 1876.[4]

He died November 12, 1924, and is buried at Mason (African American) Cemetery in Chicot County.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  2. 1 2 "Southeast Arkansas's African-American Legislators, 1868-1893". The Lakeport Plantation. February 17, 2016.
  3. "Voice of the voter - Chicot County section". Arkansas Democrat. 8 September 1884. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  4. Plantation, Blake Wintory on behalf of Lakeport (2015). Chicot County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4671-1405-9. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. "JONES, GREEN HILL, REV - Chicot County, Arkansas | GREEN HILL, REV JONES - Arkansas Gravestone Photos". arkansasgravestones.org. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  • The book Plantation, Blake Wintory on behalf of Lakeport (2015). Chicot County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4671-1405-9. Retrieved 13 February 2021. contains a photograph of him.
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