Jesse Jackson Millsaps (March 26, 1827 - January 9, 1900)[1] was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a farmer, and a state legislator who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives representing Van Buren County, Arkansas in 1868[2] and 1885.[3]

Millsaps was a member of the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, where he was listed as a 41 year old farmer who had been in Arkansas for eight years.[4]

He was also a member of the 1868 General Assembly where he was a representative for the 4th district.[2]

In 1873 he was justice of the peace in Van Buren County.[5]

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

He and other 1885 House representatives and officers were included in a composite photograph, where according to the captioning he was 57 and had been in Arkansas for 24 years, originally from North Carolina, was a Methodist, his post office was in Copeland, Arkansas, and he was a Republican.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "MILLSAPS (VETERAN UNION), JESSE JACKSON - Van Buren County, Arkansas | JESSE JACKSON MILLSAPS (VETERAN UNION) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos". arkansasgravestones.org. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 Convention, 1868, Arkansas Constitutional (1868). Debates and Proceedings of the Convention which Assembled at Little Rock, January 7th, 1868 ...: To Form a Constitution for the State of Arkansas. J. G. Price, printer to the convention. p. 797. Retrieved 21 May 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ State, Arkansas Office of the Secretary of (May 1, 1906). "Report" – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Convention, 1868, Arkansas Constitutional (1868). Debates and Proceedings of the Convention which Assembled at Little Rock, January 7th, 1868 ...: To Form a Constitution for the State of Arkansas. J. G. Price, printer to the convention. p. 10. Retrieved 21 May 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Jesse Millsaps justice of peace for VB county". Daily Arkansas Gazette. 11 December 1873. p. 4. Retrieved 21 May 2022.Open access icon
  6. ↑ Dawson, R. (31 December 1885). "1885 House of Representatives composite photo of the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas". Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2011. Retrieved 21 May 2022.


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