Toney Grissom

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]

References

  1. "J t White Toney Grissom". Daily Arkansas Gazette. July 30, 1873. p. 2 via newspapers.com.
  2. "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  3. Hempstead, Fay (June 28, 1890). A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890 ... Southern Historical Press. ISBN 9780893080747 via Google Books.
  4. "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. June 28, 1875 via 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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