George G. Moseley

George G. Moseley (Hinds County)

State House: 1874-1875

Born: c. 1843 in Mississippi
Died: 1879

Served on the agriculture committee. Listed on the 1870 census with his younger brother, Douglas, in Xenia, Ohio, where they were attending school. Newspaper ads about administering his estate were published in June 1879.

Click here to read a researcher’s in-depth exploration of George G. Moseley, his siblings, and his father, the white planter William O. Moseley of Black Forest Plantation. W. O. Moseley’s will names George as one of six children “begotten by me.” Moseley transported his children, including George and Douglas, to Greene County, Ohio, to emancipate them before the war.

Signature of George G. Moseley
Signature of George G. Moseley from a Freedmen’s Bureau receipt, 1868
Freedmen's Bureau receipt, Jan 4, 1868
Freedmen’s Bureau receipt, Jan 4, 1868
The Clarion, February 4, 1875
The Clarion, February 4, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 20, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 20, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, June 5, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, June 5, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Sep 4, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Sep 4, 1875
The Clarion, June 4, 1879
The Clarion, June 4, 1879

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