Served as a city alderman and deputy sheriff and was on the Board of Trustees for public schools in 1874. Gave testimony for the congressional investigation into the violence during the 1875 election season.
Signature of Weldon W. EdwardsVicksburg Herald, January 6, 1872New National Era, June 26, 1873Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874Vicksburg Herald, July 12, 1874Clarion-Ledger, March 4, 1875Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 19, 1875Clarion Ledger, February 17, 1876The American Citizen, April 1, 1876Weekly Democrat, July 14, 1880Clarion-Ledger, September 15, 1880Vicksburg Herald, August 23, 1881Vicksburg Evening Post, Oct 3, 1883Vicksburg Herald, August 15, 1884
