Richard (“Dick”) Christmas and wife Leanna listed in the estate appraisal of P. R. Taliaferro, 1852. (Copiah County Chancery Court, Estate Records 1851-53, photographed May 8, 2026)

The First Black Legislators in Mississippi
Richard (“Dick”) Christmas and wife Leanna listed in the estate appraisal of P. R. Taliaferro, 1852. (Copiah County Chancery Court, Estate Records 1851-53, photographed May 8, 2026)