{"id":178,"date":"2018-07-10T18:49:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T23:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:56:18","slug":"d-s-green","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/d-s-green\/","title":{"rendered":"David S. Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David S. Green (Grenada County)<\/h2>\n

State House:<\/strong> 1872-1875<\/p>\n

Born in South Carolina. Methodist Episcopal minister. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Grenada County with wife Lucy.<\/p>\n

“Dave Green or ‘Bishop Green,’ as he was called, was a negro preacher who lived in Grenada. He was a devoted friend of Price and Kelley. Dave Green was elected to the legislature as a representative, though he had been convicted of hog stealing just before the election. He was a very black, common, old negro.”<\/em>
\n(Julia C. Brown, “Reconstruction in Yalobusha and Grenada Counties,”\u00a0Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. 12<\/em>, 1912)<\/p>\n

\"Signature
Signature of David S. Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 5, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Petition<\/a>
Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Land<\/a>
Land Deed, August 20, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grenada Gazette, February 6, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David S. Green (Grenada County) State House: 1872-1875 Born in South Carolina. Methodist Episcopal minister. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Grenada County with wife Lucy. “Dave Green or ‘Bishop Green,’ as he was called, was a negro preacher who lived in Grenada. He was a devoted friend of Price and Kelley. Dave … <\/p>\n

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