{"id":436,"date":"2018-07-11T17:48:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T22:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=436"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:50:14","slug":"randle-nettles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/randle-nettles\/","title":{"rendered":"Randle Nettles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Randle Nettles (Oktibbeha County)<\/h2>\n

State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1872-1873<\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong> October 1836 in Mississippi
\nDied:<\/strong> 1924 in Oktibbeha County, MS<\/p>\n

Appointed major in the Oktibbeha County militia in 1873 and served on the board of supervisors from 1870-1872. Was appointed county registrar in June 1877. In his Historical Sketches of Oktibbeha County<\/em>, Thomas Battle Carroll mentions that Nettles was a Baptist preacher.<\/p>\n

Nettles is listed on the 1870-1920 census in Oktibbeha County with wife Leanna and no children. He was a farmer.<\/p>\n

“The governor appointed a black man named Randle Nettles to be one of the county election commissioners. The Greenback and Republican executive committees produced evidence that Nettles had in fact supported the Democratic ticket during the last three election campaigns, but the governor refused to reconsider his appointment.”<\/em>
\n(Stephen Cresswell, Multiparty Politics in Mississippi, 1877-1902<\/em>, 1995)<\/p>\n

\"Deed<\/a>
Deed of conveyance, March 12, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Semi-Weekly<\/a>
Semi-Weekly Clarion, November 21, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Clarion-Ledger, October 2, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Deed<\/a>
Deed record, January 14, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Deed<\/a>
Deed record, May 25, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Deed<\/a>
Deed record, February 3, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Registrar<\/a>
Registrar appointment, June 1, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Crisis, September 30, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Meridian Semi-Weekly Herald, July 11, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Randle Nettles (Oktibbeha County) State House:\u00a01872-1873 Born: October 1836 in Mississippi Died: 1924 in Oktibbeha County, MS Appointed major in the Oktibbeha County militia in 1873 and served on the board of supervisors from 1870-1872. Was appointed county registrar in June 1877. In his Historical Sketches of Oktibbeha County, Thomas Battle Carroll mentions that Nettles … <\/p>\n

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