Gilbert Horton (Washington County) Gilbert Horton State House: 1884-1885 Born: c. 1840 in MississippiDied: 1894 in Greenville, MS Listed on the 1880 census in Greenville with wife Matilda. He served as Justice of the Peace. Signature of Gilbert Horton from an 1876 letter to Governor Ames Weekly Mississippi Pilot, 21 Aug 1875Weekly Democrat-Times, 20 Nov 1875Letter to Governor Ames, 1 Mar 1876Daily New Mississippian, 4 Feb 1884State Ledger, 7 Mar 1884Weekly Democrat-Times, 22 Mar 1884Vicksburg Herald, 26 Nov 1884Weekly Democrat-Times, 3 Jan 1885Weekly Democrat-Times, 10 Oct 1885Weekly Democrat-Times, 17 Jul 1886Yazoo Herald, 13 Jul 1888Weekly Democrat-Times, 12 Jan 1889Vicksburg Evening Post, 3 Oct 1892Vicksburg Evening Post, 26 Jul 1894Clarion-Ledger, 2 Aug 1894 ← D. H. Hopson Russell Walker Houston → Gilbert Horton Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi LIST BY COUNTYSOURCES & FURTHER READINGPRESS / MISCELLANEOUSGeorge Washington AlbrightWilliam H. AllenLouis Kossuth AtwoodPeter Barnabus BarrowMonroe BellStephen B. BlackwellJesse Freeman BouldenCountelow M. BowlesGeorge F. BowlesAnderson BoydGeorge W. BoydWalter BoydArthur BrooksFrank P. BrooksGeorge P. A. BrownBlanche Kelso BruceOrange BruntJoseph Henry BuffordCharles W. BushGeorge William ButlerCharles CaldwellJ. Wesley CaradineHannibal C. CarterJames D. CessorGeorge CharlesGeorge Washington ChavisBenjamin ChilesRichard ChristmasCharles P. ClemensMilton CoatesJohn CockeFelix L. CoryThomas A. CottonHenry CraytinRobert CunninghamAlexander Kelso DavisWillis DavisJames M. DixonGeorge EdwardsWeldon W. EdwardsAlfred FieldsSamuel W. FitzhughHugh M. FoleyWilliam Henderson FooteGeorge Washington GaylesRobert GleedJ. H. GlennGeorge Caldwell GranberryWilliam GrayDavid S. GreenRichard GriggsAlfred Newton HandyEmanuel HandyJohn F. HarrisW. H. HarrisHenry H. HarrisonCharles P. HeadWilliam W. HenceAmbrose HendersonJohn Franklin HenryWeldon HicksWilson HicksDavid HigginsJames HillWilliam HolmesD. H. HopsonGilbert HortonRussell Walker HoustonMerrimon HowardPerry HowardGeorge W. HuntleyHenry L. JacksonHenry P. JacobsDavid JenkinsAlbert JohnsonJ. H. JohnsonJohn JohnsonWilliam JohnsonCornelius J. JonesWilliam H. JonesReuben KendrickWilliam R. LandersMatthew LevySamuel W. LewisWilliam Lucius LoweJames D. LynchJohn Roy LynchWilliam H. LynchWilliam H. MalloryJames G. MarshallDaniel T. J. MathewsHenry MaysonThomas McCainJ. W. McFarlandMurdock M. McLeodMarshall McNeeseCicero MitchellPeter MitchellJoseph E. MonroeJames Aaron MooreL. C. MooreLemuel C. MooreJohn H. MorganGeorge G. MoseleyCato NathanRandle NettlesMatthew T. NewsomC. F. NorrisGeorge H. OliverLawrence W. OvertonJones R. ParkerJames G. PattersonAlfred PealPerry PeytonJames H. PilesAlbert B. PostonJohn W. RandolphCharles ReeseHiram Rhodes RevelsElzy A. RichardsSamuel RileyWilliam M. RobinsonA. A. RogersJacob Allen RossSamuel A. SanderlinEdmund ScarboroughHenry P. ScottGray C. SelbyJosiah Thomas SettleIsaac D. ShaddNathan ShirleyJames A. Shorter, Jr.James S. SimmonsAdam D. SimpsonGeorge C. SmithGilbert C. SmithHaskin S. SmithJoseph SmothersJames J. SpelmanFrederick StewartIsham StewartDoctor StitesThomas W. StringerThomas SykesRobert ThompsonHarrison H. TruhartGuilford VaughanF. Dora WadeJefferson Cobb WalkerGeorge WashingtonGeorge R. WashingtonTenant WeatherlyJohn D. WebsterEugene Bonaparte WelborneGeorge WhiteGeorge W. WhiteJeremiah M. P. WilliamsRalph WilliamsMichael WilsonCharles A. YanceyJames B. YoungJames M. Young