Thomas A. Cotton (Noxubee County) Thomas A. Cotton State House: 1874-1875 Served on the Committee on Corporations. Possibly the 21-year-old Thomas Cotton listed on the 1870 census in Noxubee County, occupation “Servant.” Signature of Thomas A. Cotton from an 1874 petition to Governor Ames Petition to Governor Ames, 12 Feb 1874 ← Felix L. Cory Henry Craytin → Thomas A. Cotton 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