Thomas McCain (DeSoto County) Thomas McCain State House: 1872-1875 Born: c. 1827 in Tennessee Appointed to be lieutenant colonel of the DeSoto County militia in 1873. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census with wife Tabitha and children. Signature of Thomas McCain from an 1874 petition to Governor Ames Clarion-Ledger, 2 Oct 1873Petition to Governor Ames, 12 Feb 1874Clarion-Ledger, 25 Feb 1875Weekly Mississippi Pilot, 12 Jun 1875Daily Mississippi Pilot, 1 Aug 1875Meridian Semi-Weekly Herald, 11 Jul 1896 ← Henry Mayson J. W. McFarland → Thomas McCain 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