J. W. McFarland

J. W. McFarland was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Rankin County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875.^[1]

He married Mary Birdson in 1870.^[2] Wilson Hicks also represented the county at that time.^[3]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 145
2. "J. W. McFarland – Against All Odds".
3. Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (June 3, 1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. ISBN 9780404046101 – via Google Books.