Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Stephen Curtis (born c.1806) — ofBrazosCounty, Tex.Born inslavery in Virginia, about 1806.Delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Giles Cotton (born c.1814) — ofRobertsonCounty, Tex.Born inslavery in South Carolina, about 1814. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1871.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) — Born inslavery in New Market,FrederickCounty, Md.,December23, 1815.Minister;U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1881-82, died in office 1882.Presbyterian.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.On February 12, 1865, was thefirstBlack person to make a speech to the U.S. House of Representatives.Died inLiberia,February13, 1882 (age66 years, 52days).Interment atPalm Grove Cemetery, Monrovia, Liberia.  | Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass(1818-1895) —also known asFrederick Douglass — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born inslavery in Maryland,1818.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1872;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toSanto Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 1889-91.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841. Publisher ofThe North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848,he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started thewomen's rights movement.Died, of aheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,February20, 1895 (ageabout 76years).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; statue erected 1899 atHighlandPark, Rochester, N.Y. | | Samuel P. Bolling (1819-1900) — ofCumberlandCounty, Va.Born inslavery inCumberlandCounty, Va.,January10, 1819.Farmer;builder;brickmanufacturer; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,1885-87.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died inCumberlandCounty, Va.,February8, 1900 (age81 years, 29days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Cumberland County, Va. | | Shack Roberts (born c.1821) — of Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.Born inslavery in Arkansas, about 1821. One of thefounders,in 1873, of Wiley College, Marshall, Tex.; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1872.Methodist.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Sterling Turner (1825-1894) — also known asBen Turner — of Alabama. Born inslavery near Weldon,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,March17, 1825.Republican.U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1871-73; defeated,1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1880.Africanancestry.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,March21, 1894 (age69 years, 4days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala. | | David Abner (1826-1902) — of Texas. Born inslavery in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,1826.Farmer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1874;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died in1902(ageabout76 years).Interment atOldPowder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | Bird B. Davis (born c.1827) — ofWhartonCounty, Tex.Born inslavery in North Carolina, about 1827.Delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Walter Moses Burton (c.1829-1913) — also known asWalter M. Burton — of Richmond,Fort BendCounty, Tex.Born inslavery in North Carolina, about 1829. Republican.FortBend County Sheriff, 1869-73; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Texas,1872;member ofTexasstate senate, 1874-75, 1876-82.Africanancestry.Died in1913(ageabout84 years).Interment atMortonCemetery, Richmond, Tex. | | Richard Allen (1830-1909) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born inslavery inRichmond,Va.,June 10,1830.Republican. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives 14th District, 1870; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1872,1884,1896;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1878.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,May 16,1909 (age78 years, 340days).Interment atCityCemetery, Houston, Tex.  | Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887) — also known asJoseph H. Rainey — of Georgetown,GeorgetownCounty, S.C.Born inslavery in Georgetown,GeorgetownCounty, S.C.,June 21,1832.Republican.Barber;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from GeorgetownCounty, 1868; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Georgetown County, 1868-70; resigned1870;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1870-79.Africanancestry.FirstBlack member of the U.S. House of Representatives.Died in Georgetown,GeorgetownCounty, S.C.,August2, 1887 (age55 years, 42days).Interment atBaptistCemetery, Georgetown, S.C. | | Frederick Albert Clinton (1834-1890) — also known asAlbert Clinton — ofLancasterCounty, S.C.Born inslavery, South Carolina,1834.Republican.Farmer;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from LancasterCounty, 1868; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1870-77; resigned1877;chair ofLancaster County Republican Party, 1874-78.Africanancestry.Died inLancasterCounty, S.C.,1890(ageabout56 years).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives:Married to Celesta Robinson. |
| | Jefferson Franklin Long (1836-1901) — also known asJefferson F. Long;Jeff Long — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born inslavery near Knoxville,CrawfordCounty, Ga.,March 3,1836.Republican.Merchanttailor;U.S.Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1870-71; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Georgia,1876,1880.Africanancestry.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,February4, 1901 (age64 years, 338days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Macon, Ga. | | James Milton Turner (1840-1915) — also known asJ. Milton Turner — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.Born inslavery inSt.Louis, Mo.,1840.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1871-78;stabbedin the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.Africanancestry.FirstAfrican-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat.Died, as the result of arailroadtank carexplosion,in Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.,November1, 1915 (ageabout 75years).Interment atFatherDickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | John Adams Hyman (1840-1891) — of North Carolina. Born in Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,July 23,1840.Republican.Delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; memberofNorthCarolina state senate, 1869-75;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1875-77.Africanancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,September14, 1891 (age51 years, 53days).Original interment atColumbianHarmony Cemetery (which no longer exists), Washington, D.C.;reinterment in 1959 atNationalHarmony Memorial Park, Landover, Md. | | John Robert Scott (c.1841-1929) — also known asJohn R. Scott — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born inslavery in Virginia, about 1841. Republican.Clergyman;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1868-73, 1879;U.S.Collector of Customs at Jacksonville, Fla., Florida, 1873-77;delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,1876,1896(alternate),1916(alternate),1920(alternate),1924(alternate),1928(alternate);offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1896.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February18, 1929 (ageabout 88years).Burial location unknown.  | Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) — also known asBlanche K. Bruce — of Floreyville (unknowncounty), Miss.Born inslavery near Farmville,PrinceEdward County, Va.,March 1,1841.Republican.Schoolteacher;planter;BolivarCounty Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Mississippi,1880,1884;Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of ColumbiaRecorder of Deeds, 1891-93.Africanancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,March17, 1898 (age57 years, 16days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Ferdinand Havis (1846-1918) — also known asFerd Havis — of Pine Bluff,JeffersonCounty, Ark.Born inslavery, inDeshaCounty, Ark.,November15, 1846.Republican.Barber;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1873; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Arkansas,1880,1884,1888,1892,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1900,1904(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1912.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows.Died in Pine Bluff,JeffersonCounty, Ark.,August25, 1918 (age71 years, 283days).Interment atBellewoodCemetery, Pine Bluff, Ark. | | Samuel Green (b. 1847) — also known asSamuel Greene — ofBeaufortCounty, S.C.Born inslavery in South Carolina, August,1847.Republican. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,1870-75; resigned 1875; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Beaufort County, 1875-77.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1869 to AmeliaMoultrie. |
 | John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) — also known asJohn R. Lynch — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born inslavery inConcordiaParish, La.,September10, 1847.Republican. Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1869-73;Speaker ofthe Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1871-73;MississippiRepublican state chair, 1871-89; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Mississippi,1872,1884(TemporaryChair),1888,1892;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1873-77, 1882-83;major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Africanancestry.Died in1939(ageabout91 years).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | Phillip S. Bolling (c.1849-1892) — ofCumberlandCounty, Va.Born inslavery inBuckinghamCounty, Va., about 1849.Brickmason;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,1883.Africanancestry.Died, fromtuberculosis,in the CentralLunaticAsylum,Petersburg,Va.,April18, 1892 (ageabout 43years).Burial location unknown.  | John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) — also known asJohn L. Waller — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City),WyandotteCounty, Kan.; Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inslavery inNew MadridCounty, Mo.,January12, 1850.Republican.Barber;lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas,1889;U.S. Consul inTamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's militarytakeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he wasarrestedby French forces andtried ina French military court, purportedly for the offense ofcorrespondingwith (orspyingfor) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas hadgranted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees;sentencedto twenty years in a French prison; his case became an internationalcause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;ultimatelypardonedin February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freedafter ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance toFrench rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;newspapereditor.Died, frompneumonia,in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1907 (age57 years, 274days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. | | | Owen Lun West Smith (1851-1926) — also known asOwen L. W. Smith — of Wilson,WilsonCounty, N.C.Born inslavery at Giddinsville,SampsonCounty, N.C.,1851.U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1898-1902.Africanancestry.DiedJanuary5, 1926 (ageabout 74years).Interment atMasonicCemetery, Wilson, N.C. | | R. J. Evans (1853-1921) — of Navasota,GrimesCounty, Tex.Born inslavery in Louisiana,1853.Schoolteacher; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1879-82; defeated (Republican),1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1884.Africanancestry.Died inHarrisCounty, Tex.,September27, 1921 (ageabout 68years).Burial location unknown. | | George Washington Murray (1853-1926) — also known asGeorge W. Murray — of Sumter,SumterCounty, S.C.Born inslavery at Rembert,SumterCounty, S.C.,September22, 1853.Republican.Farmer;schoolteacher;customsinspector;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1893-97 (7th District1893-95, 1st District 1895-97).Africanancestry.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April21, 1926 (age72 years, 211days).Interment atLincolnCemetery, Blue Island, Ill. | | George Washington Buckner (1855-1943) — also known asGeorge W. Buckner — Born inslavery near Greensburg,GreenCounty, Ky.,December1, 1855.U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1913-15; U.S. Consul General inMonrovia, as of 1914.Africanancestry.Died in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February17, 1943 (age87 years, 78days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. | | George Washington Lovejoy (1859-1933) — also known asGeorge W. Lovejoy — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born inslavery inCoosaCounty, Ala.,February22, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;Consulfor Liberia inMobile,Ala., 1899-1907; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Alabama,1900.Africanancestry.Died in Prichard,MobileCounty, Ala.,August31, 1933 (age74 years, 190days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Mobile, Ala.  | Judson Whitlocke Lyons (1860-1924) — also known asJudson W. Lyons — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inslavery, inBurkeCounty, Ga.,August15, 1860.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,1880,1892,1896,1904,1908;lawyer;firstAfrican-American licensed to practice law in Georgia;orator;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Georgia, 1896-1908; Register of the U.S.Treasury, 1898-1906.Africanancestry.Died in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,June 22,1924 (age63 years, 312days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. | | Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) — also known asArchibald J. Carey — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born inslavery, in Georgia,August25, 1868.Republican.School teacherand principal;president,Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895;minister;bishop;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1924;member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29;indictedin 1929 onchargesofacceptingbribes from job applicants; the case never came to trial.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry.Died, fromheartdisease, in Billings MemorialHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March23, 1931 (age62 years, 210days).Interment atLincolnCemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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