Ralph Williams

Ralph Williams was a magistrate and state legislator in Mississippi. He documented as having been enslaved from birth. He established a wagon manufacturing business in Lamar, Mississippi after the end of the American Civil War in 1866. He served as a magistrate from 1871 until 1873 when he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1873-1875 for Marshall County, Mississippi. See also African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing American former slaves Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives African-American state legislators in Mississippi African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era People from Marshall County, Mississippi People from Benton County, Mississippi