Toney Grissom

Toney Grissom or Tony Grissom was a Baptist minister, farmer, and state legislator in Arkansas. His employer owed him money after he left and then had him "silenced" from preaching after Grissom sued him for it.^[1] A Republican, he represented Phillips County, Arkansas for two terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1873 until 1875.^[2]

The House was in session from January 6 to April 25 during his first term in 1873.^[3] He also served as assessor in Phillips County in 1875.^[4] He was relatively prosperous and 32 years old in 1870.^[5]

References

1. "J t White Toney Grissom". Daily Arkansas Gazette. July 30, 1873. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
2. "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
3. Hempstead, Fay (June 28, 1890). A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890 ... Southern Historical Press. ISBN 9780893080747 – via Google Books.
4. "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. June 28, 1875 – via Google Books.
5. Branam, Christopher Warren (May 2011). "The Africans Have Taken Arkansas": Political Activities of African-American Members of the Arkansas Legislature, 1868–73 (MA thesis). University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.