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G. W. Watson was an American politician. He was a member of the Arkansas Legislature in 1891 He represented Crittenden County. Watson was included in a photo montage of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in the Indianapolis Freeman.

He was born in 1861 near Holly Springs, Mississippi. He eventually moved to Hopefield, Arkansas.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. "Arkansas Historical Quarterly". February 15, 1985 – via Google Books.
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3. Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR 40038091 – via JSTOR.

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