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George B. Willis was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Craven County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1870.

Richard Tucker and Edward R. Dudley were fellow African American state legislators from New Bern. Craven County was represented by several African Americans during the period.

He commanded Company H of the 1st North Carolina State Troops.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
• List of first African-American U.S. state legislators

References

1. Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-19-507406-2.
2. Claiming Union Widowhood: Race, Respectability, and Poverty in the Post-Emancipation South. Duke University Press. 2 November 2020. ISBN 9781478012832.
3. George Henry White: An Even Chance in the Race of Life. LSU Press. 2 July 2012. ISBN 9780807144770.
4. McGuire, Samuel B. (2014). "The Making of a Black Militia Company: New Bern Troops in the Kirk-Holden War, 1870". The North Carolina Historical Review. 91 (3): 288–322. JSTOR 44113199 – via JSTOR.
5. Crafting Lives: African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900. UNC Press Books. November 2013. ISBN 9781469608761.

• 19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly
• 19th-century African-American politicians