Jeremiah Haralson (1846 - abt. 1916)

Born 1 Apr 1846 in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States

Husband of Ellen (Norwood) Haralson — married 1 Jun 1870 in Dallas County, Alabama, United States

Died about 1916 at about age 69 in Denver, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Jeremiah Haralson is Notable.

Jeremiah Haralson was a politician from Alabama who served as a state legislator and was one of the first African-American United States Congressmen.^[1]

Jeremiah Haralson was born into slavery on April 1, 1846 on the plantation of John Walker near Columbus, Georgia.

Haralson was self-educated. He was sold on the auction block in Columbus to J. W. Thompson.

When Thompson died, Jeremiah was sold to Judge Jonathan Haralson of Selma, Alabama. Jeremiah was enslaved until 1865. While a slave, he became a preacher.

In 1870, he married Ellen Norwood.^[2]

He may have died in 1916 in Colorado, but this is uncertain.

Research Notes

• The Lost Congressman - "The lost congressman: What happened to Jeremiah Haralson?" by Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), 26 Feb 2020. Link to Newspaper Story.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia Entry - Jeremiah Haralson
2. ↑ Marriage: "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
   citing FHL microfilm: 1289634; Record number: 21;
   FamilySearch Record: FQ8N-G4S
   Jerry Harralson marriage to Elen Norwood on 1 Jun 1870 in Dallas, Alabama, United States.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHK3-DG6 : 28 May 2021), Jerry Harrison in entry for Horace Norwood, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CQ-1PQ : 21 December 2021), Jere Haralson, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYH-B3W : 11 March 2018), Jeremiah Haralson, ; citing NARA microfilm publication M686 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,527,818.

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114031559/an-indictment-against-ex-congressman/

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114031999/ex-congressman-sentenced-for-pension/