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Wilson Carey

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He was originally a farmer, served as a magistrate and county commissioner. In 1869 he was North Carolinas first black postmaster, but served for just three months resigning probably to avoid issues with being a representative and postmaster at the same time.
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for the 24th district in the next session, but did not take his seat. New elections were called at the start or 1971 due to the "military occupation by Kirk's thieves", in reference to
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that Carey was driven from the county, however the following day Carey had written to Holden with no mention of such an event. He was also elected in 1870 to serve in the
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constitutional conventions. In the first of these he spoke against the proposal to increase white immigration saying:
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from 1874 until 1880 winning re-election in 1876 and 1878, and finally was elected for a final term in 1889.
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Carey was born in the 1830s (with different sources giving 1830, August 1, 1831 or 1834/5) in
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in 1857 and together they had 15 children, but only 8 survived to adulthood.
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sometime before 1900 with his family where he lived at least until 1905.
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Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
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North Carolina House of Representatives
Amelia County, Virginia
Republican
Reconstruction era
North Carolina House of Representatives
Amelia County, Virginia
Richmond
North Carolina
Caswell County
1868
1875
North Carolina House of Representatives
William Woods Holden
John W. Stephens
North Carolina Senate
George Washington Kirk
Kirk–Holden war
Livingston Brown
North Carolina House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era







Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction

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