Granville Ryles

Granville Ryles (1831 - 1909)[1] was a minister,[2] farmer, and state legislator in Arkansas. In 1883 he represented Pulaski County in the Arkansas House of Representatives.[3]

He was part of the A.M.E. Church.[4] He was an official at the 1880 Arkansas Colored Convention.[5] He was involved in a legal dispute over a farmed land area he leased in former Indian Territory.[6]

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References
  1. Wallenstein, Peter (2012). "PIONEER BLACK LEGISLATORS FROM KENTUCKY, 1860s—1960s". The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 110 (3/4): 533–557. doi:10.1353/khs.2012.0052. JSTOR 23388061. S2CID 162227370 – via JSTOR.
  2. "Micawber". Arkansas Weekly Patriot. May 3, 1872. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  4. https://docsouth.unc.edu/church/wright/wright.html
  5. "Greenbackers meeting of the state convention". Daily Arkansas Gazette. June 17, 1880. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  6. Court, Oklahoma Supreme (June 27, 1910). "Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma". State Capital Company – via Google Books.
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