About George Washington Chavis
George Washington Chavis was an American legislator, politician and sheriff.
George Washington Chavis (c. 1817 – after 1880) was an American free man of color who served in the Mississippi Legislature. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from Warren County in 1874 and 1875.
His son Jordan Chavis graduated from Alcorn State and became a teacher; he later served as a chaplain in the Spanish–American War.
Chavis's date of death is unknown; he last appeared on the 1880 United States census.
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Mississippi state legislator
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