G. W. Watson was an American politician. He was a member of the Arkansas Legislature in 1891. He represented Crittenden County.[1] Watson was included in a photo montage of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in the Indianapolis Freeman newspaper in Indianapolis.[2]

He was born in 1861 near Holly Springs, Mississippi. He eventually moved to Hopefield, Arkansas.[3]

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  1. ↑ "Arkansas Historical Quarterly". February 15, 1985 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "CONTENTdm".
  3. ↑ Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR 40038091 – via JSTOR.
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