Nimrod Snoddy

Nimrod Snoddy (July 4, 1821 - May 16, 1886) was an A. M. E. preacher who served in the Alabama Legislature during the Reconstruction era. He was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1876[1] representing Greene County, Alabama. He held substantial property in 1870 and was living in Greene County, Alabama.[2]

He was African American[3] and was active in the A. M. E. Church[4] in Clinton, Alabama[5] and as an elder preacher later in life.[6]

See also

• List of African American officeholders during Reconstruction

References

1. Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (July 30, 1977). The Scalawag In Alabama Politics, 1865–1881. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817305574 – via Google Books.
2. Bailey, Richard (December 31, 2010). Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags: Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama, 1867-1878. NewSouth Books. ISBN 9781588381897 – via Google Books.
3. Elections, United States Congress Senate Committee on Privileges and (December 31, 1877). "Report ... to Inquire ... Whether in and of the Elections in the State of Alabama in the Elections of 1874, 1875, and 1876 the Right of Male Inhabitants ... to Vote Had Been Denied Or Abridged". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
4. Lazenby, Marion Elias (December 31, 1960). "History of Methodism in Alabama and West Florida: Being an Account of the Amazing March of Methodism Through Alabama and West Florida". Parthenon Press – via Google Books.
5. Conferences, Methodist Episcopal Church (December 31, 1874). "Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the Years 1773-1881" – via Google Books.
6. "Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church". T. Mason and G. Lane. December 31, 1897 – via Google Books.