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William A. Feilds
In office 1885–1886
Nationality American Political party Republican
William A. Fields [N 1] (between c. 1846 and 1852 – September 9, 1898) was an American schoolteacher and principal who served one term as a Republican legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1885 to 1886. He was also elected a member of the Shelby County county court , a legislative body, and a justice of the peace .[1] He was born an enslaved person .
The American documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? (2011) revealed that he is the paternal great-great-grandfather of actress, singer and Miss America 1984 , Vanessa Williams and of actor Chris Williams and the maternal great-great-great-grandfather of Jillian Hervey .[2] [1]
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^ Historical records do not agree on the spelling of his surname; it has been alternatively spelled Field , Fields and Feild . According to the state of Tennessee, Feilds himself preferred this spelling.[1]
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