George B. Jackson

Who was George B. Jackson?

George B. Jackson, was a former slave who became a soldier in the United States Army, serving with the Buffalo Soldiers from 1869-1875 in Texas. He became a businessman, landowner, sheep rancher, and politician in San Angelo, Texas. One of the founders in the 1890s of the Republican Party in San Angelo, Texas, he was widely believed to have been the wealthiest African American in the state during the second half of the 19th century.

In 1894 Jackson was chosen to address the Republican state convention, and in 1897 he was appointed by President William McKinley as customs inspector in Presidio, Texas.