Jim Hill, (sculpture).

Jim Hill, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Jim Hill, (sculpture).

Figure: stone; Base: stone.

Figure: approx. 6 1/2 ft. x 17 in. x 17 in.; Base: approx. 80 x 56 x 56 in.

(On front of base, raised:) TRUE TO/EVERY TRUST (On front of base, below the relief of hand with raised index finger, raised:) HILL (On right side of base, raised:) R.W. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER/STRINGER GRAND LODGE/OF F. AND A. MASONS MISS./GRAND SOVEREIGN/INSPECTOR GENERAL/33 DEGREE ANCIENT AND/ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE/MASONS OF THE SOUTHERN/JURISDICTION U.S. unsigned

Standing figure of James (Jim) Hill, dressed in a unbuttoned topcoat. He holds a paper in his proper left hand.

Portrait male -- Hill, James -- Full length

Ethnic -- African American

Occupation -- Political -- Secretary of State

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson

Administered by City of Jackson, Park Maintenance, 4503 South Drive, P. O. Box 17, Jackson, Mississippi 39209

Located Mt. Olive Cemetary, 100 block of Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi

James Hill (1846-1901), a light mulatto, served as a Mississippi secretary of state from 1874 to 1878. IAS files contain related article that discusses his life accomplishments.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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