title: Henry P. Scott
text: # Henry P. Scott
  
  Henry P. Scott was a grocer, farmer, sheriff, tax collector, and state legislator in Mississippi.
  
  He was born in Mississippi and enslaved at birth. He was a delegate to the 1865 Mississippi black convention at Vicksburg. He was elected to represent Issaquena County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1877.
  
  Records vary on his birth year.
  
  