William W. Hence
William Washington Hence (born July 1835), was an American justice of the peace and a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives representing Adams County, Mississippi from 1880 to 1882. He was a Republican. During the American Civil War he served in the U.S. Colored Troops, a Union Army regiment. In 1873, the Natchez Democrat reported that he was a "black Modoc" who lost his campaign for treasurer. Testimony was given that he had been deputy marshal in Natchez. References

1835 births
Year of death missing
Date of death unknown
American judges
African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
People from Natchez, Mississippi
19th-century African-American politicians
American Civil War
Union Army