Joseph "Henry" Persons (January 30, 1834 – June 17, 1910) was an American politician, lawyer and soldier.

He attended the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1855.

During the American Civil War, Persons served as a cavalry captain in the Third Georgia regiment of the Confederate States Army.

He died that year in Talbotton and was buried in that city's Rose Hill Cemetery.

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