William G Yerger (died November 6, 1899) was a lawyer in Greenville, Mississippi[1] who served in the Mississippi Senate.
He served first as a soldier and then as an officer in the Confederate Army.
[2] He served in Company D, 28th regiment Mississippi Cavalry and was a 2nd Lieutenant at the end of the American Civil War.
[4] He also was a key member of the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention.
[2] He died November 6, 1899 aged 59 after being ill for several months.