Samuel Nuckles

Samuel Nuckles
South Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1868–1872
Personal details
Resting place	Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church
Political party	Republican

Samuel Nuckles was an American legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He represented Union County. A Republican, he gave testimony about a campaign of intimidation used by Democrats and the Ku Klux Klan in the 1870 election. ^[1] In 1871 he was part of a delegation sent to Washington D.C. requesting federal troops to address "outrages". ^[2] He testified that he was a former slave and could read a little and write his name. He also testified that he was a refugee from Union County due to threats of violence and Ku Klux Klan attacks. ^[2]

Nuckles was a state representative for Union County from 1868 until 1872. He is buried at Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} His photograph was included in a montage of Radical Republican South Carolina legislators. ^[7]

References

1. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/cherokee/S10817711024/S10817711024.pdf page 9-12
2. Grant, Ulysses Simpson (January 8, 1998). The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: November 1, 1870-May 31, 1871. SIU Press. ISBN   9780809321971 – via Google Books.
3. "Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church".
4. "Mulberry Chapel". SC Picture Project. April 7, 2014.
5. "Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church, Cherokee County (582 Asbury Rd., Pacolet vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
6. Evan Alexander Kutzler (May 2012). "Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
7. "Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature" (photograph and description). National Museum of African American History and Culture. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 1868. Retrieved 8 June 2020.