Burrell James Explained

Burrell S. James was a state legislator in South Carolina.^[1] He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives.^[2] His photograph was included in a montage of "Radical Republican" South Carolina state legislators.^[3]

He represented Sumter County, South Carolina.^[4] He was African American.^{[5] [6]}

He married.^[2] He was one of the incorporators of the Sumter Land & Joint Stock Loan Association.^[7]

He was listed in an 1887 A.M.E. publication as involved in church work in Marion, North Carolina.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina . 1868 . The State .
2. Book: Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina . 1870 . State Printers .
3. Book: At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina . 9781643362359 . 25 March 2021 . Univ of South Carolina Press .
4. Book: Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877 . 1905 . State Company .
5. Book: Negro Lawmakers in the South Carolina Legislature, 1868-1902 . 1968 . School of Graduate Studies, South Carolina State College .
6. Book: The Journal of Negro History . 1920 . Association for the Study of Negro Life and History .
7. Book: Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina . 1872 . Carolina . South .
8. Book: Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church . 1887 . T. Mason and G. Lane .