James Martin (South Carolina politician) explained

James Martin (died October 5, 1868) was a Republican state legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction Era. He was born in Ireland,^[1] and his family moved to South Carolina when he was young. He worked in the mercantile business, married Anna Eliza, and had five children. After the Civil War,^[2] he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing Abbeville County. He was assassinated on October 5, 1868,^{[3] [4]} possibly by the Ku Klux Klan. Before his death, it was perceived that he had made "certain inflammatory appeals" to African Americans.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Work. Monroe N.. Staples. Thomas S.. Wallace. H.A.. Miller. Kelly. McKinlay. Whitefield. Lacy. Samuel E.. Smith. R.L.. McIlwaine. H.R.. Jan 1920. Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress. The Journal of Negro History. The University of Chicago Press. 5. 1. 63–119. 10.2307/2713503. 2713503. 149610698.
2. Web site: Maxwell. Steve. 2020-08-25. Guest column: Yes, Black lives do matter. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200908180331/http://www.indexjournal.com/opinion/guest_column/guest-column-yes-black-lives-do-matter/article_7fdb2351-e2f8-58bd-9d50-0b100e284f9b.html. 2020-09-08. 2020-09-08. Index-Journal. en.
3. Web site: Rubin. Hyman S. III. 2019-05-09. Reconstruction. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190611023104/https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/reconstruction/. 2019-06-11. 2020-09-08. South Carolina Encyclopedia. en-US.
4. News: 1868-11-29. Legislative Proceedings. The Daily Phoenix. Columbia, South Carolina. live. 2020-09-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200908171156/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16564857/discussion-of-james-martins-death-1868/. 2020-09-08.
5. News: 1868-10-09. An Atrocious Murder. The Abbeville Press. live. 2020-09-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200908175135/https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042527/1868-10-09/ed-2. 2020-09-08.