Samuel Nuckles Explained

Office:	South Carolina House of Representatives
Term Start:	1868
Term End:	1872
Resting Place:	Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church
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]

Notes and References

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