Clinton Wesley Battle
Clinton Wesley Battle (September 27, 1849 – ?) was an American politician in North Carolina during and after the Reconstruction era. He represented Edgecombe County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1879[1] and 1881.
Early life
[edit]Clinton Wesley Battle was born on September 27, 1849 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.[2] He was enslaved at birth.[3] He was educated at Shaw University in Raleigh. He married Siddie Ann Bryant on April 6, 1876, and had a child with her.[2]
Career
[edit]From 1874 to 1876 Battle served as a trustee of Swift Creek Township in Edgecombe and then served two years as a county commissioner before being elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives as a Republican in 1878.[4]
He and William W. Watson Sr. were both "colored" Republican nominees for North Carolina House seats[5] and served together in 1881.[citation needed]
Battle later served as a postmaster in Battleboro in Nash County from November 11, 1897[6] until February 1, 1900. He was arrested and accused of embezzling $400 in that capacity.[7] He was convicted and sentenced to serve nine months in prison.[8]
See also
[edit]- African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900
- List of first African-American U.S. state legislators
References
[edit]- ^ Carolina, North (December 9, 1879). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina" – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Tomlinson 1879, p. 75.
- ^ https://rockymountnc.gov/RockyMountNC/Documents/CityClerk/CouncilMeetings/2021/Minutes/2021-06-28%20-%20Minutes.pdf
- ^ Tomlinson 1879, pp. 75–76.
- ^ Turner, Joseph Kelly; Bridgers, John Luther (1920). "History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina".
- ^ Justesen 2005, p. 219.
- ^ "Local Briefs". The Tarboro Southerner. Vol. 78, no. 10. March 8, 1900. p. 3.
- ^ Justesen 2005, p. 222.
Works cited
[edit]- Justesen, Benjamin R. (2005). "Black Tip, White Iceberg: Black Postmasters and the Rise of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1897–1901". The North Carolina Historical Review. 82 (2): 193–227. JSTOR 23523507.
- Tomlinson, J. S. (1879). Tar Heel sketch-book. A brief biographical sketch of the life and public acts of the members of the General Assembly of North Carolina. Session of 1879. Raleigh, North Carolina: Raleigh News Steam Book and Job Office – via Internet Archive.
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