Julius Caesar Tingman (1841? – December 7, 1917) was an American soldier, South Carolina state legislator, and farmer.
Julius C. Tingman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1841? South Carolina |
| Died | December 7, 1917 South Carolina |
| Occupation(s) | Farmer, soldier, state legislator |
Biography
editTingman was born to a woman named Mary Tingman in Berkeley County, South Carolina sometime in the late 1830s or early 1840s.[1][2] He served as a corporal in the U.S. Colored Troops during the American Civil War.[3] He was two-term member of the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era.[4] Tingman was elected to represent Charleston County.[5][6] In 1874 he introduced legislation to amend "the fence law so far as regards certain portions of Charleston; to repeal the game laws of the State; to compel dealers in turpentine, in Charleston County, to pay the laborers the Charleston market prices for crude turpentine."[7] Tingman was the great-great-grandfather of comedians Chris Rock and Tony Rock.[4]
References
edit- ^ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N96H-4S9 Julius C. Lengman, 1917.
- ^ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3R8-KDC Entry for Julius Tingman and Hennie Tingman, 1900.
- ^ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MKP-WCC Julius C Tingman, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,636,304.
- ^ a b Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2009). "Chapter 17: Chris Rock". In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-40973-7.
- ^ Representatives, South Carolina General Assembly House of (1873). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina. State Printers.
- ^ Work, Monroe N.; Staples, Thomas S.; Wallace, H. A.; Miller, Kelly; McKinlay, Whitefield; Lacy, Samuel E.; Smith, R. L.; McIlwaine, H. R. (January 1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress". The Journal of Negro History. 5 (1): 63–119. doi:10.2307/2713503. ISSN 0022-2992. JSTOR 2713503. S2CID 149610698.
- ^ "Mr. Tingman". The Daily Phoenix. January 25, 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
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