Simon P. Coker

Simon P. Coker was a farmer and state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Barnwell County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876. He was assassinated by white supremacists in 1876 during the Ellenton massacre in September 1876. He was one of between thirty to fifty black republicans executed that day., Coker was shot in the head while praying for mercy. rdf:langString