Isaac P. Brockenton (May 19, 1828 - January 6, 1908) was a minister, trial justice, county commissioner, and state legislator in South Carolina. He represented

Darlington County, South Carolina Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 62,905. Its county seat is Darlington. Hartsville is the largest city in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Rac ...

in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He studied at

Richmond Theological Seminary Richmond Theological Seminary (RTS) was a higher education institution in Richmond, Virginia, serving former slaves after the American Civil War. It had its beginnings in November 1865 when the American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS) sponsore ...

and was a founding leader of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Darlington. He served as a delegate from Darlington County to the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention. He was a Republican. He married Martha Jackson and had several children. He helped organize the Negro Baptist Convention of South Carolina and served as its president for 40 years. He also served as a moderator for the Pee Dee Baptist Association and on the Board of Trustees Member at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina and

Morris College Morris College (MC) is a private, Baptist historically black college in Sumter, South Carolina. It was founded and is operated by the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina. History Morris College was founded in 1908 ...

in Sumter, South Carolina. He was the first president of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina. He is buried at the

Darlington Memorial Cemetery Darlington Memorial Cemetery, also known as the Darlington Community Cemetery or the Darlington City Cemetery, is a historic African-American cemetery located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. The cemetery dates from 1890, and unt ...

. The

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...

has an uncut sheet of Union Republican Tickets for B. F. Whittemore, Brockenton,

Jordan Lang Jordan Lang (1813 - March 9, 1893) was a state legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He had been a slave owned by the Lang family. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 until 1872 representing Dar ...

, and Richard Humbert (written as Richard Hunbird) for a convention.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brockenton, Isaac 1828 births 1908 deaths People from Darlington County, South Carolina Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives 19th-century Baptist ministers from the United States