African American Church Moncks Corner SC

African American Church, Moncks Corner, SC
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, www.loc.gov

Freedmen’s Bureau labor contracts were some of the earliest records which listed former slaves with newly-chosen surnames.

These records, which predate the 1870 census by several years, can provide clues for breaking through the 1870 Brick Wall by connecting census records with surnames to plantation journals with first names only.

Lowcountry Africana Co-Administrator Alana Thevenet has transcribed labor contracts for Berkeley County, SC. Here you will find records for slaveholder surnames beginning with the letter “K.”

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Freedmen’s Labor Contract
Berkeley County, SC, 1866
Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
NARA Record Group 105
MC 1910, Reel 62, Target 3

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

Geo. F. Kinlock and Freedmen

DATE OF CONTRACT:

March 7, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Berkeley County

South Carolina

SC

Mount Pleasant, S.c.

Parish of Christ Church

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS

Jeffrey Snipes
Paul Brannon
Rhina Snipes
Sam Robinson
Mingo Ward
Nellie Ward
Dan’l Dial
Cinda Dial
Frank Forker
Silvy Forker

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