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South Carolina Ancestors
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Georgia Ancestors
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Lowcountry Africana Main Blog
342 Enslaved Ancestors at 5 Plantations of John Pyne, Colleton, SC, 1814
The estate inventory of John Pyne, made in 1814, lists the names of enslaved ancestors at Duharrow, Buckhead and Ashepoo Plantations in Colleton, SC and Yaughan and Litchfield Plantations, location not noted. 92 Ancestors listed at Yaughall Plantation were: ·...
188 Enslaved People in the Estate of Elizabeth Gourdin, Charleston, SC, 1836
The estate inventory of Elizabeth Gourdin, made in Charleston South Carolina on 5 Jan 1836, lists the names of 188 enslaved ancestors in the estate.
Colleton County, SC Freedmen’s Labor Contracts, Slaveholder Surnames Beginning With “W”
Freedmen's Labor Contract Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Micropublication M1910 Roll 103, Target 5 TITLE OF CONTRACT: J.H. Waring...
Colleton County, SC Freedmen’s Labor Contracts, Slaveholder Surnames Beginning With “R” to “T”
Freedmen's Labor Contract Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Micropublication M1910 Roll 103, Target 5 TITLE OF CONTRACT: A.& D. Rumph...
Colleton County, SC Freedmen’s Labor Contracts, Slaveholder Surnames Beginning With “M” to “P”
Freedmen's Labor Contract Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Micropublication M1910 Roll 103, Target 5 TITLE OF CONTRACT: J. Wilson...
Colleton County, SC Freedmen’s Labor Contracts, Slaveholder Surnames Beginning With “K” to “L”
Freedmen's Labor Contract Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Micropublication M1910 Roll 103, Target 5 TITLE OF CONTRACT: A.J. Kennedy...
Colleton County, SC Freedmen’s Labor Contracts, Slaveholder Surnames Beginning With “A” to “G”
Freedmen's Labor Contract Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Roll 103, Target 5 TITLE OF CONTRACT: Peter R. Appleby with freedmen...
Colleton County, SC Freedmen’s Labor Contracts, Slaveholder Surnames Beginning With “H” to “J”
Freedmen's Labor Contract Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Micropublication M1910 Roll 103, Target 5 TITLE OF CONTRACT: F.G. Haseldon...
Remembering Isaac Seabrook, Company C 21st USCT, Edisto Island, SC
Remembering Isaac Seabrook, Company C 21st USCT Isaac Seabrook, born on Edisto Island about 1840, enlisted in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Hilton Head, SC on May 11, 1863 [1]. Isaac was one of six young men born on Edisto who enlisted that day. The...
Gulla Geechee Commission to Meet in Charleston
May 11, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sharon Scott, Administrative Assistant 843-818-4587 manager@gullahgeecheecorridor.org The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission will meet in Charleston, SC, at the Town & Country Inn and Suites, 2008 Savannah...
South Carolina Ancestors
Remembering Isaac Seabrook, Company C 21st USCT, Edisto Island, SC
Remembering Isaac Seabrook, Company C 21st USCT Isaac Seabrook, born on Edisto Island about 1840, enlisted in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Hilton Head, SC on May 11, 1863 [1]. Isaac was one of six young men born on Edisto who enlisted that day. The...
Hopkins Turnout (Columbia), SC Register of Sick and Wounded, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital, 1866-1867
In the years between 1865 and 1872, the Freedmen's Bureau provided inpatient and outpatient medical care to Freedmen and poor whites at hospitals established in the former slaveholding states. The register below, transcribed by Alana Thevenet, records the names of...
Register of Sick and Wounded, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital, St. Helena and Ladies Island, 1866 – 1867
The Freedmen's Bureau provided many services to Freedmen and poor white refugees during its operations in the former slaveholding states. In the years between 1865 and 1872, the bureau established hospitals and provided inpatient and outpatient medical care to many...
Why Do Public History at Plantation Sites?
Plantations were the sites of unspeakable tragedies - unrelenting labor from sunup to sundown and in many cases, violence and rape. Enslaved people lived in houses where an entire family shared a small, single room with a fireplace and nothing more. In some...
Charleston, SC Freedmen’s Labor Contracts, 1865-1866, Part 1
Freedmen's Labor Contracts Charleston County, SC, Contracts Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1868 NARA Record Group 105 M1910, Reel 63, Target 12 TITLE OF CONTRACT: P.M.C. Earnest...
SC Freedmen’s Bureau Records: USCT Bounty Claims
USCT Bounty Claims and the Information They Contain Above: Announcement of Additional Military Bounties, Charleston Daily News, 12 Nov 1866 1 USCT Bounty Claims Bounties were monetary or material incentives paid for enlisting in the military, or rewards for...
African American Genealogy: Searching Online Records in SC? Don’t Forget These Valuable Resources!
FamilySearch South Carolina Collections (current to Dec 2013): FamilySearch Collections: Title Records Last Updated South Carolina, Births and Christenings, 1846-1935 14,805 9 Mar 2012 South Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865...
Marriage and Divorce Records for Charleston, Strawberry Ferry, Johns Island, and Camden, 1865-1866
Source: United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Marriage and Divorce Records for Charleston, Strawberry Ferry, Johns Island, and Camden, 1865-1866. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Series Number .F601301, Record Group Number...
Marriage Notices from Charleston African American Newspapers
MARRIED In this city, by Rev. T.W. Lewis, Andrew Smalls to Tena Palmer. 10th Harry White to Marg't Green. Nov. 17, John Moore to Nancy Ann Ore(?). Nov 23, Joseph Richardson to Anna Lawrence. On Sunday, 17th Inst., by Rev. Jacob Legare, Mr. Joseph...
Newly Released SC Probate Records: a Treasure Trove for African American Genealogy
FamilySearch recently released more than 875,000 digital images of South Carolina county probate records. These new records, previously available only in county probate offices or on microfilm, may now be browsed online at FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org)....
Roots Travel
Guest Blogger Thomas MacEntee: Heritage Travel Comes of Age
Heritage Travel Comes of Age A Guest Post by Thomas MacEntee There comes a time in our lives when the need to learn more about our ancestors “kicks in.” The timing is different for everyone, but one component of the discovery process that more and more people are...
Coming Wednesday, Nov. 6 ~ Lowcountry Roots Travel Blog!
Coming Soon! Wednesday, November 6, 2013, we will launch the new Lowcountry Roots Travel blog on LCA! And who better to launch a travel blog than Genealogy Travel Ninja Thomas MacEntee? Thomas has just published the Kindle book Family History Trippin' - A Guide to...