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Enslaved People Freed From The Johns Island Plantations of Hugh Wilson
The 1866 estate inventory of Hugh Wilson of Wadmalaw Island, SC, lists the names of 136 enslaved people freed by the United States government at the end of the Civil War. Will You can view the will of Hugh Wilson1 on FamilySearch, here. The will mentions the following...
1867 Estate Inventory of John Raven Mathews: List of Enslaved People Freed in 1865
The estate inventory of John Raven Mathews, filed May 8, 1867, includes a list of more than 170 enslaved people who were freed by the United States government in 1865. Although the enslaved community held by Mathews had been freed two years before Mathews' death in...
Enslaved Ancestors at White Hall and Goshen Plantations, Estate of Thomas Porcher, Berkeley, SC, 1843
The estate inventory of Thomas Porcher, made at White Hall and Goshen plantations near Pinopolis in Berkeley, SC on 24 Nov 1843, lists the names of 135 enslaved people at White Hall and 106 enslaved people at Goshen1. This document was indexed by Alana Thevenet. Those...
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...
Enslaved Ancestors on 5 Plantations in the Estate of John McPherson, Beaufort and Colleton Counties, SC, Africans Noted
The estate inventory of John McPherson, made in December of 1806, lists enslaved ancestors at Laureum, Pine Comfort, Cotton Hall and Heneka Hill Plantations in Prince William Parish, Beaufort District, and Newton on Pon Pon in Colleton District, SC. This document was...
Charleston’s Weeping Time: Sale of 235 Enslaved People in the Estate of James Gadsden, 1859
In December of 1859, more than 200 enslaved ancestors were listed at Pimlico Plantation, Berkeley County, SC in the estate inventory of James Gadsden (b. 15 May 1788, d. 26 Dec 1858) of Charleston, SC. On 9 Jan 1860, 235 enslaved people...
167 Enslaved People in the Estate of William Baynard, Edisto Island, SC, 1862
The estate inventory of William G. Baynard of Edisto Island, SC, filed 17 January 1862, lists the names of 167 enslaved people. Enslaved ancestors listed in the estate were: · Emanuel · Shedrick · Daniel · Rachel · Nanny · Tyra · Emanuel · William · Virginia · Charity...
RootsTech Wrap Up: Couldn’t Attend? Check Out These Highlights Online
RootsTech 2017 was a whirlwind! More than 200 class sessions to choose from, an incredible Expo Hall, the Innovator Showdown, keynote addresses and the camaraderie of Genfriends made this year's RootsTech conference special. Lowcountry Africana was there! Please read...
Enslaved People at Palo Alto Plantation of Alexander E. Gadsden, Berkeley, SC, 1864
The estate inventory of Alexander E. Gadsden, made 29 Oct 1864, lists the names of 42 enslaved people at Palo Alto Plantation, McClellanville, St. James Santee in Berkeley County, SC. Slaves listed in the estate were: Primus Maria Dorcas Frank Sophy Margaret Julianne...
South Carolina Ancestors
Index of Crop Liens, James Island, Charleston County, SC, 1885 to 1894
Immediately following the Civil War, group labor contracts were the means by which the transition from slave to paid agricultural labor was made. After the Freedmen's Bureau withdrew from the southern states, contract labor gave way to tenant farming and the crop lien...
South Carolina Historical Society Finding Aids Online
The South Carolina Historical Society, one of the richest archives for Lowcountry genealogy research, has placed their finding aids online. Planning a research trip to Charleston? Be sure to bookmark the South Carolina Historical Society's Finding Aids page so you can...
Accessing and Navigating the New FamilySearch Collection "South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Records, 1865-1872"
FamilySearch Has Digitized Freedmen's Bureau Records for South Carolina Social networks are abuzz today with the happy news that FamilySearch has digitized all 106 rolls of the microfilm series Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of...
FamilySearch Digitizes Freedmen’s Bureau Records for SC
FamilySearch this week digitized all 106 rolls of the microfilm series Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910). This new collection of 118,737 images is one...
Join Lowcountry Africana ~ Unearthing Treasures: Tracing African American Ancestors at the South Carolina Historical Society
Please join Lowcountry Africana for a very special seminar at the South Carolina Historical Society, "Unearthing Treasures: Tracing Your African American Ancestors at the South Carolina Historical Society" on Saturday, November 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. What's special...
Beaufort County, SC Voter Registrations, Prince Williams Parish Registration Precinct, Peeple’s Election Precinct, 1868
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
Beaufort County, SC Voter Registrations, Prince Williams Parish Registration Precinct, Pocotaligo Election Precinct, 1868
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
Beaufort County, SC Voter Registrations, Prince Williams Parish Registration Precinct, Whippy Swamp Election Precinct, 1868
Source: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Records Deposited with the Secretary. Abstracts of Voter Registrations Reported to the Military Government, 1868. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Record Group 213000, Series No. S 213103 Indexed by Alana...
7 Days of Juneteenth 2013~ Day 1: Beaufort, SC Voter Registrations, Elders on 112 Plantations
The Juneteenth holiday, one of the oldest Emancipation Day celebrations in the United States, commemorates the events of June 18 and 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, took possession of the state and...
Freedmen’s Bureau Register of Destitutes (Rations Lists) by Plantation, Moncks Corner Subdistrict, SC, 1867
Freedmen's Bureau Rations Lists (Register of Destitutes) Charleston District, Moncks Corner Sub-District Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Group 105 M869, Reel 89...
Roots Travel
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