Feb 7, 2017 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Records
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...
Feb 7, 2017 | LCA Main Blog, SC Records
The estate inventory of John P. Porcher, filed 21 Dec 1865, lists the names of enslaved ancestors in age groups. Enslaved ancestors listed in the estate were: Abel aged 90 Between 70 & 80 years Scye, Fayette, Leah, Amy, George, Will Between 60 and 70 Lauder,...
May 27, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 23 Names of 166 USCT veterans who were paid bounties from 1866-1868 ~ Please...
May 2, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
The first military action of the United States Colored Troops in South Carolina was an expedition organized by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Infantry (later redesignated 33rd USCT). From January 23 to February 1, 1863, the 1st South...
Feb 28, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
So rarely does a record from Reconstruction actually connect freed people to a former slaveholder. When we find records like this we are so excited. We are very excited today, because we found another! This record is a part of the “Pre-Bureau” records for...
Nov 7, 2010 | Freedmens Bureau, SC Ancestors, SC Freedmen's Labor Contracts, SC Records
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 59 Names: Blake, Milton Stoney, Titus Stoney, Alice Seabrook, Daphne Aiken, Minta Hogan, Leah Orchard,...
Nov 7, 2010 | Freedmens Bureau, SC Ancestors, SC Records
Names: Drew, Wm. P. Howard, O.O. Ballock, Ew. Blake, March Blake, Michael Jenkins, Bob Williams, Rd. Edwards, Jos H. Blake, Robt. Seabrook, Edwd. Cruel, Ranty Brown, Jonas Harris, Mike Saplin, James DeKnight, W.F. Scoville, N.R. Edie,...
Nov 6, 2010 | Freedmens Bureau, SC Ancestors, SC Records
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 60 Black Orphan Sarah Washington Flora Hannah Tony Bina Chaplin Doll...
Nov 5, 2010 | Freedmens Bureau, SC Ancestors, SC Freedmen's Labor Contracts, SC Records
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 60. On March 24, 1866, Williams Middleton, owner of Hobonny Plantation on the...
