Freedmen’s Bureau Records
Freedmen’s Bureau records are an invaluable resource for learning where your ancestors were prior to 1870 and can often provide clues for discovering an ancestor’s final slaveholder.
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, J.H. Spann with Freedmen, Charleston, SC
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: J.H. Spann with...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, B.H. Read with Freed People, Charleston, SC
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: B.H. Read with the...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, Wm. A. Robertson, Chantilly Plantation, Charleston, SC
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: Wm. A. Robertson...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, J.D. Parker, Point Comfort Plantation, Charleston, SC
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: J.D. Parker with...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, Samuel W. Lynes with Freedmen, Charleston, SC
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: Samuel W. Lynes...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, H.S. King with Freedmen, Charleston, SC
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: H.S. King with...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, Olney Harleston with Freed People, Bossis Plantation, Charleston, SC
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: Olney Harleston...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, John Harleston with Freed People, Elwood Plantation, Charleston, SC
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: John Harleston...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, J.C. Cain with Freed People, Berkeley, SC, 1866
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 NARA M1910, Reel 62, Target 3 TITLE OF CONTRACT: J.C. Cain with Freed...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, W.N. Batcheller with Freedmen & Women, Mount Pleasant, Berkeley, SC
Freedmen's Labor Contracts, Berkeley, 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 NARA M1910, Reel 62, Target 3 TITLE OF CONTRACT: W.N. Batcheller with...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, Thomas Baynard with Freedmen, Ravenswood Plantation, Edisto, Berkeley, SC, 1866
Baynard, Thomas. 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 M1910, Reel 62 TITLE OF CONTRACT: "Copy of Articles of...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, S.W. Barker and Dover Ancrum, South Mulberry Plantation, South Mulberry Plantation
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: S.W. Barker and...
John T. Browning with Freedpeople, Cedar Grove Plantation, St. James Goose Creek
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: John T. Browning...
Dr. Elvin N. Ayers with Freedpeople, Black Creek Plantation, St. James Goose Creek
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: Dr. Elvin N. Ayers...
J.T. Bennett & Freedpeople, Brownlee Plantation, St. James Goose Creek
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: J.T. Bennett &...
List of Discharges [USCT] Received from T. Hurley and Now On Hand at Freedmen’s Natl. Bank, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Report, South Carolina, 1869
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 22 Names: Ballard, Charles Barber, Jacob Blanchard, Benj. Brown, George Brown,...
Labor Contract W.J. Randolph and Freed Men and Women on the Pope Place Plantation, St. Helena Island, Beaufort District, SC, 1865
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: Randolph, W.J. Randolph, William J. Williams, C.F. Haywood, Chas. F. White, Will Pope,...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, School Farm Number 12, Orange Grove Plantation, Ladies Island, SC, 1865
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,...
South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Report: Bounty Claim Correspondence for Blake, March; Blake, Michael; Jenkins, Bob; Williams, Rd; Cruel, Ranty; Blake, Robt; Edwards, Jos H.; Seabrook, Edwd; Brown, Jonas; Harris, Mike; Saplin, James, 1869
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,...
South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Report: USCT Bounties Paid During March, 1869
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 22 Names Harris, Luke Sanders, Anthony Grimble, Taylor Seabrook, Joseph Stewart, Milton Wynn,...
Records Relating to the Issuance of Rations: List of Destitutes, Hilton Head Island, SC, 1866-1867
Source: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 (NARA Micropublication M869), Reel 38 View pdf (may take a few moments to load) Records Relating to the...
List of Destitute Persons Who Will Need Rations and Seed on Port Royal, Ladies, St. Helena, Paris, and Cat Islands, Beaufort District, SC, ca. 1867
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...
Grant, Joseph. Bounty Claim Correspondence, Beaufort, SC, 1864
Names Grant, Joseph Williams, Geo. A. Taggard, F.W. Thomas, L. Hawks, D. Zelley, Daniel W. Walter, W.D. Crawford, A.M.L.
Freedmen’s Labor Contract, Myrtle Bush Plantation, Beaufort District, SC, 1867
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 February 5, 1867, T.C. Randolph entered into an agreement with freed men and women to...
Freedmen’s Labor Contract: Middleton’s Hobonny Plantation, Beaufort, SC, 1866
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...