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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...
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...