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Freedmen’s Bureau Register of Destitutes (Rations Lists) by Plantation, Moncks Corner Subdistrict, SC, 1867

Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors

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...

Charley McBride and Philippy Cordes, Formerly Enslaved to Stoney Family, Berkeley, SC, 1867

Mar 20, 2013 | Ancestors Page ~ Where the Ancestors Seek YOU!

This letter, dated 26 Aug 1867, was written by W.E. Stoney to Captain F.W. Liedke of the Freedmen’s Bureau, to request rations for Charles McBride and Philippy Cordes, two elders living at Stoney’s plantation in Berkeley, SC. Stoney states that Charles...