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Register of Patients, Hilton Head, SC Hospital, 1865-1868
Within Roll 84 of South Carolina Freedmen's Bureau records is a register of patients at the hospital at Hilton Head, SC. The register records the date of treatment, name of patient and ailment. Although there are column headings for race, age and gender, the...
Register of Marriages, Mithel and Tabaitha Roberson, Bowling Green, KY, 1866
"Mithel Roberson and Tabaitha Roberson freedman and freedwoman haveing lived together as husband and wife the Rits of Marriage were legally Solemnized by me between them in the Town of Bowling Green Warren County Kentucky Jan 10th 1866 N R Davis Min" Source Citation...
Register of Labor Contracts, Livingston, AL
This undated register of labor contracts made in Livingston, AL records the names of many former slaveholders in Livingston, AL.
Jane McNele Seeks Custody of Her Children, Columbia, TX, 1868
Sub Office Duncans Plantation Office Sub Asst Com Columbia July 7 1868 Jim Wadkins (fmc) on Jordans Plant. Sir Jane McNele (fw) complains that you have her children and will not give them up. You will deliver them to her when she applies or sends for them and have...
A Freedman’s Quest to Unite His Family, Salisbury, NC
Mr. A Miller Aug 18 Sir, You will let the bearer Mark(?) have his wife Charlot and her two children Poley and William (colored) to take to the plantation of Mr. Stokes. You will furnish them with provisions enough to last until January 1866. I shall expect you to do...
Register of Freedmen’s Marriages at Cape Girardeau, MO, July–August 1865
The register of marriages for Cape Girardeau, Missouri records the name, residence and age for each bride and groom. You can view the entire register on FamilySearch. Source Citation "Missouri, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872," images, FamilySearch...