Beaufort District, South Carolina Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts, 1867, A-M

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
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Roll 59
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Labor Contracts for the Beaufort District, A-M
1867

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Employer: W.P. Barnes
Date: Undated
Freedmen:
Hettie
Fey
Martha
Fey
Henry
John
Josiah
Mack
Lawrence
Joe
Adam

Employer: Mrs. Sarah Barnwell
Date: Undated
Freedmen:
Bill Middleton
July Petigrue
Nelly Chisolm
Maria Sessions
Nora Petigrue
Martin Brown
Darcy Gregorie
Mary Brown
Jimmy Doctor
Cato Wallace
Nancy Wallace
Hagar White
Henry Moore
Toby Jackson
Robert Singleton
Morris Powel
Adeline Powel
Venus Powel
Ansel Grayson
Clarinda Grayson
Sally Roberts
Sander Jones
Martha Jones
Adam Jones
Antony Jones
Sye Anderson
Afy Anderson
Cuffee Cochran

Employer: Mrs. J.A. Bostick
Pipe Creek Plantation.
Date: January 7, 1867
Freedmen:
Simon Drayton
Nelson Drayton
Bob Gohagen
Robert Gohagen
Scipio Frazer
Tom Stephens
Tom Stephens
Alick Stephens
Nelson Green
Jeremiah Green
Sylla Green
Kity Frazer
Cornelius Bostick
William Bostick
Abigal Bostick
Paul Maner
Betsey Maner
Daniel Chisolm
Charles Maner
Anthony Maner
Chloe Maner
Henrietta Maner
Sally Maner
Henrietta Heyward
Sally Grant
Billy Blake
Jane Blake
Franklin Robert
Edmund Howard
Philis Howard
Jane Howard
Henny Howard
Solomon Hamer
Hope Maner
Maria Maner
Flora Maner
Ned Maner
Rose Maner
Remus Wright
Bella Wright
Jim Wright
Evaline Wright
Linda Screven
Patience Cuyler
Clarissa Cuyler
Nelly Cuyler
Smart Chisolm
Jacob Chisolm
Billy Fields

Employer: T.W. Bracy
Spann Plantation
Date: Janry 18, 1867
Freedmen:
Cato Brooks
David Tinsley

Employer: J.M. Bostick
Date: January 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Sampson Buford
James Blake [His own signature]

Employer: Woodward Barnwell
Blue Mud Plantation
Date: 1 April 1867
Freedmen:
Ishmiel Jenkins
Garric Nelson
Edward Johnson
Charles Green
Jac Charlton
Joe Williams
Austin Eddy
Tobler Weston

Employer: W. Barnwell
Blue Mud Plantation
Date: 15 March 1867
Freedmen:
Robert Fields

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Reese Maxwell

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jan 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Wallie Burnham

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jan 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Cuffey Burnham

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Hog Marsh Plantation
Date: Undated
Freedmen:
Doublen Small
Hector Small
Hector Gatsen
Harry Gatsen
Prince Henry
Jupiter Saunders
Abraham Wyers
Dick Evens
Hel[illegible] Green
Robert Hayward
Daniel Thompson
Fortune Small

Employer: Richard F. Bostick
Date: 1 January 1867
Freedmen:
Peter O Hagan & Son Peter
Pompey Hutchinson & Wife
Jack Hutchinson & Wife
George Black & daughter Grace
Nero Bonepart & Wife
Sam Wright
Linda Bostick
Adam Taylor & daughter Caroline
Harry Stevens & Wife
Zion Currey & Wife & Son Harry
Ben Currey & Wife & daughter Mary
Philip Currey & Son Tom
Jeffrey Currey
James Grant
Ransom Howard
Jo Morgan
Simon Morrison & Wife
Margaret Currey
Paul Johnson

Employer: Luther R. Bostick
Black Swamp Plantation
Date: 3 January 1867
Freedmen:
James Boston & Wife
Frank Shefton & 2 children
William Edey
Cuffy Robett Sr. & 2 children
Stepney Pinckney & 3 children
Jacob Taylor & 3 children
Charles Taylor & 2 children
Tiney Kennedy & 2 children
Jim Edey & wife
Tenah Vanhorn & son
David Brantly
Thomspon Nickel
Andrew Nickel & Wife
Thomas Nickel
Rosa Nickel
George Robert
Daniel Robert
Cuffy Robert Jr.

Employer: Luther R. Bostick
Date: 3 January 1867
Freedmen:
Frank Owens
Hester Brinson
Mary Duncan
Horace Edey
Jeff Wright
O Moore

Employer: Luther R. Bostick
Black Swamp Plantation
Date: January 3, 1867
Freedmen:
Rachael White & daughter
Mary Ann White
Daniel Brown & Wife
[Illegible] Brown & Wife
Dickens Brown
Aggie Watkins
Alfred Brown & Wife
Elijah Brun & Wife
Simon Bunson & Wife
Stephen White & Wife
Washington White & Wife

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Ben Bowen

Employer: John G. & Robert H. Barnwell
Plantation of Bulls Point
Date: July 24, 1867
Freedmen:
Luke Mark
Sarah Mark
[Illegible] Wainwright
Chitta Donnall
Aaron Mack
Peter Johnson
Daphne Johnson
Lucy White
Tobias Jenkins
Bena Jenkins
Daniel Brown
Rose Brown
Abram Poinsett
Diana Poinsett
Betsy Kirkland
John White
Sukie White
Tenant Johnson
Peggy Mott
Susan Massay

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: May 2, 1867
Freedmen:
Nelson Latimore
Gabriell M[illegible]

Employer: John Colcock
Date: 28 Jan 1867
Freedmen:
Harry Curry
Joseph Reid
Jim Gross
Ned Waites
Jenny Curry
Amelia Curry
Phoebe Curry
Fortune Curry
Clement Reid

Emplolyer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Will Gibbs
Fancy Gibbs
Smart Robinson
Chloe Washington

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Stepney Glover
Levina Glover
Sue Thompson [crossed out]
Small Washington

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Feby 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Robt Washington
John Molagham
Margaret Molagham
Rose Maxwell
Susannah Grant
Billy Glover
Riller Glover
Silvy Simmons

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Friday Frost
Rachel Frost
Esau Frost
Hagar Frost

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Joseph Maxwell
Charity Maxwell

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Henry Manegault
Dawley Manegault
Peter Maxwell
Parry Maxwell
Abey Singleton

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Coosaw Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Sanco Hazell
Wm Cockfield
Philip Manegault
Caroline Manegault
Basha Jamison
Kelly Toodle
Chas Kelley
Adam Fields broke contract
Sam Brown ditto
Jim parker
Grace Cockfield
Annie Williams
Saml Toodle
Alex Toodle
Cato Moutree
Jane McBride
Robt Guilbert (Gone)

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Willm Gadson
Joseph Morrison
Bess Morrison
Matilda Bas[illegible]wood
Leana Fields

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Peggy Jennines
Adam Simmons
Harriet Simmons

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Coosaw Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Dugo Hayward
Susy Hayward (Gone)
Daphney Co[illegible]
Ben Gibbs (Gone)
John Henry
Solomon Grant
Sally Grant
Dawl Singleton
Adam Daw
Thom Prior
Delia Grant
Halshy Cummings
Grace Cummings
Sandy Williams
Isaac Williams

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Coosaw Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Primus Camel
Adeline Richardson
Braddock Felder
Advina Robinson

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Jeffrey Green
Clarry Green
Sue Green
Silla Frazer

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Jim Cohen
Advina Cohen
Israel Cohen
John Vineyard
Annie Vineyard
Agar Ladson
Lucy Vineyard

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Cuffe White
Titus White
Jacob White
James Barnes
James White

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Marcus Fiol
Libby Fiol
Sampson Richards
Bess Brookes

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Isaac Washington
Patience Washington
Jack Snipe
Nancy Washington

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Dorcas Washington
Sukey Washington
Mary Walker
July Washington
Hanakey Washington
Mackey Washington
Caroline Washington
Lavania Washington
Henrietta Washington

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Bristle Brown
Ratlez Scoot
Lida Brown

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Joseph Maxwell [crossed out]
Charity Maxwell

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
William Chosolm
Milbray Chisolm

Employer: A.R. Chisolm
Palmetto Grove Plantation
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Amos Hartley
Maram Hartley

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Miles Coleman

Employer: Henry F. Dutton
Dathau Island, S.C.
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Robt Mitchell
Joseph Brian
carolina Taylor
Phoebe Brian
Rina Mack
Toney Motre
Eduard Wright
Rente Blake
Sue Cammel
Kate Mitchell
John Pru
Cuffie Mack
Walls Brown
Beck Myers
Stella Middleton
Stepney Mitchell
Eduard Chism
Bosin Johnson
Rose Blake
Sylla Mitchell
Peter Mitchell

Employer: William C. Daniel
Oglethorpe Plantation
Date: 4 March 1867
Freedmen:
Cuffee Tyler
Richard Grant
Moses Kelson
John Edwards
Thomas Hunt
Simon Jackson – sick
Porter Green
Peter Small
Lightfoot Campbell
Simon Chisholm No. 1
Lem Haywood
Cyrus Green [crossed out]
Joe Gatson
Martin Younge
Sharper Hunter [crossed out]
Nero Washington
Eli Davis
Frank Symon
Aaron Smith
Abraham Oliver
Joe Williams
John Green
Simon Chisholm No. 2
Rose Bowens
Christmas Symon
Cornelius Moultry
Maria Symons
Dash Newton
Bash Gray – sick
Harriet Troup
Rebecca Williams
Flora Wings
Catherine Fisher
Rose Fisher
George Cooper
Edmund Symons
Scipio Beasley
Paul Milton [crossed out]
Diana Morrison
Samuel Williams
Hannah Symons
Penny Symons
March Morrison
Cyrus Simmons
Adam Small
Nath’l Small
James Staples
Absalom Gage
Thomas [Illegible]
Isac Feiler
Moultrie Monroe

Employer: H.F. Dutton
Ashdale Plantation
Layds Island, S.C.
Date: Febr. 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Geo Singlelton

Employer: H.F. Dutton
Ashdale Plantation
Ladys Island, S.C.
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
John Barnwell

Employer: H.F. Dutton
Ashdale Plantation
Ladys Island, S.C.
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Paul Jones

Employer: H.F. Dutton
Ashdale Plantation
Ladys Island, S.C.
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Peter Hudson

Employer: H.F. Dutton
Ashdale Plantation
Ladys Island, S.C.
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Henry Parker
Harry Williamson
June Daily
Edmund Euge
Nancy Palmer
Monday Wigg
Major Williams
Lucretia Ballon
Cato Mannigo
Sally Hudson
Tinny Ballon

Employer: Henry F. Dutton
Ashdale Plantation
Ladys Island, S.C.
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
July Fine

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Bob Doctor

Employer: Henry F. Dutton
Wassa Island Place
Date: Febr 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Major Jenkins
James Fuller
Prince Wright
Caesar Rhodes
Moses Frazier
Robt Washington
Gilliard Greyson
Daphne Bristane
Prince Jenkins
Ned Rutledge
Eduard Green
Eduard Black
Phoebe Mattis
Ned Major
Abram Brown
Ben [Illegible]
Edmund Williams
Daniel Mark
Robt Powell
Sam Wright
Leah Floyd
Dinah Field
Jack Parker
Judah Mattis
Peggy Brown
Tena Gardner
Lucy Brown
Henrietta Taylor
Venus Taylor
Prince Hamilton
Abram Simmons
Sam Mattis
Sandy Mattis
Primus Jenkins

Employer: J.J. Dale, C.H. Holland
Date: March 11, 1867
Freedmen:
Bram Wilson

Employer: Joseph A. Daval
Date: 21 January 1867
Freedmen:
Edward Bearing
Nancy Bearing
Peter Chisholm
Sophia Chisholm
Toney Reed
Mrs Gibbs [crossed out]
Simon Kittles
Nancy Kittles
John Kittles [crossed out]
Abel Gibbs
Lynda Kittles [crossed out]
Rebecca Gibbs
March Riley
Maria Webb
Mingo Grant
Ceasar Stevens
Lynda Stevens
Peggy Fields
Lauretta Fields
Harriet Brown
John Harley
Rosa Harley
Tina Reed
Henry Wiggins
James Clark
Jack Danner
Daniel Simmons
Charles Strong
Lucinda Strong

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: 28 Jany 1867
Freedmen:
Charles Fraser

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jan 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Joe Fayall

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Charles Gibbs

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Paul German

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
John Grant

Employer: B.E. Guerard
Rapter Plantation
On Savannah Back River, S.C.
Freedmen:
Sam Berrien
Dublin Prioleau
Dick Welcome
July Gardner
London Doctor
William Murray
Prince Willis
London James
Albert Toomer
Jerry James
Sally Doctor
Jimmy Bright
Obadiah Graham
Samuel Holeridge
Cato Small
Tecumseh Brown
Charles Chisolm
Ned Simmons
Wally Bright
Sam Berrien
Betsy Screven
Phoebe Bright
Tempe Riley
Nancy Holeridge
Samuel Holeridge
Frank [crossed out]
[Another name crossed out]
Sam Berrien has permission to plant for
himself. Five acres of rice, free of rent
or charge of any kind, and in addition to
that, Twelve acres, of which I am to receive
the One Third share, as agreed upon in the
Contract. B.E. Guerard July 2d, 1867

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Jack Gaillard

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jan 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Sabe Gould

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Nat Gaskin

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Cuffie Gardner

Employer: Shepard D. Gilbert
Date: May 21, 1867
Freedmen:
Cynthia Fields
Charles Washington
Job Washington
Julius Myers
Isaac Campbell
Yorick York
Jane Fisherbom

Employer: Shephard D. Gilbert
Old House Plantation
Date: March 23, 1867
Freedmen: Wages:
Prince Heyward and family $35
Abram gatsen and family $35
Govnor White and family $35
Mingo Giles and family $35
Rodney Holmes and family $35
Monday Frazier and family $35
Bichbam Stewart and family $35
Hector Hamilton and family $35
Robert Jenkins and family $35
Lena Crawford and Harriet Barnwell $17.50 each
Helen Capers and Lydia Washington $17.50 each
Lizzie Heyward and Phillis Parker $17.50 each
Binah Poorman and family $35
Hackless Hogg $17.50

Employer: A.S. Harris & John Irwin of Savannah, Georgia
Pennyworth Island Plantation in the State of Georgia
Date: April 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Samuel Young

Employer: A.S. Harris & John Irwin of Savannah, Georgia
Pennyworth Island Plantation in the State of Georgia
Date: 30 March 1867
Freedmen:
John Wilson
Sandy Milton
Titus Sandford
Sam Night
Titus Golov[illegible]

Employer: F.P. Hardee
Date: 9 March 1867
Freedmen:
Robert Houston
Jeffry Gillersen
Isaac Jenkins
William Handerson
Andrew Singleton
Green [Illegible]
Moses McDorty

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Sampson [Also written as Samson] Black

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Bristol Holmes

Employer: Elisha P. Hutchinson – a freedman
Date: February 1867
Freedmen:
Lewis Chapman
Paul Webb
Joe Wadley
Jim Claiborne
Leonard Cox

Employer: Ferancis Izzard
Date: March 15, 1867
Freedmen:
Charles Grant of the Oak Milligan Place

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Wallace Jackson

Employer: J.H. Jaudon
Date: Janry 27, 1867
Freedmen:
Billy Polhil
Ben Scott
Joe Adison
Molly Snooks
Silvy Polhil
William Polhil
Charles Polhil

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Joe King

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Henry Kinlaw

Employer: W.J. Lawton
Black Swamp Plantation
Date: Janry 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Adam Moore

Employer: J.W. Lawton
Date: Janry 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Richard Smith & family
Adam Has[illegible]
Moses Thompson
Henry Thompson & family
Rosey Thomspon & family
Mary Thompson
Nancy Thompson
Lavenia Thompson
Tom Thompson & family
Catoe Jackson & family
William Stuart & family
Butler Smith Jr.
Toby Willerson
Will and Bella
Ellen Lawton house servant $100 pr year
Alice Lawton house servant $100 pr year
Jack Lawton & family
Monday Black
May Maner and family
Edward Williams & family
Ben Lawton |
Lizzie Black | house servants
William Thomspon | $100 each pr year
Lea Thompson /

Employer: A.S. Barnwell
Delta Plantation
Date: Jany 28, 1867
Freedmen:
Caesar Legare

Employer: Mansfield Lovell
Propter Plantation
Date: 4 March 1867
Freedmen:
Ezekiel Bolton
Christmas Jones
John Johnson
Green Gordon
Anne Gordon
Simon Rogers
James Bird
Louis Miller
Hannah Jackson
Emily Cummings
Frederick Young
Denis Malony
William Jackson
Chance Lloyd
Nat [Illegible]ennison
Joe Charlton
Sharper Weston

Employer: A.R. Lane agent
Ann Perry Clear Plantation
Port Royal Island, S.C.
Date: Decr 20, 1866
Freedmen: No. of Acres
George Green Five
Bovet Green Five
Cretia Oblige
(9 on Jack Island Eleven
2 Garden)
Stephen Small (Jack Island) Six
Lizzie Small (do.) Five
Sampson Moultrie Five & a quarter
Nancy Moultrie Five & a quarter
Prince Doctor Five
Charlotte Doctor Five
Nancy Doctor Four
Maria Simmons Five
Dianna Williams Seven
Cato Small Five
Amy Small Five
Jack Middleton Five
Bina Middleton Five
Abram McKnight Ten
Ellis McKnight Nine
Timothy McKnight Five & a half

Employer: W.J. Lawton
Date: January 1, 1867
Freedmen:
Dick Jenkins & daughter
Johnson Polling & Son
Frank Mallory
Cuffee Capers & Son
Sam Brown
Frank Capers
John Wright
George Gillison son & daughter
Stephen Moon & wife
Henry Snooks
Alfred Edwards
Chloe Edwards
Eliza Wright
Peter Edwards
Adam Moore for his ward Charles Hicks
Taff Wilkerson

Employer: Alfred M. Martin
Screven County, Georgia
Date: Jany 6, 1867
Freedmen:
Mingo & Family
Elijah & wife
Joe & wife
Blu & wife
Jim & wife
Sandy & wife
George & wife
[Illegible] & wife
Thomas & wife
Henry Wade & family
Ned & wife
Peter
Adam
Hagar
Sarah
Moses
Ann
Teasor
Ha[illegible]
Scilla
Be[illegible]
LInda
Dorsey
Prince
Enock
Andrew
Thomas

Employer: W.F. Maner & Southwood Smith
Boggy Gut Plantation
Date: 7 Jany 1867
Freedmen:
Bob Fuller
Tom Maner
Moses Says
Nelson Heyward
George Staffon
Jno Chaplin
Morris Garrin
Isaac Washington
Ned Gillison
Prince Reid
Daniel Watt

Employer: L.W. Maner
Gayfield Plantation
Date: Undated
Freedmen:
Granderson Major
Adam Choice
Ned Harrison
Joshua Mackie
Thomas Allen
Joe Brantly
Sue Brantly
Betty Deveaux
Oliver Addison
Nora Deveaux
Miley Major
Flora Deveaux
Jane Addison
Silla Mackie
Framton Welcome
Adam Frost
Jim Buckner
William Addison
Moses Brown
Zack Williamson
Maria Williamson
Marshall Frost
William Mackie
Sally Murphy
Rachael Murphy
John Murphy
Alfred Godman
Hagar Gantt
Daniel Frost