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Oct 16, 2018

Rockville, South Carolina Labor Contracts, Mar 1866 – Aug 1867

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Microfilm Publications
Roll 99, Target 9
Labor Contracts (Volume 268)
Mar. 1866-Aug. 1867

Rockville, S.C.

 

Rockville Sample Image 1

 

Source Citation

“South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZG-C6X7?cc=2127881&wc=MFH2-5M7%3A1017938501%2C1017945801 : 21 May 2014), Rockville > Roll 99, Labor contracts, Mar 1866-Aug 1867 > image 1 of 19; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

These records were abstracted by Alana Thevenet.

You may view images of the original documents here on FamilySearch.

Employer: Daniel F. Jenkins
Location: Retreat Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 9 March 1866
Freedmen:
William Aaron
Billy Charles
Mosese Sam
Deana Jim
Joe Prince
Abner Patty
Champagne Cato
January Matthew
Tom July

Employer: Robert E. Cristy, Lessee
Location: Tom Mikell Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 6 March 1866
Freedmen:
York Mikell Sampson Simmons
George Spidle Toney Brown
Jerry Seabrook Aleck Pinckney

Employer: William Gregg Jr.
Location: Seabrook Place, Johns Island
Date: 9 March 1866
Freedmen:
Prince Green and 13 other Freedmen

Employer: James Hopkinson
Attorney for: Wm Gregg Jr.
Location: Live Oak Point, Johns Island
Date: 6 March 1866
Freedmen:
Sam Ford and twenty five other Freedmen

Employer: James Hopkinson
Attorney for: Wm Gregg Jr.
Location: Seabrook Estate, Johns Island
Date: 9 March 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac Simmons and fifty eight other Freedmen and Women

Employer: Francis H. Underwood, Esq.
Location: Osma Bailey Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 10 March 1866
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Daniel J. LaRoche
Location: Hope Place, Johns Island
Date: 17 March 1866
Freedmen:
James Capers and eighteen other Freedmen

Employer: Daniel J. LaRoche, Esq.
Location: New Cut Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Dte: 18 March 1866
Freedmen:
Yorter Smith and fourteen other Freed People

Employer: W.J. Whaley (owner)
Location: Jno Seabrook Place, Edisto Island
Date: 15 March 1866
Freedmen:
Renty Wright (foreman) and fifteen other Freed people

Employer: W.J. Whaley
Location: Crawfords Place, Edisto Island
Date: 15 March 1866
Freedmen:
Guy Mannering and thirty one other Freedmen

Employer: J.J.R. Wescott
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 14 March 1866
Freedmen:
J. Moultrie, foreman
Kit B. Moultrie

Employer: Wm R. Jenkins
Location: Hickory Hill and Hannah Point, Johns Island
Date: 20 March 1866
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Jno W. Jenkins
Location: Walnut Hill, Johns Island
Date: 21 March 1866
Freedmen:
Dick Fordman and six other Freedman

Employer: G.R. Whitridge, Esq.
Location: Wadmalaw island
Date: 13 March 1866
Freedmen:
Tho. Middleton and thirty eight Freed people

Employer: Dr. D.J. Townsend
Location: Rockland, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 24 March 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac Middleton
Daniel Middleton

Employer: James C. Seabrook
By: Jno L. Seabrook, agt
Location: Allendale Plantation, Wadmalaw island
Date: 29 March 1866
Freedmen:
Moses Simmons and four other Freedmen

Employer: A.E. Hoyt & Co.
Location: R.J. LaRoche Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 15 March 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Days and four other Freedmen

Employer: John F. Townsend
Agent of: Miss Susan Townsend
Location: Malmazon, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 14 March 1866
Freedmen:
John Green and other Freedmen

Employer: S.H. & E.M. Jenklins
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: 20 March 1866
Freedmen:
Chas Frazier and fourteen other Freedmen
for their families

Employer: Epraim S. Mikell
Location: Vinegar Hill Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Hamlet & Tony Jenkins

Employer: Wm S. Stevens
Location: Seven Oaks Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 27 March 1866
Freedmen:
David Mitchel and twenty eight other Freedmen

Employer: James Brown
Location: Hickory Hill Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 14 April 1866
Freedmen:
Jacob and fourteen other Freed people

Employer: J. Henderson Bentz
Location: Ladewah Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 20 April 1866
Freedmen:
Jerry James
Chas [or Class] Brown
for their families

Employer: T.A. Beckett
Location: Johns Island
Date: 21 March 1866
Freedmen:
January Brown & ten other Freedmen

Employer: Wm S. Stevens
Agent for: Mrs. Louisa Gervais
Location: Laurel Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 19 April 1866
Freedmen:
Lot Manigault and eighten heads of families

Employer: Dr. Wm S. Stevens
Location: Seven Oaks Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 19 April 1866
Freedmen:
Carson Owens
Ben Lincoln

Employer: Tho. Whaley
Agent for: Jno B. Whaley
Location: Auld Reekie Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
John Drayton and thirty three other Freed people

Employer: J.L. Jenkins
Location: Brick House Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 21 April 1866
Freedmen:
Ceasar and twenty two other Freed people

Employer: Wm Whaley
Location: Pine Barren Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 12 March 1866
Freedmen:
Sam Fraser and thirty other Freedmen heads of families

Employer: John Jenkins and J.J. Murray
Location: Estate of W.H. Murray, Fenwicks Island
Date: 30 March 1866
Freedmen:
Hercules Murray and sixty-six other freedmen

Employer: J.J. Murray
Location: Estate of W.H. Murray, Edisto Island
Date: 26 March 1866
Freedmen:
Richard Hutchinson and fiver other Freedmen

Employer: Gen. R.K. Scott
For: James Hopkinson
Location: Clark Place, Edisto Island
Date: 9 March 1866
Freedmen:
John Balesaw (foreman) for the Freedmen

Employer: Gen R.K. Scott
For: Jas Hopkinson
Location: Cassina Point Place, Edisto Island
Date: 9 March 1866
Freedmen:
Sanders Simmons as agent for the people on plantation

Employer: Gen R.K. Scott, Asst Comm’r and James Hopkinson
Location: Champlain Garden Place, Edisto Island
Date: 9 March 1866
Freedmen:
Jack J. Robinson as agent for the people on the place

Employer: James Hopkinson
Agent for: Francis deSastegrie
Location: Rocks Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 6 March 1866
Freedmen:
Sampson Williams and sixteen other Freedmen and Women

Employer: E. Clarence Whaley
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: 22 March 1866
Freedmen:
Thomas Evans and 13 other Freedmen

Employer: E. Clarence Whaley
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: 26 April 1866
Freedmen:
James Bolton, foreman

Employer: Tho. A. Baynard, Planter
Location: Ravenswood Plantation
Date: 16 March 1866
Freedmen:
Jack Miller and 44 other Freedmen

Employer: E.B. Bryan
Location: Rose Bank Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 29 March 1866
Freedmen:
Cumba Legare
Dennis Simmons
And 3 other Freedmen

Employer: John F. Townsend, owner
Location: The Bubgy Place, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 23 April 1866
Freedmen:
Lodon Glover and fifteen other Freedmen heads of families

Employer: Edward M. Baynard
Location: Old Place Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 20 April 1866
Freedmen:
Charley McCoy and twenty one other Freedmen heads
of families

Employer: T.A. Becket
Agent for: Administrator of Estate of James J. Chisholm
Location: Chisolm Place, Johns Island
Date: 24 April 1866
Freedmen:
Simon Brown and fifteen other Freedmen heads of families

Employer: T.A. Becket
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 2 May 1866
Freedmen:
Robert Fraser and five other Freedmen

Employer: Alfred S. Hartwell, lessee
Location: A.J. Clark Cypress Tree Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 9 April 1866
Freedmen:
Warty Brown and twenty one other Freedmen

Employer: John Jenkins & J.J. Murray
Location: Fenwick Island
Date: [No day] March 1866
Freedmen:
Hercules Murray and sixty six other Freedmen and Women
[This entry was crossed out.]

Employer: Isaac P. Grimball
Location: Waterloo Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Telemicus Biniard (alias Tim) and twenty other Freedmen

Employer: J. Edward Seabrook
Location: Oak Island Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 10 March 1866
Freedmen:
Ceasar Small and twenty seven other Freedmen

Employer: E.M. Jenkins
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: 1 May 1866
Freedmen:
James Gilliard and two other Freedmen

Employer: H. Van Holden
Location: Shell House Tract, Edisto Island
Estate of: Eph Baynard
Date: 13 May 1866
Freedmen:
James [Illegible]ing and nine other Freedmen

Employer: H. Van Holten
Estate of: Eph Baynard
Location: Sea Side Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 6 May 1866
Freedmen:
Bob Robinson and twenty eight other Freedmen

Employer: H. Van Holten
Estate of: Eph Baynard
Location: La Roche Place, Edisto Island
Date: 26 March 1866
Freedmen:
Joe Bailey and ten other Freedmen

Employer: Jas La Roche
Estate of: Edwrd W. La Roche
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: [No day] April 1866
Freedmen:
March Small – fourteen other Freedmen

Employer: J.J.R. Wescott & Tho. A. Baynard, Executors
Estate of: Chas. J. Bailey
Location: Point of Pines and Bailey Plantations, Edisto Island
Date: 7 May 1866
Freedmen:
Sampson Gadson and twenty one other Freedmen

Employer: J. Evans Eddings
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 26 March 1866
Freedmen:
Dick Bowman and fourteen other Freedmen

Employer: W.E. Fripp
Location: Rushlands Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 1 April 1866
Freedmen:
Paul Hamilton and eight other Freedmen

Employer: J. Logan Walpole
Location: Johns Island
Date: 4 April 1866
Freedmen:
Abram General Reed and eight other Freedmen

Employer: J. Logan Walpole
Location: Johns Island
Date: 4 April 1866
Freedmen:
Joe Clements
York Guilliard

Employer: James Hopkinson
For: F. De Sest[illegible]
Location: Jenkins Hill Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 9 March 1866
Freedmen:
Chas Frazier and twelve other Freedmen

Employer: Edwin Bates
Location: Yellow House Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 2 April 1866
Freedmen:
Scipio Grant and thirty other Freedmen

Employer: J. E. La Roche
Location: La Roche Place, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 30 March 1866
Freedmen:
George Ancrum and seventeen other Freedmen

Employer: J. Jenkins Mikell
Location: Bailey’s Island, Peters Point and John Seabrooks Plantations,
Edisto Island
Date: 9 April 1866
Freedmen:
John Furguson and eighty three other freedmen and women

Employer: J. Jenkins Mikell
Location: Bailey’s Island, Peters Point and John Seabrooks Plantations,
Edisto Island
Date: 9 April 1866
Freedmen:
Samuel Black and eighteen other freedmen

Employer: John Cummings
Location: Martins Point Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 2 July 1866
Freedmen:
Richard Brown and nine other freedmen

Employer: Jacob H. Barnett
Location: Old Dominion and Maxcey Plantations, Edisto Island
Date: 28 February 1866
Freedmen:
James Bailey and thirteen other freedmen
on Bailey’s Old Dominion Plantation
Sam Crawford and eighteen other freedmen
on Bailey Maxcey Plantation

Employer: Jacob H. Barnett
Location: Baileys Island Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 28 February 1866
Freedmen:
William Quash & eight other freedmen

Employer: Jacob H. Barnett
Location: Eph. C. Baileys Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 28 February 1866
Freedmen:
Sam Reed and forty other freedmen and women

Employer: Jno. B.L. Walpole
Location: Creekside Plantation, Johns Island
Date: 27 March 1866
Freedmen:
George Brown
Ned Shine

Employer: R.H. Jenkins
Location: Rockett Hall Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 23 June 1866
Freedmen:
Managault and twelve other freedmen

Employer: Carl Berlin
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 20 April 1867
Freedmen:
Adam Smiley and twenty one others

Employer: B.S. Whaley & Luke D. Chadwick
Location: [None listed]
Date: 25 February 1867
Freedmen:
John Brown & 23 others

Employer: Jas Hopkinson
Agent of: F. de Lastyerie
Location: Rocks Plantation, Wadmalaw Island
Date: 16 March 1866
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Jacob H. Barnett
Location: Baileys Island
Date: 22 March 1867
Freedmen:
Wm Williams and 26 others

Employer: F.M. Whaley
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: [Undated]
Freedmen:
Jos Jenkins & eighteen Freedmen

Employer: Geo A. Waterman
Location: Whitemarsh, Seabrook & Rivers Point Plantations,
Wadmalaw Island
Date: 18 April 1867
Freedmen:
Monday Roper & 47 others

Employer: B.S. Whaley Jr, Luke D. Chadwick
Freedmen:
John Brown
[The entire entry is crossed out.]

Employer: Kingsbury, Whaley & Co.
Location: Green Bluff Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 19 April 1867
Freedmen:
Toby Jenkins & sixteen others
Toby Ben & Toby Jenkins agree in consideration of
having been furnished with softer fine seed, agree
to give all the seed to W., K., & Co.; and
that the Cotton shall be picked & bulked undivided.
Said freedmen to furnish the labor.

Employer: J. Jenkins Mitchell
Location: Edisto Island
Date: [Undated] 1867
Freedmen:
Peter Bright and 71 other freedmen

Employer: John H. and M.S. Sams
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: 23 April 1867
Freedmen:
Richard Robinson and 20 other freedman and wives

Employer: John D. Townsend
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 8 May 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: W.G. Baynard
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 3 May 1867
Freedmen:
John Miller
Stephen Jenkins

Employer: J.W. Seabrook
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 29 May 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: E.M. Stevens
Location: Edisto Island
Date: [No date listed]
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Isaac R. Wilson
Location: St. Pauls Parish, Colleton Dist.
Date: 29 June 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: William Whaley, Atty at Law
For: Eph. Baynard Estate
Location: Bayside Plantation, Edisto Island
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: C.H. Bailey
Location: River Side Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 15 July 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Hugh Wilson
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: 13 July 1867
Freedmen:
Nine (9) Freedmen [No names listed]

Employer: Isaac R. Wilson
Location: St. Pauls Parish
Date: 29 June 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Wm Whaley, Atty at Law
For: Ephraim Bailey Estate
Location: Rabbit Point Plantation, Edisto Island
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Wm Whaley (Counsel)
For: Baynard Estate
Location: Seaside and Rabbit Point Plantations, Edisto Island
Date: 11 July 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: H. Bailey
Location: Edisto Island
Date: 10 July 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Hugh Wilson
Location: Wadmalaw Island
Date: 13 July 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Dr. Wm M. Bailey
Location: Maxcey Plantation, Edisto Island
Date: 1 August 1867
Freedmen:
Charles Broadwell & other Freedmen

Employer: A.J. Clark
Location: [None given]
Date: 10 August 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: Geo W. Aikins
Location: [None given]
Date: 15 August 1867
Freedmen:
[No names listed]