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Jul 30, 2018

Spartanburg District, South Carolina Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts, Series I, A-Z, Dec. 1865 – June 1866

Spartanburg Labor Contracts Sample

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Microfilm Publication M1910
Roll 100, Target 1
Spartanburg
Labor Contracts for Spartanburg District, A-Z
Series I, Dec. 1865-June 1866

 

Spartanburg Labor Contracts Sample

 

Source Citation

“South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZP-12PD?cc=2127881&wc=MFH2-K29%3A1017948701%2C1017948702 : 21 May 2014), Spartanburg > Roll 100, Labor contracts for Spartanburg District, series I, A-Z, Dec 1865-Jun 1866 > image 1 of 1337; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

You may view the document images associated with these abstracts here on FamilySearch.

These records were abstracted by Alana Thevenet.

Employer: David Anderson
Date: 6 April 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Anderson

Employer: David Anderson
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Joe Anderson

Employer: J.C. Anderson
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Robt Collins
Julia Collins

Employer: B.L. Allen
Date: 2 August 1866
Freedmen:
William Layton

Employer: B.L. Allen
Date: 2 August 1866
Freedmen:
Donnell [Also written Dannal]

Employer: B.L. Allen
Date: 2 August 1866
Freedmen:
Zack

Employer: Wilson Alexander
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Frank

Employer: Wm Alexander
Date: 25 January 1865 [This should be 1866.]
Freedmen:
Alfred

Employer: Frank L. Anderson
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jacob
Will
Harry
Alexander
Asberry
Frances
Sim
Tom

Employer: Madison Alexander
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Alexander Moore
Samuel Miller
Mary Brown for
Nelson Brown and Jack Brown
Thomas Miller

Employer: A. Alexander
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Andy

Employer: Wilson Alexander
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Ephraim

Employer: David Anderson
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Ann and her six children

Employer: David Anderson
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Frank & family
Lewis, Fanny & Jeff
Orange & wife Caroline
Emily & sons Hall, Taylor & Kemp

Employer: Jas. M. Anderson
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Amanda Anderson, aged eighteen years

Employer: C.S. Beard
Date: 6 April 1866
Freedmen:
Robert

Employer: John Bomar
Date: 2 June 1866
Freedmen:
Bob Bomar
Bob Moore
Dick Bomar
Elias Bollinger

Employer: Wm Burnett
Date: 6 April 1866
Freedmen:
Louis McGary
Peggy Young
Peter Dickson

Employer: B. Bonner
Date: 21 April 1866
Freedmen:
Martha Ogleby

Employer: B. Bonner
Date: 21 April 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac Bonner & his wife Susan Bonner

Employer: W.C. Burton
Date: 10 February 1866
Freedmen:
Bob Ballinger formerly belonging to Wm Ballinger

Employer: M.F. Barnett
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Robt Brewton & his wife

Employer: Dr. A.W. Bivings
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jane Anderson for
her son Jack Anderson, age 11 Years

Employer: Eleanor Bearden
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Prince Floyd

Employer: A.W. Bivings
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Peter King

Employer: Alfred Brown
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Smart

Employer: Carter Burnett
Date: 10 February 1866
Freedmen:
Mary Hicks, formerly belonged to Miss Elizabeth Hicks

Employer: E.H. Bobo
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Betty & her two children
Kansas & Naomi

Employer: John Belcher
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Joseph Walker

Employer: James Bivings
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Bivings & his family
Mira his wife
Milton his son
Clarissa, Sarah, Margret, Susan the youngest
& Jackson
All formerly belonging to Jas Bivings

Employer: Dr. Jas. Bivings
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
William Bivings

Employer: J.D. Bivings
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Sylvia [Also written Silvia] Gotrell & her five children
Jerry, A[illegible] & three small ones

Employer: G.W. Brown
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen: Rate of pay per month
Luce and child, Hester, age 6 85-cents

Employer: John C. Bearden
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Winn

Employer: J.J. Boyd
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen: Rate of pay per month
Jackson Flemming for
his wife, Winny Flemming and $5, board, house room &
his daughter Ann fire wood

Employer: Mrs. Emily T. Bomar
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Anderson Bomar her former servant

Employer: Mrs. Emily T. Bomar
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Samuel Vernon

Employer: D.A. Brewton
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Willis Clayton
Tamar Clayton
M[illegible] Clayton

Employer: D.A. Brewton
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Martha Woodruff and two children
one three years old & one eight months old

Employer: Silas Benson
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Wa[illegible] Fowler

Employer: Silas Benson
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Sims Mungomory

Employer: Wm Bailey
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
Ephraim Evens

Employer: J.M. Barnett
Date: 7 January 1866
Freedmen:
Hannah Moore

Employer: Dr. J.J. Boyd
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
George Hardy for his wife,
Lydia Hardy

Employer: Dr. J.J. Boyd
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Joe [Also written Joseph] Hardy
formerly a slave of Dr. Flemming
to act as Sexton of the Baptist church
at Spartanburg, to ring the bell for all
the services on Sunday and for the prayer
meeting during the week, and to sweep &
dust the church every Saturday and to
suffer no one to enter the Church who
may steal, mutilate or do any damage
whatever

Employer: J.J. Boyd
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Joe formerly a slave of Dr. Flemming

Employer: M.C. Burnett
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Lias Barnett formerly a slave of M.C. Barnett
Calfernia Barnett former servant of M.C. Barnett

Employer: W.P. Bishop
Date: 10 March 1866
Freedmen:
Anderson Burnett

Employer: Rhoda Bearden
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Harriet

Employer: Charles A. Barry
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Elias

Employer: Charles A. Barry
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Sam

Employer: A.W. Bivings
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Caroline Lee for herself
and child John aged 5 Years

Employer: A.W. Bivings
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Nancy Goodlett

Employer: J.H. Blassingame
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Peggie Glover

Employer: Thos. A. Bazwell
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Gats, formerly belonging to John Robertson

Employer: Thos. A. Bazwell
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Polly Vaughn

Employer: H.W. Bennett
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen: Rate of pay per month
George Woffert, age 17 $5

Employer: J. & J.D. Bivings
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Calvin Bivings

Employer: James Bivings
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Enoch Anderson & Lavinia his wife

Employer: J.Z. Coan
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
Samuel Otts
Hannah Coan
Monday
Elias
Berry
Nelly
Claracy

Employer: Coleman, a freedman
Date: 17 March 1866
Freedmen:
William

Employer: Jno W. Cunningham
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
John Cunningham

Employer: John W. Cunningham
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Sarah Prince and her three children
Pettis, Willis and Maria

Employer: Asa Cunningham
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Calvin
Daniel

Employer: P. Quinn Camp
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
Kassy about fifty years and
her four children
Beck about eighteen years old
Jim about sixteen
Moriah fourteen
Louisa nine or ten years

Employer: John D. Cannon
Date: 17 March 1866
Freedmen:
John Cross

Employer: J.C. Coan
Date: 10 February 1866
Freedmen:
Simpson
[Illegible]well
George

Employer: Saul A. Camp
Date: 10 February 1866
Freedmen:
Bill Cross and
his sons Frank, Claton and Peter

Employer: A.S. Crocker
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Orange Walker
Thomas Walker

Employer: James Carnell
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jane and her five small children

Employer: Wm W. Calvert
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Sam Leonard, aged 18 years

Employer: Lucy Cooper
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Andy Berry

Employer: R.A. Cates
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Noah

Employer: L. Cooksey
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Carry

Employer: William Choice
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jack Thomson

Employer: William Choice
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Amanda mother of [unnamed] minor

Employer: William Choice
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Eleas Seurant

Employer: P.Q. Camp
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
Fortune and his wife [Illegible]

Employer: J.Greenberry Cannon
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Ann[illegible]

Employer: F. Cantrell
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
Limus [or Lewis] Posey

Employer: H.G. Crim
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
Prince Fielder

Employer: Emily Choice
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
John Booker

Employer: R.A. Cates
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Friday
George and his wife Elsie

Employer: J.M. Cheek
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Lucy Chapman
formerly belonging to Mrs. Rosey Chapman

Employer: Allen Cleveland, colored
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jacob Moore

Employer: James Cunningham
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Leeland Mitchell
formerly the slave of Mrs. Mitchell

Employer: Zacariah J. Haskins
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Ned

Employer: Edward Carroll
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Frank Carroll

Employer: Benjamin Clark
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Felix Clark
his wife Lancy

Employer: Fielden Cantrell
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
[Illegible] Cantrell
P[illegible] Cantrell

Employer: Fielden Cantrell
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
J.A. Cantrell

Employer: F. Cantrell
Date: 17 April 1866
[Illegible]

Employer: R.A. Cates
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Capers
Sindy

Employer: R.A. Cates
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jeffry & his wife Caroline

Employer: Rosey R. Chapman
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Smith

Employer: A.T. Crocker
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Eliza Walker

Employer: A.H. Dean
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Fanny Henry and
her child about five years of age

Employer: Leroy Duncan
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
John

Employer: G.E. De Bard
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Clayton

Employer: Jared Drummond
Date: 9 February 1866
Freedmen:
Ben and his family
Ande
Jerry

Employer: J. Davis
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Marih Ferguson and
her daughter

Employer: J. Davis
Date: 1 April 1867
Freedmen:
Martha Shands and
her daughter Harriet
her son Jim
and all the rest of her children

Employer: Jefferson Duncan
Date: 31 May 1866
Freedmen:
Abner Burton
Ike Turbefielld

Employer: S. Duncan
Date: 31 May 1866
Freedmen:
Dick Roberson

Employer: A.J. Daniel
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Oliver Young
by consent of his mother Mariah Young

Employer: A.J. Daniel
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Miles Williams

Employer: A.J. Daniel
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Mary Smith
Martha Smith
Letty Smith and son Jimmy

Employer: Berry Duncan
Date: 31 May 1866
Freedmen:
Washington Zenemon

Employer: S. Deas
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Wilson Glover
Pamela Glover

Employer: A.H. Dean
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Betsey Miller formerly slave of Mr. W.S. Miller
and her four children the oldest about six years of age

Employer: Jno. M. Daniel
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Tony Hobby and family
Ezeikel Miller & family

Employer: G.B. Dean
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Milton Dean, 21 years of age

Employer: G.B. Dean
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Reuben Burnett, thirty years of age

Employer: G.B. Dean
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Milley Dean for herself and
son James Henry, age 11 years

Employer: G.B. Dean
Date: 24 January 1866
Freedmen:
Martha Wilson for
her daughter Sindy aged 12 years

Employer: G.B. Dean
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
James Hay, twenty seven years of age

Employer: A.H. Dean
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
William Ballinger

Employer: S.N. Evins
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac

Employer: O.P. Earle (for M.B. Earle & Co.)
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Lewis

Employer: Samuel N. Evins
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Peter
Berry
Abram
Dick
William
Alfred
Michael
David
Neil
Frank
Ephraim [crossed out]
Primus

Employer: O.P. Earle
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Benjamin, about eighteen years

Employer: Jno H. Evins
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Elias
Edwin
Sam
Jack

Employer: T.A. Finch
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Nimrod and his family

Employer: N.P. Floyd
Date: 28 July 1866
Freedmen:
Charles

Employer: Andres Floyd
Date: 25 May 1866
Freedmen:
John Floyd

Employer: Andres Floyd
Date: 25 May 1866
Freedmen:
Jack Floyd

Employer: Andres Floyd
Date: 25 May 1866
Freedmen:
George Floyd

Employer: Garland Foster
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
James Choice
his wife Mariah
his sons Allen, Charly & Frank

Employer: Thomas R. Fleming
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
Adam High

Employer: H.T. Ferguson
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Missouri Ferguson, thirty years of age
having six small children

Employer: H.T. Ferguson
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Martha Ferguson, thirty years of age
having 4 small children

Employer: Moses Foster
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Andrew
B[illegible]
Simpson
Alvin

Employer: H.T. Ferguson
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Martha Thompson [Also written Thomson], 28 years of age
small children

Employer: John A. Foster
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Amos Foster

Employer: Calvin Foster
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Patrick James

Employer: Thomas Finch
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
George for
his son John

Employer: W. Foster
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Alic Zimmerman and
his sister Rose Zimmerman

Employer: Cul[illegible] Finch
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
John

Employer: Garland Foster
Date: [Illegible] 1866
Freedmen:
Patrick Foster

Employer: W.M. Foster
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Simpson Hay

Employer: Moses Foster
Date: 26 January 1866
Freedmen:
Ralph Foster

Employer: Elizabeth Freeman
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Jeff

Employer: Benjamin Finch
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Lewis Sumner

Employer: Benjamin Finch
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Abraham Murph
Sallie Kirby
& her small children

Employer: M.H. Ferguson
Date: 20 July 1866
Freedmen:
Randel Bennitt age 65
Mariah Bennitt age 60
Ivary Bennitt age 37
Louiza Bennitt age 16
Sarah Bennitt age 12

Employer: John Ginobles
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
Jesse Horn near seventy years old
formerly a slave of C. Horn
his wife Hagar about the same age
daughter Jane age 9 years old

Employer: M.P. Gossett
Date: 14 April 1866
Freedmen:
Wile

Employer: Pino Griffin
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Benj Wilkins

Employer: W.H. Gentry
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Levi Miller

Employer: P.T. Gossett
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen: Rate of pay per month
Berry Mayfield, age 23 $5

Employer: John Glenn
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Mary
having five children
two workers and three non workers

Employer: G.W.C. Gossett
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Adam Zimmerman

Employer: G.W.C. Gossett
Date: 17 March 1866
Freedmen:
Pamelia [Also written Pamela] Harris and
her son B[illegible]

Employer: A. Gates
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Wm Glen

Employer: W.W. Harris
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Levi Harris
Mile Harris
Pink Harris

Employer: J.B. Hinnant
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Susan Mills

Employer: Mrs. Elizabeth Hay
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Horace Drumond

Employer: J.T. Howell
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Anderson and wife Sally

Employer: A.G. Henderson
Date: 24 February 1866
Freedmen:
Ransom Barnet

Employer: B.M. High
Date: [Illegible] 1866
Freedmen:
Benjamin Bomar & family
belonging to the estate of Genl. A.C. Bomar

Employer: A.J. Henderson
Date: 24 February 1866
Freedmen:
Fany Henderson

Employer: Wm Hunter
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jack Hobby Sr. age 55
Martin Hobby age 25
Andy Foster age 26
Jack Hobby Jr. age 22

Employer: J.L. & A. Hill
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Mance & his family
formerly belonging to Doc. Benj Wofford

Employer: F. Harby
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Alfred
Ann

Employer: B.F. Hammett
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
James Hammett

Employer: William G. High
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Ned Foster
his wife Matilda

Employer: William G. High
Date: 28 January 1866
Freedmen: Rate per month
Ben Foster, age 21 $5.00

Employer: Joseph Hammett
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Joseph Champion [He signed the contract.]
Perry Champion [His name is listed throughout the contract.]

Employer: Elisha Hendricks Sen.
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Richard Hendricks
formerly owned by Elish Hendricks Sen.

Employer: Nancy Johnson
Date: [Illegible] 1866
Freedmen:
Jacob

Employer: Henrietta Johnson
Date: 10 February 1866
Freedmen:
Dave

Employer: T.P. Johnson
Date: 10 February 1866
Freedmen:
Ann Ray

Employer: John F. Kelson
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
Ben formally belonged to A.F. Jackson

Employer: Wm T. Kirby
Date: 6 April 1866
Freedmen:
Ben Thompson

Employer: D.B. King
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Cecely Nichells [Also written Ceally Nichels]
and five children the oldest about sixteen years old

Employer: Wm D. Leonard, freedman
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Willis Leonard
Benjamin Leonard

Employer: David Lipscomb
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Nathaniel Lockheart

Employer: William A. Lancaster
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Alford West

Employer: John N. Lindsey
Date: 3 April 1866
Freedmen:
Eliza Paden
Henry Thompson
Alfred Paden and his son and daughter
George and Francis minors
William Westmoreland

Employer: Archibald H. Lester
Date: 25 April 1866
Freedmen:
Jeff

Employer: Archibald H. Lester
Date: 28 April 1866
Freedmen:
Emily

Employer: S.P. Lanford
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Ervin Woodruff
Dinah Woodruff
Joseph Woodruff

Employer: David Lipscomb
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac Lipscomb

Employer: J.M. Low
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Andrew Frey formerly belonging to J.R. Frey
Zackariah Moss fromerly belonging to O.H. Moss

Employer: Geo. W. Legg
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Louisa Fleming for
her son Sancho aged Twelve years

Employer: Sarah Littlejohn
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Lemuel [Also written Lemual] Wilkins

Employer: J.M. Lanham
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
William former servant of N. Alexander

Employer: Samuel Littlejohn
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
William Littlejohn
Wilson Littlejohn
Randolph Littlejohn

Employer: Robt Leonard
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Elzey Leonard

Employer: J.M. Lanham
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Jerry former servant of S.A. Lanham

Employer: J.P. Leonard
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Berry, 16 years of age
Joe

Employer: C.L. Lipscomb
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Govan Lipscomb former slave of C.L. Lipscomb

Employer: M.C. Lee
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Robt Lee

Employer: James Leonard
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jerry

Employer: Chany Lanford
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Woodruff

Employer: Henry S. Lebby
Date: 26 January 1866
Freedmen:
Louisa Flemming

Employer: Saml Littlejohn
Date: 17 April 1866
Freedmen:
Alfred Littlejohn
Jack Littlejohn
Benjamin Littlejohn
Pinckney Littlejohn
Lee Egan

Employer: C.M. Montgomery
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
David
Samuel

Employer: J.C. Mills
Plantation belonging to: J.C. Mills and T.K. Cureton
Date: 4 February 1866
Freedmen:
Moses Williams

Employer: Daniel Miles
Date: 1 January 1866
Freedmen:
Simpson, age 15
John, age 12
Lucy, age 15
Viney, age 35 & 3 children
Mosies, age 40 & 5 children
Nancy, age 60

Employer: James Nesbitt
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Alexander [Also written Alex] Ford
his wife Matilda Ford & daughter Celia Ford

Employer: James Nesbitt
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Alex Ford, blacksmith
Aaron Massey, striker

Employer: James Nesbitt
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Jas Taylor
Moses Nesbitt

Employer: James Nesbitt
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
John Massey
Nancy Massey

Employer: James Nesbitt
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac Canty
Marion Canty
Harrey Canty
Mahaly Canty
Eliza Canty
Malissa
Delia

Employer: James Nesbitt
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Richard Rodgers
his son-in-law John Wyatt Smith

Employer: James Nesbitt
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Alexander Green

Employer: A. Pettit
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Cathy Ferguson late owned by H. Ferguson
for her sons
Spencer, 19 years old
Bill, 16 years old

Employer: William W. Ralph
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Memory Wakefield

Employer: John Olgesby
Date: 24 February 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Gaston and his family

Employer: Mrs. Emily T. Rogers
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
David Turner
Mariah Rogers

Employer: Dr. J.A. Keller
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Moses Jenkins
Sary Jenkins
Adam Govan
Marthat Govan
Mary Govan
Toney Quattlebom
Charles Mitchel
Jacob
Adison Hoover
Jane Hoover
Washington Peltzer
Peggy Pelzer & Allen
Rose Ann Govan, cook

Employer: Lavina Rhodes
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Green Freedman

Employer: E.B. Richardson
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Moses
his wife Eliza
and their six children

Employer: J.L. Ralph
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jerry Dean

Employer: Sam S.Ross
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Abe Lipscomb
Nelson Lipscomb
Ransom Ross
Arter Sarratt

Employer: John Steavens
Date: 26 January 1866
Freedmen:
Simson Chapmon
Berry Frieze

Employer: Mary Smith
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Dick [Illegible]
Sam [Illegible]

Employer: Wm Jas. Smith
Date: 20 February 1866
Freedmen:
David Miller
Tillitha Miller
and two children aged two and four years

Employer: Wm Jas. Smith
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Robert Casey
Reethy Casey
George Casey
Rily Young
Elizabeth F. Young
Frances Young
James Lanford
Archy Young

Employer: A.C. Shands
Date: 28 May 1866
Freedmen:
Levi Shands
Lydia Shands

Employer: John Stagg
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Alec

Employer: P.S. Smith
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Amelia Harris for
her daughter Edith

Employer: A.C. Shands
Date: 28 May 1866
Freedmen:
Peter Shands

Employer: Morgan Settle
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Margaret

Employer: A.C. Shands
Date: 28 May 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac Shands

Employer: John Strobel
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
[No names listed]

Employer: J.M. Simpson
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Ballas
Anna
& child
Jease & his wife
Ike
Calvin Snoddy

Employer: A.C. Shands
Date: 28 May 1866
Freedmen:
Jerry Shands

Employer: Wm F. & C.E. Smith
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Moses
Hiram
Berry

Employer: E.P. Smith
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen: Rate of pay per month
Johnson, age 30 $12.00
Charlotte, age 23 $5.00
Phill, age 27 $16.66 1/3
Lucy, age 23 $5.00
Dennis, age 49 $10.00
Nely, age 18 $5.00
Harriet, age 17 $5.00

Employer: G.W. Smith
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
William formaly belonged to A.F. Jackson

Employer: Samuel Sherbett
Date: 9 February 1866
Freedmen:
George [Illegible]

Employer: William Smith
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
John Anderson

Employer: William Smith
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Thomas King & his family

Employer: William Smith
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Enoch Smith & his family

Employer: D.G. Storey
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Mallard
Mary & her daughter Bettie

Employer: A.C. Shands
Date: 28 May 1866
Freedmen:
Hal [Also written Hall] Whitmire

Employer: Wm Sams
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen: Rate of pay per month
Sam Bruton $4

Employer: Lucy C. Seay
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Anderson Hunter

Employer: Wm Jas. Smith
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Simon Smith

Employer: Wm Jas. Smith
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Becky Smith in regard to
her daughter Emily, fifteen years old

Employer: John Strobel
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Sina
Sally

Employer: Wm Stevens
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Berry Smith
Minda Smith
Cinda Smith

Employer: William Smith
Date: 31 May 1866
Freedmen:
William Baily

Employer: M. Smith
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Anthony Johnson

Employer: G.W. Smith
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
William formaly belonged to A.F. Jackson

Employer: James R. Smith
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
Charles formerly belonged to Wm Mclure

Employer: Jane Stevens
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Reubin Oly

Employer: G.W. Smith
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
Tom formaly belonged to Henry Liles

Employer: James R. Smith
Date: 17 February 1866
Freedmen:
Charles

Employer: G.D. Smith
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Henry
Jim
Charlie

Employer: Marion Stephens
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Elias
John
Eliza

Employer: Hilliard THomas
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Dick, a man about twenty five years old
Rose, a woman about fifty years old (an unsound woman)

Employer: A.W. Tindall
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen: Rate of pay per month
Charles Johnson for $8.33 1/3
himself & children

Employer: S.W. Tucker
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Joseph former serv’t of [Illegible] D. Tucker

Employer: C.S. Thompson
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
John formerly the property of Jos Thompson

Employer: C.C. Turner
Date: 20 April 1866
Freedmen:
Madison Snoddy
his wife Peggy
his youngest child Jane

Employer: J.S. Todd
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Joe Todd
Sam Pool
Lou Pool

Employer: C.S. Thomson
Date: 25 January 1866
Freedmen:
Wade formerly the property of Jos. Thompson
eighteen years of age

Employer: Ada M. Tucker
Date: 20 April 1866
Freedmen:
John King

Employer: John Turner
Date: 24 February 1866
Freedmen:
Nelson Patterson

Employer: S.W. Turbyfield
Date: 7 April 1866
Freedmen:
Jackson Wheeler

Employer: Ransom Tinsley
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Joel Zimmerman

Employer: Martha A. Trimmier
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Bettie Mitchel over the age of eighteen years

Employer: Elihu Thomas
Date: 9 January 1866
Freedmen:
Franklin Miller

Employer: Olive Trail
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Isaac Rogers

Employer: Mrs. Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Boston Fowler

Employer: John Vise
Date: 7 January 1866
Freedmen:
Giles late the property of Henry Ferguson

Employer: Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Samson Shanker

Employer: Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
James Fowler

Employer: Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Elijah Jones

Employer: Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Charles Robinson

Employer: Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Moses Ellis

Employer: Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Allen Cleveland

Employer: Ann L. Vernon
Date: 31 March 1866
Freedmen:
Elias Thompson

Employer: Agness R. Wood
Date: 6 April 1866
Freedmen:
Lewis Wood

Employer: Agness R. Wood
Date: 6 April 1866
Freedmen:
Sam Brown

Employer: Isham Willson
Date: 21 January 1866
Freedmen:
Dave

Employer: J. Winsmith
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Edward
Frank
Sidney
formerly the slaves of J. Winsmith

Employer: P.M. Waters
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
George Waters
Nelson Waters
Pompea Waters

Employer: James R. Wilkins
Date: 6 April 1866
Freedmen:
George Wilkins

Employer: Alexander Wilson
Date: 28 July 1866
Freedmen:
Hugh Montgomery &
his mother & sister

Employer: D. Whitman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Sam Smith

Employer: J.Winsmith
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Peter
Betsy

Employer: J. Winsmith
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Biddy and
her son Jackson
formerly slaves of J. Winsmith

Employer: J. Winsmith
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Moses Caty
Peggy his wife

Employer: Wilson Wingo
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Levie Montgomery

Employer: P. Wingo
Date: 4 January 1866
Freedmen:
Aaron Wingo

Employer: M.W. Wyatt
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
John White

Employer: T.D. Wofford
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Nancy Barrot

Employer: T.D. Wofford
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Washington Terry

Employer: Jane Wilkins
Date: 15 January 1866
Freedmen:
Franklin Shippey

Employer: W.D. Wilkins
Date: 15 January 1866
Freedmen:
Franklin Shippey

Employer: T.W. Wingo
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Daniel lately the salve of Jno A. Moore
Lott lately the slave of Henry Rush
Sarah lately the slave of Henry Rush

Employer: H. Wofford
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Miles (late owned by S.D. Wofford)

Employer: H. Wofford
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Pinkney late owned by A.M. Smith
George, Fanny and Simon
late owned by S.D. Wofford

Employer: Jerry Wofford
Date: 10 February 1866
Freedmen:
Bill formally the property of A.M. Smith

Employer: Simeon West & Green West, freedmen
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
John West

Employer: Burrel Wingo
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Henry Wingo

Employer: Burrel Wingo
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
George Smith

Employer: Wm Wright
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Marion Foster
Mary Foster
Alfred Twitty
Louiza Howard

Employer: H. Wofford
Date: 27 January 1866
Freedmen:
Coleman late the property of S.D. Wofford

Employer: Lucy Wall
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Guy Freeman

Employer: James & Owen White
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Hamp

Employer: B.E. Wofford
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Samuel Wofford

Employer: W.H. West
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Edward
his wife Amanda

Employer: B.E. Wofford
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Rosey Wofford & children

Employer: Robert West
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Green West

Employer: Perry West
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Thomas
his wife Judea

Employer: Edward Wilkins
Date: 18 April 1866
Freedmen:
Edward

Employer: J. Winsmith
Date: 3 February 1866
Freedmen:
Henry and his wife
formerly the slaves of A. Floyd

Employer: Dr. Eber Waters
Date: [No date] 1866
Freedmen:
Mathason Waters
Alen Waters

Employer: Hiram White
Date: 18 July 1866
Freedmen:
Gabriel Beard

Employer: Mary M. West
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Andy West

Employer: Dr. C.P. Woodruff
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Lewis Garlan aged 17 years
being an orphan

Employer: S. Willis
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Adam Patterson
Toney

Employer: W.D. Wilkins
Date: 18 April 1866
Freedmen:
Vilet Shippey

Employer: Dr. C.P. Woodruff
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Antionett Farrow

Employer: S. Willis
Date: 5 April 1866
Freedmen:
Mose Parks

Employer: Thomas Young
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Eben & family
Mose & family
formally belonging to Thomas Young
Ned formally belonging to Aaron Smith

Employer: Thomas Young
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Miles formaly belonging to Thomas Young

Employer: Berry N. Young
Date: 20 January 1866
Freedmen:
Lias formaly belonging to Aaron Smith

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Adeline and
her son William

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
George
his wife Cinda
his two sons Hilliard and Caleb

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jefferson

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Joshua
his wife Sarah
his daughter Liz

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Paul
his wife Anny
his son Elias

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Henry
his wife Winnie
his son Ned
his daughter Betsey

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Jim
his daughter Candice
his grandson Ellison

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Aaron
his wife Julia
his daughter Elizabeth

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Betty
her daughter caroline
her son Jim

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Charlotte

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
June
Wesley his son
daughters Francis & Ann

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Tom
his wife Maria
his sons Berry, William & Ben

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Russel [Also written Rusel]

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Abram
Sue his wife

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Sempie
his wife Frazier
his son Adam
his daughter Mary

Employer: J.C. Zimmerman
Date: 13 January 1866
Freedmen:
Sawney
his wife Martha Ann