Bath Family Freedmens Labor Contracts, South Carolina

Date: 1865 [unknown]
Location: Georgetown, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Bath Freedmen Black_Heritage

Background

This page is to record those Freedmen who contracted with the Bath family to work on their Mill Creek properties. Daniel Bath died before these labor contracts were signed. However, his son, Thomas Bath, as the executor of his father's estate, signed the Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contract for those Freedmen. ^[1]

Their names are listed below:

• Yonney (Jonney?) Sumpter, his mark
• Chamber(not sure if this is first or last name), her mark
• Sarah Ann ?Yobikky?, her mark

These same names are written under the contract for Thomas Bath.

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 Register of complaints, Nov. 1865-Apr. 1866; Register of rations issued to destitutes, Jan.-Sept. 1867; Register of contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar. 1867 [NARA M1910 roll 76].
   Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Georgetown (subassistant commissioner) > Roll 76, Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar 1867 > image 45 of 673; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9ZG-C38Z (accessed 2 November 2023)
   • 1865 Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contract