Freedmen’s Labor Contract, William Patterson With 108 Freedmen, Strathy Hall Plantation, Savannah, GA, 1867

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
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Freedmen’s Labor Contract, William Patterson With 108 Freedmen, Strathy Hall Plantation, Savannah, GA, 1867

On 22 Mar 1867, a contract was signed between William Patterson and 108 Freedman. The Freedman below agreed to work for William Patterson at Strathy Hall Plantation in Bryan County, Georgia. The contract was developed at the Savannah, Georgia branch of the Freedmen's Bureau.

NAME	AKA	SEX	Notes
Dublin Glaze		M	Spouse and 9 children attached
March Jones		M
December Clark		M
Cumberland Bush		M
Tom Mack		M	1 child attached
Isaac Handy		M
Harry Bush		M	Spouse attached: Sarah Bush
Thomas Lee		M	Spouse and 1 child attached
Minter Brown		M	Parents, 2 spouses and 3 children attached
Billy Coleman		M
Toney Bush		M
Prince Niles		M
Aleck Green		M
Abner White		M
March Drayton		M	Spouse and 6 children attached
Harris Slider		M
James Polite		M
Hester Polite		F
Peter McBride		M
Shadrack Johnson		M
Peter Jones		M
Sue Jones		F
Joe Walbergh	Joe Walburg	M	Spouse and 6 children attached
Eliza Wallbergh	Elizabeth Walburg, LNAB Chipp	F	Spouse and 6 children attached
John Drayton		M
Peggy Drayton		F
Tom Handy		M
A Handy
Will Jones		M
Charlotte Bush		F
Moses Jenkins		M
Danny Brown		M
Nelly Brown		F
S Sutton
L Sutton
George Gordon		M
Lucy Yonge		F
Becky Joiles		F
Nann Drayton		F
Isaac Hines		M
Mary Hines		F
Major Anderson		M
Morris Blidge	Morris Blige	M	Spouse and 7 children attached
Andrew Blidge	Andrew Blige	M	Son of Morris, wife and 10 children attached
Ben Blidge	Ben Blige	M	Spouse and 5 children attached
March Marshall		M	Spouse (Emmer) and 1 child attached
Emmer Marshall	Emma	F	Spouse of March, 1 child attached
P Polite
Lewis Gibbons		M
John Harris		M	Spouse and 3 children attached
Grace Jenkins		F
C Jones
Martha Bush		F
Elin Polite	Ellen Polite	F	Spouse and 2 children attached
Harry Polite		M	Spouse of Ellen and 2 children attached
L Bush
Isaac Bush		M
P Night
Minder Night
D LaCount
P LaCount
J Brown
E Brown
Ann Brown		F
Ned Burroughs		M
Polly Burroughs		F
Martha Harris		F
R White
Hethy Younge
Jane Davidson		F
V Drayton
Margret Hargrave		F
D Green
Smart Hazzard		M	Spouse and 5 children attached
J Hazzard
Ned Brown		M	1 child attached, more documentation needed on 2 wives and 2 other children
Darcus Blidge	Dorcus Blydge	F	2 children attached
C Wallace
Nancy Brown		F
Hethy Drayton
L Drayton
Margret Clark		F
P Mack
R Mack
Molly Mack		F
Jane Handy		F
June Drayton		F
J Brown
Joe Bush		M
Rose Jones		F
Sanders Jones		M
Joe Morrison		M
Bader Morrison
Jane Gray		F
Nancy Habersham		F
Leah Jones		F
Sarah Bush		F
P Coles
J Bush
George White		M	Spouse and 11 children attached
S Bush
James Ward		M
Rose Ward		F
Silvey Wattham		F
M Night
Munga Reed		M
D Reed
Minty Glaze		F	wife of Dublin Glaze (abt.1804-)

Sources

• "Georgia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GF-PPL7?cc=2331267&wc=SKFF-829%3A1438741402%2C1438797705 : 9 December 2014), Savannah (subassistant commissioner) > Roll 82, Labor contracts, 1865-1868, Brooks-Emmanuel > image 218 of 1523; citing NARA microfilm publication M1903 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Freedmen’s Labor Contract, William Patterson With 107 Freedmen, Strathy Hall Plantation, Savannah, GA, 1867