Georgetown Plantations 1865-1867, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Georgetown, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Plantations Slavery Black_Heritage

South Carolina Plantations

Background

The following is a transcribed table of approximately 204 plantations whose owners had labor contracts with the Freedmen's Bureau from 1865-1867.^[1]

Where no plantation was named in the contract the plantation owner's name has been used.

The notes column explains if the freedmen were listed with their last name on the contract.

Each contract is approximately 2-4 pages.

Date	Plantation Owner Name	Plantation Contract	Notes
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1865	J J Anderson	Woodland	no last names
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1865	W A Alston	Friendfield	some last names
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1865	W A Alston	Strawberry Hill	some last names
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1865	C J Atkinson	C J Atkinson (Rural Hall Plantation)	last names
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1865	Charles Alston	Fairfield	no last names
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1866	Mrs. A. P. Allston	Waterford	last names
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1866	Mrs. A. P. Allston	Nightingale Hall	last names
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1865	Mrs. A. P. Allston	Chicora Wood	last names, several pages
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1865	Mrs Allston	Pipe Down	last names
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1865	Mrs Allston	Guendalos	last names
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1865	Wm A Allston	Woodville	no last names
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1865	Charles Alston Jr.	Bull Creek	no last names
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1865	Charles Alston	Collins Creek	no last names
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1865	C & J P Alsten	Springfield	last names
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1865	C & J P Alsten	Arundel	last names
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1865	Daniel Bath	Mill Creek	last names
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1865	Chas Betts	Chas Betts	last names
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1865	Thos W Bath	Mill Creek	last names
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1865	M A Cumber/Cumbie?	M A Cumber	last names
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1865	Wm S Collins	Yuharah	last names
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1865	E P Coachman	Oat Land	last names
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1865	A W Cordes	La Grange	no last names
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1865	J F Caraway	Pleasant Grove	no last names
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1865	R Dozier	Moss Dale	last names
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1865	R Dozier	Poplar Hill	last names
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1865	B F Dunkin	Midway	no last names
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1865	B F Dunkin	Benvenue	no last names
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1865	A B Flagg	Wachesaw	no last names
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1865	Jos W Ford	Jos W Ford	no last names
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1865	A B Flagg	Woodlands	no last names
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1865	Edward Frost Trustee for L L Horry's plantation	L L Horry	no last names
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1865	Dr A M Forster	Friendfield	last names, multiple pages
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1865	A B Flagg, Agt for A H Belin	Sandy Knowe	no last names
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1865	Mr Fitzsimons	Rice Hope	no last names
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1865	A B Flagg, Agt for M E Flagg	Oak Lawn	no last names
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1865	J Rees Ford	Waterford	no last names
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1865	Jos W Ford	Pow?	last names
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1865	Dr B C Fishburne	Enfield	no last names
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1865	Mrs C F Grier/Greer, B M Grier	Mrs C F Grier	last names
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1865	Samuel Grier	Pitts Landing	last names
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1865	Samuel Grier	Pineville	one name
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1865	W K Grier	Dry Swamp	last names
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1865	W J Godwin	W J Godwin	no last names
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1865	L J Grier	L J Grier	some last names
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1865	B M Grier	Bay	last names
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1865	Francis Green	Francis Green	last names
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1865	Alex Glennie	Parsonage	no last names
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1865	S T Gaillard	Camp Grove	no last names
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1865	S T Gaillard	Ramsay Grove	no last names
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1865	R M Gourdin	R M Gourdin	no last names
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1865	John A Hume	John A Hume	last names
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1865	John A Hume	Holey Creek Farm	last names
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1865	F W Herriot	Mt Arena	no last names
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1865	A G Herriot	Northampton	no last names
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1865	Edward Horry, Wm S. Milton Agt	Edward Horry	no last names
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1865	M H Lance	M H Lance	no last names
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1865	Dr A Hasell (Andrew d.1866)	Cedar Grove	no last names
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1865	Wm M Hazzard	Hessland?	no last names
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1865	Rev N Hyatt (agent), property of J H Ladson	Fawn Hill	no last names
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1865	S B King	S B King	no last names
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1865	E M Lucas	Rice Hope	last names
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1865	John LaBruce	Oak Hill	last names
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1865	Thomas R Sessions	Thomas R Sessions	no last names
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1865	M H Lance (Maurice H. Lance d.1870)	Wedgefield	no last names
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1865	James C McCants	Armandale	no last names
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1865	W S Magill	Richmond Place	no last names, another list
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1865	S L Moore	S L Moore	no last names
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1865	W H Magrant	Retreat	no last names
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1865	F W Macusker	Susanville	no last names
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1865	Wm Middleton	Clermont	last names
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1865	J J Middleton	Oaks	no last names
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1865	J L Nowell	Crow Hill	no last names
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1865	Ralph Nesbit	Caledonia	some last names
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1865	Robt H Nesbit	Woodstock	no last names
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1865	C Perkins & J F Carraway	Elm Grove	no last names
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1865	C Perkins & J F Carraway	Poplar Hill	no last names
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1865	Mrs M. H. Pyatt, John F Pyatt Agent	Mrs M H Pyatt	last names
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1865	David L Perkins	David L Perkins	last names
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1865	J J Perkins	J J Perkins	no names
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1865	R B Pope	Perdee	last names
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1865	John F. Pyatt	Richmond Plantation	last names
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1865	Joseph Pyatt	Hempstead	no last names
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1865	Joseph Pyatt	Myrtle Grove	no last names
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1865	William Porter	Bogy Swamp	no last names
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1865	William B Pringle	Richfield	last names
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1865	T S Parker	Willow Bank	no last names
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1865	T S Parker	Greenwich	no last names
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1865	J B Pyatt	Serenity	no names
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1865	Mrs Jane Pringle	White House	last names
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1865	Mrs Jane Pringle	Greenfield	last names
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1865	F Rhim	Rhim	last names, three contracts
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1865	J Harleston Read	Maryville	one name
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1865	J Harleston Read	Willow Bank	some last names
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1865	J Harleston Read	Sumerdue	no last names
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1865	W D Smith Agent for Robert Autsin guardian for T H Watts (minor)	Shaw	last names
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1865	J R Sparkman	Dirleton	no last names
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1865	D H Smith	D H Smith	no last names
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1865	J E Thompson	Canty's	no last names, in Charleston
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1865	J E Thompson	Wicklow	no last names
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1865	E M Tilton Agent, for Q B Allston	Waverly	no last names, 2 contracts
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1865	B S Thompson	B S Thompson	no last names
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1865	Henry M Tucker	Litchfield	no last names
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1865	Henry M Tucker	Millbrook	no last names
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1865	H S Thompson	H S Thompson	no last names
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1865	Daniel Thomas	Daniel Thomas	no last names
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1865	W H Trapier	Ingleside	no last names
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1865	W H Trapier	Turkey Hill	no last names
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1865	B H Ward	Prospect Hill	some last names
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1865	J W Williams	J W Williams	no last names
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1865	James Walker	James Walker	no last names
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1865	E Waterman Executor for W J Dawsey	Dawseyville	last names
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1865	B H Ward	Longwood	no last names
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1865	B H Ward	Prospect Hill	last names
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1865	B H Ward	Brook Green	no last names
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1865	W L Wallace	W L Wallace	last names
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1866	Col Benjamin Allston	Pipe Down	last names
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1866	J J Anderson	Woodland	last names, 2 persons 2 contracts
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1866	Charles Alston	Fairfield	last names
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1866	Charles Alston	Bellefield	last names
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1866	William Allan Allston	Woodville	last names, 2 contracts
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1866	J L K Bennet	J L K Bennet	last names
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1866	E Baum	no plantation	1 person, last name
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1866	S B Calcutt	Dirleton	some last names
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1866	J A Croft	J A Croft	1 person, last name
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1866	T W Doar	The Point	last names
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1866	R Dozier	R Dozier	last names
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1866	L D Doar	Wicklow	last names
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1866	Stephanus Ford	Turkey Hill	last names
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1866	Joseph W Ford	South Island	last names
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1866	A M Grier	A M Grier	last names
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1866	B M Grier	B M Grier	last names
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1866	R C Grier, Albert Singleton heirs	Singleton
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1866	W K Grier	W K Grier	last names
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1866	A G Heriot	A G Heriot	last names
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1866	John A Hume	Hopewell	last names
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1866	A G Heriot	no plantation	1 person, last name
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1866	John A Hume	Hopewell	last names
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1866	C S Izard, Mrs R S Izard	most likely Weymouth Plantation	last names
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1866	W C Johnston	Estherville	last names
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1866	D W Jordan	Laurel Hill	some last names
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1866	Samuel Kirton	Orphaned children	3 orphan children, Toomer
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1866	R H Lucas	The Oaks	last names
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1866	A H Lucas, William Lucas	Blackwood	last names
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1866	Jas Lorimore	no plantation	free woman Rose
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1866	J H Lucas	Hopseewee	last names
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1866	A H Lucas	Commandus	last names
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1866	J Lowrimore	ferry at Lewids	no last names
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1866	John LaBruce	Oak Hill	last names
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1866	E W Lucas	Crow Island	Thomas Hume
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1866	J W LaBruce	J W LaBruce	last names
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1866	Sarah Mayrant	Oakland?	last names
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1866	Wm R Maxwell	Whitemarsh	last names
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1866	Sarah Mayrant	Deven	last names
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1866	Dr W J Magill	Richmond	no last names
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1866	Kate D Mayrant	Retreat	last names
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1866	William R Maxwell	Whitemarsh	last names
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1866	W J Maxwell	Beorr Hill?	last names
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1866	Robert Nesbit	Robert Nesbit	some last names
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1866	Dr J L Nowell	Duck Land	no last names
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1866	Dr J L Nowell	Crow Hill	no last names
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1866	Mrs M H Pyatt, John F. Pyatt Agent	Oatland	last names
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1866	Mrs M H Pyatt, John F. Pyatt Agent	Squirrel Creek	last names
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1866	Joseph B Pyatt	Hempstead	last names
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1866	Joseph B Pyatt	Myrtle Grove	last names
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1866	Joseph Parker	Rose Hill	no last names
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1866	William B Pringle	Richfield	some last names
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1866	Mrs Jane Pringle	Whitehouse	last names
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1866	William Porter	Bogg Swamp	no last names
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1866	Mrs Jane Pringle	Greenfield	some last names
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1866	J R Smith	Pitch Landing	last names
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1866	D H Smith	Retreat	1 person, last name
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1866	Daniel Tucker	Holly Grove	last names
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1866	Henry M Tucker	Litchfield	last names
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1866	Henry M Tucker	no plantation named	Maria Green
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1866	Edwin M Tilton, J B Alston	Holly Hill	no last names
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1866	Henry W Tilton	Fawn Hill	no last names
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1866	Jos R Tucker	Bates Hill	last names
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1866	Wm Hyrne Tucker	Willbrook	last names
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1866	Joshua Ward	Alderly	no last names
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1866	Joshua Ward	Orizantia (sp?)	no last names
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1866	Joshua Ward	Pot Land attached to Springfield	no last names
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1866	Joshua Ward	Brookgreen	no last names
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1866	B H Ward	Friendfield	last names
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1866	B H Ward	Strawberry	last names
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1866	B H Ward	Marietta	last names
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1867	Ben Allston	Chicora Wood	last names
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1867	Ben Allston	Guendalos	last names
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1867	Charles Alston Jr	Benvenue	no last names
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1867	Charles Alston Jr	True Blue	no last names
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1867	Charles Alston Jr	Wilderness	no last names
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1867	Charles Alston Jr	Midway	no last names
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1867	Wm Allan Allston	Wm Alan Allston	last names
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1867	Col Ben Allston Agent for R F W Allston	Nightingale Hall	last names
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1867	C J Atkinson	Rural Hall	last names
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1867	Col Ben Allston Agent for R F W Allston	Nightingale Hall	last names
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1867	Charles Alston Sr	Fairfield	last names
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1867	Charles Alston Sr	Bellefield	last names
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1867	J H S Bennet	Cat Island	last names
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1867	H J Bailey	no plantation	Scipio Allston
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1867	H J Bailey	H J Bailey	no last names
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1867	E P Coachman	E P Coachman	4 contracts, last names
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1867	T W Doar	Point Plantation	last names
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1867	W A A Deas	Crow Island	last names
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1867	J R Easterling	J R Eastering	4 contracts, last names

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 1 of 673; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9ZG-C358 (accessed 29 June 2023)
   • Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Michelle for transcribing these pages