North Carolina Freedmen transported to Other States, Part 1

 

Transcribed from the NC Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records 1862-1870; Roll 28, Records related to transportation, Case Files 1867 (FamilySearch.com database) by D. Williams

 

 After the Civil War, when there were hundreds of thousands of newly emancipated Slaves in North Carolina, many of them moved to the Western part of the State with the hopes of finding jobs or some ways of feeding their families. Mecklenburg Co. became the hub of Freedmen activity where the U.S. Government arranged for plantation owners from the Deep South to contract with the former slaves for employment, in return for wages, food, clothing and shelter. There were many thousands of Freedmen who signed up for the jobs, most included moving their entire families with them to their new locations. If your ancestors were living in some of the other Southern States, but were listed as born in NC, it's very possible they may have been some of the men, women and children who were transported there as part of this program. Following is a listing of names from those records.

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Contracted with F.C. Carter for transportation of Freedmen from Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC
to Yazoo County, Miss.; furnishing for James Dooley and 103 Adults and 16 Children under 12 years old.

NO. NAME NO. NAME
1 James Dooley 18 Jim Daffee
2 Frances (wife) 19 Dan G. Fowler
3 George {son 20 Bill Harper
4 Sally {dau 2 children under 12 21 Ann (wife
5 Phil Manson 22 Jacob {sons
6 Jim Doolittle 23 Bill {"
7 Mose Cruse 24 Sara {dau
8 Zeke Fooley 25 Jim {son -2 children 4 to 7
9 Har Fownsley 26 John Phelps
10 Jim Saunders 27 Aggie Mitchell
11 Sally Bird 28 Bill Britton
12 Susan Birdly 29 Sam Houston
13 Jane Foster- 4 children 3, 5,7 & 8 30 Jane (wife)
14 Bill Jimmerson 31 Celia {dau, 1 child 7 yrs
15 Sam Collier 32 Philip McAden
16 Laura Hyatt {2 children 3 & 5} 33 John Simpson
17 Lula Hyatt 34 Mary Myers
    
35 Pattie Belott 57 Simeon Holden
36 James Palmer 58 Eunice Morse
37 Rita (wife) 59 Darby (wife)
38 Jonas {son 60 Dave {son
39 Frank {son 61 Bob {son
40 Fannie {dau 62 Felix {son
41 Rebecca {dau 63 Georgia {dau
42 Betsy L. {dau - 3 children under 12 64 Augusta {daughter
43 Henry Harris 65 George Steele
44 Dan Williams 66 Charles Hanson
45 Charles Napp 67 Ezra Root
46 Lydia Parker 68 Joe Fallings
47 Tom Biggs 69 Alvina Simpkins
48 Smith Gray 70 John Barton
49 Oram Young 71 Letty McFarland
50 Sallie Tubbs 72 Josephine (wife)
51 Jim {son 73 George {son
52 Ann {dau, 2 children under 12 74 Agnes {dau
53 Philip Yancey 75 Annie {dau, 1 child under 12
54 Jim Brailsfield 76 Bill Grandy
55 Ellen Taylor 77 Jim Sibley
56 Volney Barber 78 Susan Ritchie
    
79 Bill Fibley 101 Nancy Fowler
80 Phil Fobley 102 John Sheridan
81 George Sampson 103 John Thurston
82 Augusta Mead {1 child, under 12} 104 Nany Tyler
83 Sam Moore   
84 Jeremiah Butter   
85 George Jaimerson   
86 Sally (wife)   
87 George {son   
88 Fannie {dau   
89 Jane {dau   
90 Luke {son, 3 children, under 12   
91 Laura Howie   
92 Jim Dooley   
93 Phil Sampson   
94 Fanny Loring   
95 Norman Smith   
96 Dave Wells   
97 Sam Marks   
98 Sion Johnson   
99 Henry Miles   
100 Laura (wife) 2 children, under 12  
 
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