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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 on February 7, 1867 with John W. Saber
for transportation of 206 Freed People from Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, NC to Holmes County, Miss.
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| Names
of Freedmen |
|---|
| David Jones, age 40 |
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John Clarke, age 40 |
| William Jones, age 25 |
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Sarah Clarke, wife, age 39 |
| John Jones, age 21 |
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Tobe Clarke, 26 |
| Mag Jones, age 18 |
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John Clarke, age 19 |
| William Roberts, age 24 |
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Bob Clarke, age 13 |
| Sarah Roberts, age 20 |
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Jim Clarke, age 12 |
| Pat Donelson, age 36 |
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Rolin Mead, age 18 |
| Martha Donelson, wife, age 34 |
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Felix Russell, age 21 |
| Jim Donelson, age 19 |
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Fortune Hall, age 28 |
| Jane Donelson, age 17 |
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Martha Robinson, age 42 |
| One child, age 4 |
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Jane Hunter, age 33 |
| Dan Burroughs, age 40 |
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Bill Simpson, age 22 |
| Mag Burroughs, age 38 |
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Nat Tyler, age 54 |
| Jim Burroughs, age 19 |
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Susan Tyler, his wife, age 5? |
| Teresa Burroughs, age 15 |
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Julia Tyler, age 39 |
| 2 Children, 5 & 8 years |
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Julius Tyler, age 38 |
| Tim Morgan, age 23 |
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Fannie Tyler, age 15 |
| John Fulton, age 50 |
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2 Children ages 7 & 9 |
| Bill Morehead, age 60 |
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Bill Sampson, age 45 |
| Jane Hinton, age 18 |
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Alex Skinner, age 35 |
| Phil Higgins, age 49 |
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Dolly Skinner, age 34 |
| Jane Higgins, wife, age 38 |
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Mary Skinner, age 19 |
| Fanny Higgins, age 23 |
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Tom Skinner, age 17 |
| Jim Higgins, age 18 |
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Ann Skinner, age 15 |
| Lizzie Higgins, age 12 |
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Rebecca Skinner, age 13 |
| 3 Children, 3, 7 & 9
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2 Children under 10 |
| David Maxwell, age 40 |
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Peter Brown, age 45 |
| Jane Maxwell, wife, age 39 |
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Sarah Brown, age 43 |
| William Maxwell, age 21 |
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Adolphus Brown, age 22 |
| Sarah Maxwell, age 19 |
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Sally Brown, age 20 |
| John Maxwell, age 17 |
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Reuben Brown, age 18 |
| Mary Maxwell, age 15 |
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John Brown, age 16 |
| Ulsa Maxwell, age 13 |
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Phebe Brown, age 14 |
| Child under, age 4 |
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Peter Johnson, age 33 |
| Lizzie Higgins, age 12 |
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Rebecca Johnson, age 32 |
| Tom McCaul, age 36 |
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Tom Johnson, age 17 |
| Phebe McCaul, age 38 |
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Susan Johnson, age 15 |
| Ellen McCaul, age 18 |
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Alex Johnson, age 13 |
| Tom McCaul, age 16 |
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Theopilus Johnson, age 24 |
| William McCaul, age 14 |
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Jim McCauley, age 22 |
| Child under, age 4 |
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Tom McCauley, age 20 |
| Tony Rodgers, age 30 |
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Robert Douglas, age 17 |
| Mag Rodgers, age 29 |
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David Douglas, age 20 |
| Tim Rodgers, age 14 |
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Jim Strange, age 25 |
| Sally Rodgers, age 12 |
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Sallie Strange, age 24 |
| 2 Children under age 10 |
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Moses Tompkins, age 45 |
| 1 Child under age 4 |
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Susan Tompkins, age 42 |
| Alex Graham, age 21 |
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James Tompkins, age 21 |
| Sarah Graham, wife, age 19 |
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Sally Tompkins, age |
| Bill Gadsbury, age 24 |
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Davy Tompkins, age |
| John Gatlin, age 23 |
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Tom Hoover, age 40 |
| William Gillespie, age 44 |
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Racheal Hoover, age 39 |
| Jane Gillespie, wife age 43 |
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Titus Hoover, age 21 |
| Davy Gillespie, age 24 |
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Sarah Hoover, age 19 |
| Robert Gillespie, age 22 |
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Susan Hoover, age 17 |
| John Gillespie, age 20 |
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Richard Hoover, age 15 |
| Tom Gillespie, age 18 |
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Tilman Sharp, age 27 |
| Sarah Gillespie, age 16 |
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Olivia Sharpe, age 26 |
| William Otton, age 38 |
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Sam Sharpe, age 12 |
| Susan Otton, wife, age 35 |
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2 Children under 10 |
| Sarah Otton, age 20 |
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William See, age 24 |
| Sam Otton, age 18 |
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Jane See, age 20 |
| Tom Otton, age 16 |
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Alex Berryhill, age 36 |
| Sam Quigley, age 24 |
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Robert Downs, age 27 |
| John Quigley, age 22 |
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William Turner, age 19 |
| Rufus Kirkpatrick, age 19 |
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Frank Kiser, age 42 |
| Sarah Kirkpatrick, age 18 |
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Alice Kiser, wife, age 40 |
| Child under, age 4 |
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Sarah Kiser, age 20 |
| Tom Grimes, age 27 |
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Tom Kiser, age 18 |
| Sally Grimes, age 25 |
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Stella Kiser, age 16 |
| Sam Grimes, son, age 10 |
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William Kiser, age 14 |
| Reuben Sloan, age 37 |
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Child under 10 |
| Sally Sloan, wife, age 34 |
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Reuben Campbell, age 26 |
| Tom Sloan, age 17 |
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Esther Campbell, age 24 |
| Sarah Sloan, age 15 |
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Tom Campbell, son, age 8 |
| Virgil Stewart, age 21 |
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Sarah Campbell, daughter, age 6 |
| Abigail Stewart, age 20 |
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George Randolph, age 38 |
| Sol Stewart, son, age 5 |
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Sarah Randolph, wife, age 36 |
| Child under, age 4 |
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Ethan Randolph, age 19 |
| Tom Kerr, age 38 |
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Sally Randolph, age 17 |
| Milly Kerr, wife, age 35 |
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Tom Randolph, age 15 |
| Josephine Kerr, age 19 |
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Edwin Potts, age 20 |
| Alice Kerr, age 17 |
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Robert Alexander, age 17 |
| Sam Williamson, age 40 |
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Sam Mason, age 19 |
| Sarah Williamson, wife, age 38 |
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Jim Buck, age 20 |
| Sandy Williamson, age 20 |
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Dick Elias, age 39 |
| Susan Williamson, age 18 |
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Sally Elias, wife, age 34 |
| Dolly Williamson, age 15 |
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Sam Elias, son, age 17 |
| Fred Stewart, age 19 |
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Esther Elias, daughter, age 15 |
| Sam Richards, age 21 |
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William Bell, age 21 |
| Susan Richards, wife, age 19 |
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Sarah Bell, age 19 |
| Ellen Black, age 29 |
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Child under 4 |
| Rosa Black, age 27 |
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| Robert Black, son, age 12 |
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| Sarah Black, daughter, age 10 |
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| Tom Black, son, age 8 |
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Totals: |
| Alice Black, under age 4 |
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Males = 100 |
| Jason Mason, age 37 |
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Females = 80 |
| Sally Mason, wife, age 35 |
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Under 12 years = 16 |
| Sam Mason, age 19 |
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Under 4 years = 10 |
| William Mason, age 17 |
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Total = 206 |
| Tom Mason, age 15 |
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| Susan Mason, age 13 |
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| Dan Davenport, age 24 |
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| Rebecca Davenport, wife, age 21 |
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| Alice Davenport, daughter, age 6 |
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| Child under, age 4 |
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| Tom Blackwelder, age 19 |
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| Racheal Blackwelder, wife, age 17 |
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| Child under, age 4 |
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| Jack Wallace, age 33 |
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| Sally Wallace, wife, age 31 |
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| Ann Wallace, daughter, age 15 |
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| Tom Wallace, son, age 13 |
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Contract with Thomas Walton for transportation
of Freed Persons from Mecklenburg County, NC to Sunflower County,
Miss. Dated February 22, 1867.
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| Names
of Freedmen |
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| Jane Fowler, age 36 | |
Jim Toole, age 38 |
| Henry Persons, age 42 | |
Sarah Toole, wife, age 39 |
| Effie Persons, wife, age 40 | |
Sam Toole, son, age 15 |
| Harry Persons, son, age 16 | |
Jerry Toole, son, age 13 |
| Jane Persons, daughter, age 14 | |
Sally Toole, daughter, age 12 |
| & 2 Children, ages 7 & 11 yrs. | |
& one child, age 7 yrs. |
| Lem Dawson, age 36 | |
Molly, Bailey, age 27 |
| Jun Willard, age 43 | |
Dan Spencer, age 32 |
| Sarah Willard, wife, age 39 | |
Bill Dunham, age 32 |
| Sam Willard, son, age 15 | |
Emma Dunham, wife, age 29 |
| Frank Bowden, age 49 | |
& one child, age 3 yrs. |
| Jane Bowden, wife, age 44 | |
Susan Pritchett, age 26 |
| Ann Bowden, daughter, age 19 | |
Eph Hearne, age 32 |
| Jim Bowden, son, age 17 | |
Sally Hall, age 36 |
| Betsy Bowden, daughter, age 15 | |
Sam Hall, son, age 14 |
| Frank Bowden, son, age 12 | |
Sarah Hall, daughter, age 12 |
| & 2 Children, ages 7 & 9 yrs. | |
Tom Wallace, age 22 |
| Abner Hall, age 22 | |
Zephy Burnes, age 26 |
| Jim Russell, age 26 | |
Andrew Collins, age 32 |
| Amy Bridgers, age 37 | |
Fetty Collins, wife, age 30 |
| Lucy Bridgers, daughter, age 16 | |
& 2 children, ages 3 & 7 yrs |
| Tom Dudley, age 37 | |
Ben Keith, age 27 |
| Tabitha Dudley, wife, age 35 | |
Sarah Campbell, age 33 |
| Jim Dudley, son, age 13 | |
Julia Campbell, daughter, age 13 |
| & one child 8 yrs old | |
& one child, age 7 yrs. |
| Lotty Sanders, age 29 | |
Allen Davis, age 34 |
| Jim Foster, age 22 | |
Tooty Davis, wife, age 31 |
| Ed Wilson, age 27 | |
& one child, age 4 yrs. |
| Lou James (female) age 29 | |
Abe Wiley, age 22 |
| Bill Ransom, age 43 | |
Sarah Towns, age 26 |
| Fanny Ransom, wife age 39 | |
Bill Horne, age 42 |
| William Ransom, on, age 15 | |
Sarah Jane Horne, wife, age 39 |
| Betsy Jane Ransom, daughter, age 13 | |
& 2 children, ages 5 & 7 yrs |
| & one child 9 yrs old | | |
| Alice Price, age 26 | | |
| George Harris, age 21 | | |
| Mary Potter, age 38 | |
Totals: |
| Ann Potter daughter, age 14 | |
Males = 49 |
| Jim Potter, son age 12 | |
Females = 51 |
| & one child 7 yrs old | |
Children over 4 yrs and under 12= 17 |
| Jim Yopp, age 39 | |
Children under 4 yrs = 7 |
| Aggy Yopp, wife, age 37 | |
Total: 124 |
| & one child 3 yrs. Old | | |
| James Hoke, age 40 | | |
| Emma Hoke, wife, age 38 | | |
| Jim Hoke, so, age 17 | | |
| Bella Hoke, daughter, age 15 | | |
| Esther Hoke, daughter, age 13 | | |
| & 2 children, 3 & 9 yrs. Old | | |
| Bill Mitchell, age 26 | | |
| Tom Morris, age 21 | | |
| Susan Young, age 39 | | |
| John Young, son, age 14 | | |
| & one child 7 yrs old | | |
| Joshua Wright, age 29 | | |
| Eveline Wright, wife, age 27 | | |
| Peter Savage, age 23 | | |
| Mary Moore, age 27 | | |
| Julius Elliott, age 37 | | |
| Edie Elliott, wife, age 35 | | |
| & 2 Children, ages 2 & 4 yrs. | | |
| Patrick Wolf, age 61 | | |
| Jim Tilley, age 33 | | |
| Sarah Tilley, wife, age 24 | | |
| Sam Whitehead, age 29 | | |
| John Withers, age 21 | | |
| Joseph Kyle, age 44 | | |
| Eva Kyle, wife, age 35 | | |
| John Kyle, son, age 16 | | |
| Eva Kyle, daughter, age 14 | | |
| Estelle Kyle, daughter, age 12 | | |
| & 2 children, ages 3 & 7 yrs. | | |
| Bill Quinn, age 35 | | |
| Sam Hart, age 39 | | |
| Sarah Hart, wife, age 37 | | |
| Jane Hart, daughter, age 13 | | |
| & one child, age 11 yrs. | | |
| Sarah Montgomery, age 37 | | |
| Richard Burwell, age 49 | | |
| Rebecca Burwell, wife, age 44 | | |
| Bret Burwell, son, age 19 | | |
| Becky Burwell, daughter, age 14 | | |
| Sam Burwell, son, age 12 | | |
| & 2 children, ages 5 & 9 | | |
| Andrew Weill, age 23 | | |
| Fanny Munson, age 26 | | |
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