North Carolina Freedmen transported to Other States, Part 2

 

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 by Robert W. Hargrove on Feb. 2, 1867
For 160 Freedmen from Anson & Union Counties, NC
List of Freedmen from Anson Co, transported from Salisbury, NC to Cheraw, SC, then to Brenhams, Texas
 

NO. NAME NO. NAME
1 William Leak 62 Silvie Slone
2 Harriet Leak (his wife) 63 Andy Slone
3 John Leak 64 Marshal Slone
4 Martha Leak 65 Ansifere Slone
5 Nancy Leak 66 Ann Slone
6 Harriet Leak 67 Crockett Plunket
7 Marth Leak (his mother) 68 Nancy Plunket
8 Richmond Leak 69 Reuben Plunket
9 Beckey Leak 70 Kate Plunket
10 Emeline Leak 71 Sam Simmons
11 Henderson Leak 72 Charlotte Simmons
12 Morgan Leak 73 Josh Simmons
13 William Leak 74 Margret Simmons
14 Joe Leak 75 John Simmons
15 Charley Leak 76 Calvin Simmons
16 Jim Leak 77 Bestey Simmons
17 Thomas Morris 78 Joe Simmons
18 Nancy Morris 79 Josh Simmons
19 Daniel Morris 80 Dump Simmons
20 Jane Morris 81 Boliver Cooley
21 Mariah Morris 82 Posey Cooley
22 William Morris 83 Jeremiah Cooley
23 Abe Morris 84 Joe Cooley
24 Sue Morris 85 Jennie Cooley
25 Thomas Morris 86 Jane Cooley
26 Looh Morris 87 Dick Little
27 Fed Morris 88 Keziah Little
28 Danniel Smith 89 Hester Little
29 Beak Smith 90 Jim Robertson
30 Josh Smith 91 Martha Robertson
31 John Smith 92 Absalom Robertson
32 Sally Smith 93 Josh Robertson
33 Jem Smith 94 Jennie Robertson
34 Nancy Smith   
35 Fed Smith   
36 Emaline Smith   
37 Bill Smith   
38 Paul Moore   
39 Abe Jones   
40 Sally Jones   
41 Betsey Jones   
42 John Parker   
43 Julia Parker   
44 Josephine Parker   
45 David Thompson   
46 Maria Thompson   
47 Eloues Thompson   
48 Sam Thompson   
49 Cal Thompson   
50 Bright Thompson   
51 Let Thompson   
52 Silon Thompson   
53 John Thompson   
54 Jim Murray   
55 Calvin Murray   
56 Betsy Murray   
57 Parke Harvey   
58 Julia Harvey   
59 Paul Harvey   
60 Tela Harvey   
61 Jerry Slone   
 

I certify that the foregoing list containing the names of sixty five Adult and twenty nine children (under 12 yrs)comprises all the persons to be transported from Cheraw S.C. to Brenham, Texas under transportation granted by the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, who have contracted to labor on my plantation. Salisbury, NC, Feb 16, 1867 R. W. HARGROVE

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