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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Names of Destitute Freedmen employed under contract of D.W. Barrow
and to be transported by Government from Charlotte, NC to Plaquemine,
Louisiana.
Charlotte, NC, March 1, 1867
Transport Sam Robertson (107) Adults & 16 children under 12 years
Destitute Freed People from Charlotte, NC to Columbia, SC En route from
Charlotte, NC to Plaquemins, LA.
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Names of Freedmen |
|
Sam Robertson |
|
Judy (his wife) |
2 Children, 7 & 11 yrs. |
Mary Anderson |
Hatty Bend |
Zeph Bonner |
Wilmington Hentz |
Aaron Rudisel |
Julia (his wife) |
& one child 6 yrs |
Millie Hoke |
Sarah Weill |
Peter Farrow |
Tabby (his wife) |
Susan (daughter) |
Peter (son) |
One child 3 yrs |
Caesar Sprunt |
Jane Copes |
Sam (her son) |
Susan (daughter) |
Tom Lawson |
Bill Eckley |
Jim Flanagan |
Leonora Jenkins |
Seth Jones |
Moses Katy |
Annie (his wife) & one Child, 7 yrs. |
Abner Mitchell |
Hannah (his wife) |
Susan Montgomery |
Jane Cox |
James (her son) |
& 2 Children 3 & 7
|
Wiley Dunbar |
Betsey Shackelford |
John Tannahill |
Mily (wife) |
James (son ) 2 children 3 & 7 |
Jim Moffat |
Jane Robertson |
Sam Shackeleford |
Silvy Shackelford (wife) |
Junius & Antony (sons) |
Sarah (daughter) 2 children 2 & 9 |
Erick Andrews |
Jim (son) Susannah (daugther) |
& 2 Children 9 & 11 |
William Tannahill |
Fanny Tannahill (wife) Child 3 yrs |
Eph Harris |
Emily Harris (wife) |
Stephen Hunter |
Bill Danson |
Seth Stnson |
Jane Ender |
Susan Dunbar |
Lem'l Howell |
Tom Russell |
Mary Vick |
Jim Willard |
Stephen Tron |
Ella Brass |
Saer Bailey |
Tom Lippitt |
Sam Williams |
|
Jane (wife) Sam (son) |
Julius (son) Mary Ann (daugther) |
2 children, 7 & 10
|
Ben Trance |
Susan Van Amigo |
Jim Eglenfield |
Sam Wilmington |
Emma Burret |
Harriet Jones (child 7 yrs) |
Sam Hoke |
Betty Beard |
Susan Gibbs |
Jim Billows |
Margaret (wife) Jim (son) |
Susy (daughter, 2 children 7 & 11 |
Bill Binton |
Sam Harris |
Tina Esther |
Susan (daughter) 2 children 3 & 11 |
Moses Alison |
Peter Shattod |
Jane (wife) Sam (son) |
Jane (daughter) 2 children 4 & 10 |
Silas Hoss |
Jane Spagninon |
Hesekiah Houston |
Dick Johnston |
Anna (wife) Sarah Ann (daughter) |
Sam Poole |
Julia Moore (cook) |
Alex Hagwood |
Tom Stearne |
Eugenia Maxwell |
Fred Paxters |
Sue Jennings |
Tina Johnson |
Charles Bond |
Feby (wife) |
Bob Harrison |
Caroline (wife) |
Sam (son) |
Judy (daughter) |
2 Children 6 & 9 |
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