by Toni | Mar 13, 2019 | USCT Pension Files
Fortune Goodwin was born in Coosawhatchie, SC about 1819. He was 45 years old at the time of his discharge. He was 5-feet 7-inches high with black complexion, eyes, and hair. He was a field hand before enlisting in the United States Colored Troops. After the war, he...
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by Toni | Feb 18, 2019 | USCT Pension Files
This file was abstracted by Alana Thevenet. Jacob Gadson was enslaved by James Garrot at Oak Forest, near Bluffton, South Carolina. He was married about 1850 to Fortymore (also rendered Fortimore) Kinlock by Rev. Boston. Fortymore Kinlock Gadson was born about 1826....
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by Toni | May 28, 2018 | USCT Pension Files
Biographical Summary Jack Akins (aka Aiken, Akin) was born about 1848 at Combahee, Colleton County, SC. He resided at Clay Hall Plantation in Beaufort County, SC and at Green Pond in Colleton County, SC. He was a farmer. He was enslaved by William Middleton on the...
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by Toni | Jun 27, 2017 | Family Stories: United States Colored Troops, Featured, Preservation Efforts
In order to better understand the work that I do, and why I do it, I will first explain who I am and how I got to 2004, which is when my journey into researching the lives of Stephen Binyard and his extended family first began. To be blunt, as a white woman the...
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by Toni | Jun 23, 2017 | Family Stories: United States Colored Troops, Featured, Preservation Efforts
In April of 2011, I attended a workshop at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC and what I left with changed my life. In between my workshops, I used my time wisely and requested the file of Stephen Binyard. He was the brother of Dorcas...
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