by Toni | Dec 4, 2019 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
You can look up obituaries for any ancestor who passed away between 1862 to about 1992 in The Online Obituary Index online at the Beaufort County, South Carolina Library. The index includes the names of over 24000 people whose deaths were published in the local...
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by Toni | May 2, 2019 | USCT Pension Files
Biographical Summary Simon Washington was born about 1845 on Newport Plantation on the Combahee River in Beaufort County, SC. His parents were Thomas Washington and Daphne. His brother Uriah Washington was raised on the same plantation. Simon was enslaved by William...
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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 | Jul 26, 2018 | Alana Thevenet's Archive: Freedmen's Bureau Records, Blog
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION M1910 Roll 59 Target 2 Labor Contracts for the Beaufort District, A-Y 1865 Source Citation “South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872,”...
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by Toni | Jul 26, 2018 | Alana Thevenet's Archive: Freedmen's Bureau Records, Blog
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Microfilm Publication M1910 Roll 59 Target 3 Labor Contracts for the Beaufort District, B-W 1866 Source Citation “South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872,”...
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