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 | Dec 31, 2018 | USCT Pension Files
Biographical Summary Cuffy Haywood or Heyward was enslaved by Middleton Stewart. He was born and raised in Beaufort County, SC. Born about 1824, Cuffy (also rendered Cuffie) first married Binckey/Binky who died at Stuart Point, SC on or about 7 July 1871. Together...
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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 | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research, Family Stories: United States Colored Troops, Let's Talk Records
More than 178,000 free blacks and freedmen served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) during the Civil War, comprising one-tenth of all Union troops by the war’s end. Their service contributed greatly to the Union’s war efforts and marked a turning...
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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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