Selected
Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts
Butler County, AL
Source: NARA Microfilm M1900:
Records of the
Field Offices for the State of Alabama,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
Transcribed by Toni Carrier
PLANTER
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FREEDPERSONS
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DATE
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H. A Herbert
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Hampton Payne
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9-19-1865
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P.T. Milner (saw
mill)
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Ira Carter
Allen Watts
Ned Gordon
Alex Broughton
Green Broughton
Frank Gordon
Wesley Gordon
Henry Phillips
Shane(?) Cheatham
Joe Whittle
Rasmus Washington
Adam Carter
George Benson
Ben Bergamer
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7-5-1865
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Seth S. May
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Fanny Williams
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1-1-1866
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James H. Dunklin
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Marina Payne
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12-29-1866
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A.M. Reid
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Betsey, "formerly the
slave of Thomas Shavers(?)"
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12-30-1865
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J. M. Reid
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Allen May
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1-5-1866
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R.W. Carter
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Ben Womack Sr.
Ben Womack Jr.
Edmond Womack
Ishmael Womack
Anthony Womack
Henry Womack
Silla Womack
Matilda Womack
Sam Crenshaw
Isaac Lewis
Henry Sallin(?)
Elbert Sallin
Isaac Sallin
Lewis Sallin
Lucy Sallin
Ephraim Smith
Frank Palmore
Harriett Smith
Simon Womack
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1-2-1866
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W.E. Coleman
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Aleck Coleman & Fanny
his wife
Santee Coleman &
Diley(?) his wife
Daniel Murson(?)
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1-1-1866
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W.E. Coleman
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Sarah Murson
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1-1-1866
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Robert R. Reynolds
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Cela Mursin & her
daughter Nelly
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1-10-1866
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Hampton & Co.
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Kit Pearce for Frank
his minor child
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1-9-1866
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W.A. Powers & James H
Jones
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Isaac Yeldell
Fanny Yeldell
William Yeldell
Pedro Yeldell
Andrew Yeldell
Alex Scott & his sons Tom & Lawrence
Abe Yeldell, Mary & Susan
Mose Yeldell, Eliza & Louisa
Henderson Powers & wife
Ceasar Grimes(?), wife & his children
Henry Yeldell, & wife
Isaac Powers
Martha & her children
Attesting R.A. Yeldell
Witness R. B. Paul
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12-26-1865
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Berry Rhodes
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Elmira Tate
Sally Tate
Sam Evans
Surry Cheatham
Jeff Seawright
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1-10-1866
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A. E. Seales
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"Jim, who was
formerly owned by Walter Tate" signed Jim Tate
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P.H. Drake
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John Drake "John a
colored boy, formerly a servant of P.H. Drake"
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1-1-1866
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Susan Hicks
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Ella Broughton
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1-10-1866
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D.J. Ferguson
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Richard Bogan
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1-4-1866
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Milly Womack "& her 2
small children, Ann, about 9 years old, & Willie, about 5 years
old"
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Witnesses
Wm. Davidson
F.M. Davidson
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