Archive For The “African-American” Category
Old slave darkies a Pension and if such is facts why then we hope that we are in time to meet the benefits of such. Yours respectfully, Geo. Jones junior & Annie Koonce P.O. Tuckahoe Jones Co. NC Received Jan 4, 1898 Source: Correspondence and Case Files of the Bureau of Pensions Pertaining to the Ex-Slave Pension [...]
Thanks to the work of a volunteer contributor, we now have on the site a list of slave names mentioned in Jones County wills from 1778-1868. The wills were abstracted by Zae Hargett Gwynn and published in 1998 in what is now a very important reference work for Jones County researchers. The list has [...]
Today the UNC Library announced the launch of a new digital collection from the UNC Southern Historical Collection. The SHC has digitized 35+ of their collections w/ emphasis on African-American interests. You can read the announcement online here. I’ve not had a chance to fully explore everything on the site (I’m sure that will [...]
I’ve added a new section for African-American resources. While there is currently only 1 link on the page, I do hope to be able to add more over time. The link that I have added is to a list of blacks who made deposits with the Freedman’s bank between 1865-1874, along with their parents’ names if [...]
