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After the Civil War, when there were hundreds of thousands of newly
emancipated Slaves in North Carolina, many of them moved to the Western
part of the State with the hopes of finding jobs or some ways of feeding
their families. Mecklenburg Co. became the hub of Freedmen activity
where the U.S. Government arranged for plantation owners from the Deep
South to contract with the former slaves for employment, in return for
wages, food, clothing and shelter. There were many thousands of Freedmen
who signed up for the jobs, most included moving their entire families
with them to their new locations. If your ancestors were living in some
of the other Southern States, but were listed as born in NC, it's very
possible they may have been some of the men, women and children who were
transported there as part of this program. Following is a listing of
names from those records.
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Salisbury, NC Dec. 14, 1866
Tacitus Clay, Washington County, Texas, Applies for transportation for
33 men
17 women, 3 children under 12 yrs.From Salisbury, NC to Benham, Texas;
to be employed as farm hands; Contracted to work for 12 months.
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Phil Sharen, age 33 |
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John Lee, age 16 |
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Mumsford Randleman, age 25 |
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Adam Fisher, age 25 |
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Emma Fisher, age 19 |
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Joseph Thompson, age 19 |
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Henry Kelly, age 20 |
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Samuel Gillespie, age 22 |
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Nathan Foard, age 40 |
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Jordan Cox, age 19 |
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Ann Tyson, age 18 |
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ELiza Dixon, age 30 |
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Ceilia Austin, age 25 |
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Leon Foard, age 13 |
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Silas Foard, age 10 |
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Alfred P. Dixon, age 10 |
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Mary Hall, age 25 |
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Lucy Foard, age 30 |
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Hicksey, age 25 |
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Dennis, age 14 |
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George Little, age 31 |
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Wife, age 23 |
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William Alfred, age 28 |
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Wife, age 19 |
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Henry Myers, age 22 |
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Thomas Granderson, age 24 |
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Fred Deaton, age 23 |
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John Finley, age 14 |
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Wiley Rendleman, age 23 |
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Wife, age 20 |
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Dock Lee, age 15 |
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John Chambers, age 23 |
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Wife, age 21 |
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Emanuel Dixon, age 14 |
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Elizabeth Dixon, age 28 |
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Elvira Dixon, 23 |
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Hannah Dixon, age 22 |
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Charlotte Royster, age 25 |
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Ben Cress, age 19 |
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James Finley, age 25 |
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Mary Jane Finley, age 21 |
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Thomas Huff (one armed), age 18 |
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John Foard, age 6 |
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John Wallace, age 19 |
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Erwin Alexander, age 21 |
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Monroe Reid, age 17 |
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Henry Henderson, age 20 |
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William Henderson, age 22 |
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John Simonton, age 18 |
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Henry Hamilton, age 28 |
| | Samuel Sloan, age 31 |
| | Susan Mitchell, age 20 |
| | James Morris, age 24 |
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