Low Country Africana » georgia http://www.lowcountryafricana.com Rediscovering the Names and Lives of Slaves, Freedpersons and Their Descendants Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:03:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ancestors Seated in Yard of 312 Gaston Street, Savannah, GA, 1939 or 1944 http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/2013/03/28/ancestors-seated-in-yard-of-312-gaston-street-savannah-ga-1939-or-1944/ http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/2013/03/28/ancestors-seated-in-yard-of-312-gaston-street-savannah-ga-1939-or-1944/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:23:57 +0000 admin http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/?p=11487 312 Gaston Street Savannah, GA

Today's post on the Ancestors Page is a photo of an African American woman, perhaps an elder, seated with a young child in the front yard of 312 Gaston Street in Savannah, GA. The notation for the photo states that the picture was taken in 1939 or 1944. Please click on the image to view the photo larger.

Title: 312 Gaston Street, West, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Creator(s): Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer

Date Created/Published: [1939 or 1944]

Medium: 1 negative : safety film ; 8 x 10 in.

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-csas-00753 (digital file from original negative)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Call Number: LC-J7-GA- 1214 [P&P]

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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Which GA resources do YOU recommend? Please add a comment with your favorites! ]]> http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/2013/03/01/searching-online-records-for-georgia-dont-forget-these-valuable-resources/feed/ 2 Freedmen’s Labor Contract, A.J. Hardee With Tibby Williams, Louise Hunter and Emma Jones, Brooks County, GA, 1866 http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/2013/02/11/freedmens-labor-contract-a-j-hardee-with-tibby-williams-louise-hunter-and-emma-jones-brooks-county-ga-1866/ http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/2013/02/11/freedmens-labor-contract-a-j-hardee-with-tibby-williams-louise-hunter-and-emma-jones-brooks-county-ga-1866/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:30:36 +0000 admin http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/?p=10870 Freedmen's Labor Contracts

Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

A J Hardee and Tibby Willliams and others

DATE OF CONTRACT:

April 27, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Brooks County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

Tibby Williams

Louisa Hunter

Emma Jones

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Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

A J Hardee and George Jones

DATE OF CONTRACT:

April 27, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Brooks County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

George Jones

John Jonlssen

John Jones Jr

Simon Williams

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Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

T A Groover

DATE OF CONTRACT:

April 16, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Brooks County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

G W McMurry

Ammon Adams

Ellick McMurry

Minda McMurry

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Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

Abner Groover

DATE OF CONTRACT:

March 31, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Brooks County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

Charles Linton and family

Thomas McLeod and family

Coleman Lewis and family

Isaiah Lee

Van Buren Linton

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Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

[William Patterson and 107 Freedmen] [title not on image of cover]

DATE OF CONTRACT:

March 22, 1867

Frames 397-403

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Strathy Hall Plantation

Savannah

Bryan County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

Dublin Glaze

March Jones

December Clark

Cumberland Bush

Tom Mack

Isaac Handy

Harry Bush

Thomas Lee

Minter Brown

Billy Coleman

Toney Bush

Prince Niles

Aleck Green

Abner White

March Drayton

Harris Slider

James Polite

Hester Polite

Peter McBride

Shadrack Johnson

Peter Jones

Sue Jones

Joe Walbergh

Eliza Walbergh

John Drayton

Peggy Drayton

Tom Handy

A Handy

Will Jones

Charlotte Bush

Moses Jenkins

Danny Brown

Nelly Brown

S Sutton

L Sutton

George Gordon

Lucy Yonge

Becky Joiles

Nann Drayton

Isaac Hines

Mary Hines

Major Anderson

Morris Blidge

Andrew Blidge

Ben Blidge

March Marshall

Emmer Marshall

P Polite

Lewis Gibbons

John Harris

Grace Jenkins

C Jones

Martha Bush

Elin Polite

Harry Polite

L Bush

Isaac Bush

P Night

Minder Night

D LaCount

P LaCount

J Brown

E Brown

Ann Brown

Ned Burroughs

Polly Burroughs

Martha Harris

R White

Hethy Younge

Jane Davidson

V Drayton

Margaret Hargrave

D Green

Smart Hazzard

J Hazzard

Ned Brown

Darcus Blidge

C Wallace

Nancy Brown

Hethy Drayton

L Drayton

Margret Clark

P Mack

R Mack

Molly Mack

Jane Handy

June Drayton

J Brown

Joe Bush

Rose Jones

Sanders Jones

Joe Morrison

Bader Morrison

Jane Gray

Nancy Habersham

Leah Jones

Sarah Bush

P Coles

J Bush

George White

S Bush

James Ward

Rose Ward

Silvey Wattham

M Night

Mungo Reed

D Reed

Minty Glaze

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Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

John A Edmondson

DATE OF CONTRACT:

April 17, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Brooks County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

Darisa Collier

Stephen Collier

Peter Collier

Hannah Collier

Jemima Collier

four others unnamed in family

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Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

Dollie Crawford and Sallie Groover

DATE OF CONTRACT:

April 7, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Brooks County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

Dolla Crawford

children

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Savannah, Georgia

Labor Contracts, 1865-1868

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia,

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

NARA Record Group 105

M1903, Roll 82

TITLE OF CONTRACT:

Easter Allen and Henry Whitlock

DATE OF CONTRACT:

April 10, 1866

PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:

Brooks County

Georgia

NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:

Henry Whitlock

Verra Whitlock

Josephin Whitlock

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