Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 60.

On March 24, 1866, Williams Middleton, owner of Hobonny Plantation on the Combahee River near Yemassee, Beaufort County, South Carolina, entered into an agreement with freed men and women to cultivate Hobonny Plantation for a portion of the crop. 

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Freed Men and Women:
John Frederick
Abraham Brown
York Prior
Frank Jenkins
Bess Ferguson
Cornelia Edwards

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Freed Men and Women:
Judy Ladson
Chloe Singleton
Jane Singleton
Betty Chisolm
Betty Ladson
Solomon Ladson
Balinda Marion
Bersheba Marion
Matilla McBride
Hoscot Main
Catharine Prior
Boscobill Brown
Magdaline Lawrence
Nancy Jenkins
Lot Jenkins
Pompey Smith
Cretia White
Eliza Enow(?)
Tyra
Easau Conolly
Pender Fieds
Ceasar Green
March Morgan
Prophet Main
Isaac McNeal
Ned Edwards
Sam Main
Sampson Morgan
Sue Hartly
 
 
Freed Men and Women:
Hamlin Williamson
Pompey Deas
Amy Cunnoley
Mary Mc
Caty Gathers
Daphne Brown
Franky Brown
Bull Fishburn
Yanaky Green(?)
Isaac Lawrence
Molly Powell
Rinah Glover
Carolina Watson
Mary Mc Jr.
Toomer Brown
Moley Brown
Hager Perry
Selim White (Foreman)

 
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Freed Men and Women:
John Frederick
Abraham Brown
York Prior
Frank Jenkins
Bess Ferguson
Cornelia Edwards
Judy Ladson
Chloe Singleton

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Freed Men and Women:
Jane Singleton
Betty Chisolm
Betty Ladson
Solomon Ladson
Balinda Marion
Bersheba Marion
Matilla McBride
Hoscot Main
Catharine Prior
Boscobill Brown
Magdaline Lawrence
Nancy Jenkins
Lot Jenkins
Pompey Smith
Cretia White
Eliza Enow(?)
Tyra
Easau Conolly
Pender Fieds
Ceasar Green
March Morgan
Prophet Main
Isaac McNeal
Ned Edwards
Sam Main
Sampson Morgan
Sue Hartly
Mariah Main
Bunch Chisolm
Sambo Hartly
Hamlin Williamson
Pompey Deas
 
Freed Men and Women:
Amy Cunnoley
Mary Mc
Caty Gathers
Daphne Brown
Franky Brown
Bull Fishburn
Yanaky Green(?)
Isaac Lawrence
Molly Powell
Rinah Glover
Carolina Watson
Mary Mc Jr.
Toomer Brown
Moley Brown
Hager Perry
Selim White (Foreman)
 

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