5, 1931 Neal Quinn LowndesAug. Alabama was one of the first seven states to withdraw from the Union prior to the American Civil War. Alabama cemetery records 9, 1883 Wesley Brown MadisonNov. 20, 1908 Tom Stover MorganJan. It may be that when, only a few years ago, you girded on your cartridge-box and shouldered your trusty rifle, to go meet the invaders of your country, you committed to his care your home and your loves ones; and when you were far away upon the weary march, upon the dreadful battlefield, in the trenches, and on the picket line, many and many a time you thought of that faithful old negro and your heart warmed towards him , These words, Mr. Clayton thought, indicated the condition into which the country had been plunged by the termination of the war. Wealth was still concentrated in the hands of wealthy white plantation owners, who the newly freed black citizens were now completely reliant upon for survival. Comer; Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1911) son of J.F. We measured the places in the Yellowhammer State where there have historically been the most Klaverns per capita. Perry County, Alabama Register of Slaves Brought into Alabama after 16 Day of Jan 1832. Adam Cemetery Find a Grave . Proctor, an African-American woman, said she tried to keep her emotions out of the tedious archival process but she was sometimes floored by the vivid descriptions of punishment in particular. 21, 1878 Daniel McBride LimestoneJune 15, 1879 Dave Benson St. ClairDec. The ordeal through which the Southern people passed during the process of Reconstruction was, he said, indeed severe. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES, SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. 8, 1893 Joseph Givham DallasDec. Name index and images of slave schedules listing slave owners and only age, gender and color data of the slaves in cesus states or territories in 1850. Youre talking about my people, Proctor said. 2009. This is a category for those who held slaves in this county. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. "Negroes"was about 20% less than what the colored population had been 100 years before.) [Report Broken Link] 1860 Federal Census - Slave Schedule Surname Matches with 1870 Census. Ethridge, Robbie Franklyn, and Sheri Marie Shuck-Hall. 13, 1933 Dan Pippen BibbSept. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry -. They hold records that are available in the public domain, but may be hard to find, hence they offer a convenient way to research. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. This is a mid-level category and should not have individual profiles added to it. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. Also See Alabama Vital Records Alabama Vital Records Information this county, except for 102 year old female Carolina, an African, held by Henry Lockhart and shown on page 102B. During the War Between the States, he served in the 57th Alabama Infantry Regiment in the Army of Tennessee. Slave Cabin in Barbour County, Near Euf aula. Where did the freed slaves go 1, 1912 William Smith JeffersonNov. 27, 1900 George Fuller PerryJan. 2. The USGenWeb Archives Project is part of The USGenWeb Project. Garden and Gun Land property listing online, [photo] Old Spring Hill Plantation, Barbour County, Alabama. Slaves had a comfortable retirement on the plantations. 29, 1919 Robert Croskey MontgomerySept. In the South the slaves are taken care of for past services, observed a New York newspaper writer in 1860. Copyright 1997 - 2006 14, 1893 Polk Hill PickensSept. 13, 1909 John Holly SumterNov. on these pages is freely available to the )1900 Unnamed man Lowndes1900 3 2 Daughter of Jim Crosby Lowndes1900 3 2 Wife of Jim Crosby LowndesMarch 2, 1900 Jim Crosby LowndesMarch 18, 1900 Charles Humphries LeeMay 5, 1900 John White GenevaJuly 5, 1900 John Roe HenryJuly 10, 1900 John Jennings ShelbyJuly 23, 1900 Elijah Clark MadisonSept. transcription for their own purposes. of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. 8, 1877 Mark Woodford ClarkeApril 17, 1878 Ben Evans MadisonApril 17, 1878 Ephraim Hall MadisonSept. Racial lynchings, usually defined as unprosecuted murders that occurred at the hands of mobs or unidentified people, began in 1877 in Alabama, and ended in 1943. USGenWeb Archive Project -Alabama File Calhoun County, AL Queries/Join eMail Group 4, 1893 Unnamed man BibbSept. 8, 1943 Willie Lee Cooper Monroe. New Castle County (part) 98. Parkerlater escaped. & B. Y., 53 slaves page 177B, MCTYNE, Est. [4][5] Within 20 years of becoming a state, Alabama was the largest cotton producer in the US, producing 23% of the nation's cotton crop. The man above is John Wallace Comer and his body servant Burrell. The national memorial aims to teach about America's past in hope of promoting understanding and healing. The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. Narrative of Oneda Lackow - Underground Railroad Fugitive. 1, 1891 William Williams HenryAug. Plantation names were not shown on the census. census. 18, 1915 "Kid" Jackson MontgomeryAug. slaveholder in each County. Wyecott Plantation-BARBOUR COUNTY: Coffey Plantation-CHEROKEE COUNTY: Oakchia Plantation -CHOCTAW COUNTY: . Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a for the details listed regarding the sex, age and color of the slaves. the free census for 1860 should be checked, as almost 11% of African Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with In the name of humanity, let him do so. researching their family origins. The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at 22, 1896 Joseph James BibbJan. 8, 1920 Monroe Wood HenryOct. Barbour County was created on December 18, 1832, and its original boundary lines encompassed lands acquired from the Creek Indians in the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson as well as lands in the eastern part of Pike County. 22, 1895 Dick Henderson WashingtonFeb. Alabama Slave Owners. 2, 1901 Charley Bend St. ClairAug. Clayton was a Major General in the Army of Tennessee and also fought at the Battle of Stones River, Chickamauga and the Battle of Atlanta. Marshall J. Williams III, Revenue Commissioner Eufaula, AL 36027 For technical assistance contact GIShelp@FlagshipGIS.com or call (770) 886-4645. 18, 1887 Monroe Johnson JeffersonNov. D., 43 slaves page 101. This page was last modified 00:34, 4 November 2022. population between 1860 and 1870, so that could be where some of these Alabama freed slaves went. 28, 1897 James Jackson BibbMarch 15, 1897 Andy Beard PickensMarch 18, 1897 John Smith JacksonMay 11, 1897 Amanda Franks MadisonMay 11, 1897 Mollie Smith MadisonMay 30, 1897 John Hayden LamarJune 21, 1897 George Bradley MonroeJuly 3, 1897 Jim Thomas JeffersonJuly 17, 1897 Edmonson LauderdaleJuly 19, 1897 George Richardson TallapoosaJuly 19, 1897 James Daniel CoosaAug. 30, 1907 Neal Sanders CovingtonJuly 29, 1908 Lige Nelms JeffersonAug. about half of those living in the southern States. the host/author of these pages is prohibited. Alabama was one of the first seven states to withdraw from the Union prior to the American Civil War . 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Upshaw in the records of Liberty Baptist Church Sep 1846, Slaves in the Will of Elizabeth Ingram Oct 1851, Notebook kept by Dr. Thomas Fearn of Huntsville, Alabama, from about 1852 to 1863, Slaves in the Will of Samuel Ingram Nov 1839, Slaves in the Will of Thomas Youngblood Apr 1863, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants, 1859 List of Munsee from Leavenworth County Kansas, 1876-1878 Pacific Coast Business Directory, St. Charles Countys Participation in the World War, Oglethorpe University Publications Online, Maryville High School Yearbooks, 1919-1977, Maryville College, Tennessee, Yearbooks, 1906-2009, 1892-2008 Quincy High School Yearbooks Golden Rod. - Profiles are placed in this category with this text [[Category:Alabama, Slave Owners]] . WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Alabama, U.S., Death Record of State Convicts, 1843-1951. He became the president of the University of Alabama after the war. 25, 1913 Joe Green CovingtonAug. Visit our Tourism Page Relocation Services Download a Visitors Guide FORMER SLAVES. 9, 1881 Shade Thompson BarbourJuly 22, 1881 Albert Brooks Barbour, April 14, 1882 Henry Ivy DallasApril 14, 1882 Sam Acoff DallasAug. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. In 1999, Southern University archivist Angela Proctor began the painstaking task of reading, scanning and transcribing 228 handwritten interviews. 13, 1892 John Packard MonroeOct. Since the collection was released online, Proctor said the response has been overwhelmingly positive, despite a few negative comments. Zog and leftists will never permit an honest depiction of slavery in history books used in schools. % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the 10, 1912 Berney ElmoreDec. You should thank God you are free.'". States that saw significant increases in colored 15, 1920 Jack Waters CovingtonMarch 11, 1920 Wilbur Smith MontgomeryJuly 30, 1920 Juster Jennings DaleJuly 30, 1920 Sills Spinks DaleAug. Contract labor systems were put into place in southern states that forced freed blacks to work in jobs that they could not legally quit, left them permanently in debt, and which often involved violent physical punishment by white property owners. is found on the 1870 census, then making the link to finding that ancestor as a slave requires advanced research techniques http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . by a total of 1,045 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. slaveholder. 12, 1918 George Whiteside ColbertJune 6, 1919 James E. Lewis MobileJune 18, 1919 Jim McMillan BibbAug. Alabama, Alt-South, American South, Culture, Dixie, History, Identity, Negroes, Race Relations, Slavery, southern heritage, Southern History Series, White Supremacy Thanks to Rootsweb for providing space for this site. Ank Bishop. The rest of the slaves in the County were held 8) of Perry County. Slaves were 22, 1935 Jim P. Meriwether LowndesFeb. The ALGenWeb Project - Barbour County, Alabama. Southern History Series: The Carolina Chivalry. The memorial lists the names of 4,400 lynchings of black people in 800 U.S. counties from 1877 through 1950. But the ex-slaves nevertheless chose to remain. This is a category for those who held slaves in this county. 18, 1893 Riley Gulley WilcoxOct. the surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname. Comer], Comer family: John Fletcher Comer (?-1857) plantation owner; Catherine Lucinda Drewry Comer (?-1898) wife of J.F. 26, 1889 Bud Wilson TuscaloosaMarch 21, 1890 Robert Mosley MadisonMarch 29, 1890 Frank Griffin ChiltonJune 7, 1890 Unnamed man ShelbyJuly 23, 1890 Tobe Williams BlountSept. 27, 1905 Alex MacDonald LimestoneFeb. This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture 29, 1892 Allen Parker MonroeJan. Of the 11 Alabamians included in the collection, five were women and six were men. 29, 1919 Miles Phifer MontgomerySept. Census data on African Americans in the 1870 census was obtained using Heritage He loaded Comer in a boat and rowed him 260 miles down the Chattahoochee River to Columbus, GA where his mother met him and took him back to the plantation in Spring Hill where he recuperated his health. On this census, Elijah is listed as 54 years of age, which would indicate that he was born circa 1816. can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number 6, 1904 Edmund Bell DallasAug. 11, 1910 Grant Richardson BibbDec. 17, 1893 David Williams PickensFeb. 15, 1896 Robert Wilson MontgomeryApril 12, 1896 Reddick Adams RussellJune 21, 1896 Leon Orr MorganJune 24, 1896 William Westmoreland LowndesAug. Ownership may have meant the purchase of a spouse, an individual's children, or other relatives who were not emancipated. 1, 1899 Andrew Sloss LawrenceFebruary 28 (? 26, 1894 Thomas Douglas SumterMarch 29, 1894 Oliver Jackson MontgomeryApril 12, 1894 William Lewis WilcoxApril 22, 1894 John Williams ColbertApril 22, 1894 Thomas Black ColbertApril 22, 1894 Tony Johnson ColbertApril 1894 Two unnamed men ChiltonJune 25, 1894 Edward White LamarJune 30, 1894 Lewis Bankhead ChiltonNov. Comer, Comer family: John Wallace Comer (1845-1919) son of J.F. 24, 1933 Dennis Cross TuscaloosaJune 18, 1934 Otis Parham MontgomeryAug. When the Civil War reached Alabama, he buried about $100,000 in gold somewhere on his property. PLANTATION NAMES. boundaries. who says he was born in 1858, near Suggsville, Clarke County, Alabama. 10, 1922 Wm. Comer], 1860: 61 slaves[1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, C.L. Ironaton Alabama (Talladega County) Slavery had been theoretically abolished by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation which proclaimed, in 1863, that only slaves located in territories that were in rebellion from the United States were free. Box 5625 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625 Phone (334) 206-2999 Record Request Forms They have birth and death records from 1908 to present and some scattered earlier records. checked also. 14,629 whites, 33 "free colored" and 16,150 slaves. 1, 1891 Ella Williams HenryAug. 27, 1885 Alexander Reed ClarkeApril 20, 1886 Unnamed man JeffersonOct. 18, 1896 John Fitch ChambersOct. 28, 1907 John Lipsey PickensSept. [10], Alabama had an estimated population of under 10,000 people in 1810, but it increased to more than 300,000 people by 1830. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. "Cose I was borned a slave, but I don't 'member much 'bout hit, 'caze I was li'l. Dere is one t'ing I . 16, 1904 Rufus Lesseur MarengoAug. My Davis ancestors can be traced back to the 1870 Population Census for Barbour County, Alabama. 21, 1879 Squire Smith RussellJune. 1869-1896. Filed under Alabama, Author: E Davis, Barbour Co., Davis. The narratives offer rare first-person insight into one of the cruelest institutions in American history. You may be bound by a thousand ties which only a Southern man knows, and which he alone can feel in all its force. 18, 1898 Alex Walker DallasSept. like to contribute to the Archives site, Dates: 1839-1841 Thanks to Rootsweb for WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. 6, 1893 Benjamin Minter DallasDec. 3, 1907 Jerry Johnson JeffersonSept. John Wallace Comer was injured during the Battle of Atlanta and was rescued from the battlefield by his loyal slave Burrell. Alabama United States 91; Eufaula 10; Mobile . (6,400%). 30, 1883 Lewis Austin WalkerFeb. He mentions slaves on the Selwood Plantation, Talladega Co., by name. The plan was to drain off the slave population southwest and south into the tropics. Comer; Elizabeth Comer (?-bef.1858) daughter of J.F. slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a slaveholder. In 2017, I never expected some of the comments I saw. SURNAME MATCHES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS: (exact surname spellings only are reported, no spelling variations or soundex), (SURNAME, # in US, in State, in County, born in State, born and living in State, born in State and living in County), WILLIAMS, 28865, 2335, 102, 2095, 1417, 51. 13, 1896 John Lee HenrySept. Visit Eufaula, Barbour County Today! I thought I would share it. Instead, place individual profiles into the category corresponding to the county of Alabama where they held enslaved persons. have still been living in the same State or County. 1 Source Collection providing space for this site Cols (all except slave and free colored counts represent whites) (Copy in Dothan Public Library) 25, 1897 Henry Abrams MontgomeryDec. Black Families of Alabama's Black Belt: Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox Co. Doll's Genealogy Site: focus on Macon Co. Large Slaveholders of 1860: extraction of many slaveholders in various Alabama counties The Village: Alabama Slave Project Barbour County Alabama Public GIS Website. 7, 1888 Seven unnamed men HenryJan. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data 14, 1892 William Webb DallasMarch 3, 1892 Unnamed man CalhounMay 5, 1892 G. H. Rose ChoctawMay 16, 1892 Berry Roden Talladega May 16, 1892 Jim Roden TalladegaMay 16, 1892 Will Carter TalladegaJuly 4, 1892 Unnamed man WalkerJuly 5, 1892 Edward Prater ClayOct. indexes almost always do not include the slave census. ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be 21, 1885 George Ward BarbourDec. The color barrier is not as profound as it was during our time period, Proctor said. 21, 1891 Ray Porter ChiltonSept. Jim was about eighty years old and had been lying on his oars for twelve years. Sylvia had done nothing but eat, drink, and smoke for sixteen years. A new memorial and museum opening this week in Montgomery to the memory of this nation's victims of racial violence is focusing new attention to those who perished in Alabama. Categories: Alabama, Slavery | United States of America, Slave Owners. 21, 1879 Bill King RussellDec. former owner in 1870, vary widely and from region to region. in comparing census data for 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant changes in county Page 17 the work contentedly and happy. Jenkins BarbourDec. On Sunday we would pray to God to fix some way for us to be freed from our mean masters.. slaves owned by purchasers of land from the public domain was 16. It was owned (in the 1800's) by John Rufus Blocker. these former slaves may have been using the surname of their 1860 slaveholder at the time of the 1870 census and they may The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Barbour County, Alabama (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 27) reportedly includes a total of 16,150 slaves. These Are The 10 Cities In Alabama With The Most KKK Members. Associated Pages: none, 1850:42 slaves [1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, J.F. 1, 1891 Willis Lowe HenryAug. enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this Barbour County, Alabama Larry Scott Butler Southern Christian Leadership Conference Field Worker for Barbour County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. . The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly 10, 1918 William Bird ColbertNov. Nathan Beauchamp. This photo shows part of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a new memorial to honor thousands of people killed in racist lynchings, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Montgomery, Ala. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday, is aproject of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, a Montgomery legal advocacy group. Flagship GIS, Inc. - Security Notification (March 9, 2022) 16, 1899 Charles Hurt CrenshawAug. Where did freed Alabama slaves go if they did not stay in Alabama? After the war, Burrell was rewarded with a pension from the State of Alabama. Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, and Appomattox Counties 1333. They hoed potatoes and tobacco, but Rev. Categories: Alabama, Slave Owners | Barbour County, Alabama, Slavery. 1840 Number of 1850 County White Slave Total Families White Slave Totall and to the volunteers who sponsor the counties and everyone who A. M., 145 slaves page 135B, WILEY, L. M., Silas Jones agent, 190 slaves page 95, WILLIAMS, Gazanay? He would buckle us across a log and whip us until we were unable to walk for three days. and C.L.D. Division, and those over 150 in the Western Division. Make checks out to Brad Griffin. Census Online - Alabama - 1850. 100. 2, 1897 John Tompkins MonroeNov. names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but 7, 1910 John Dell MontgomeryOct. 14, 1893 Paul Archer PickensSept. . enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age and indication of any handicaps, such as deaf or blind Barbour Co., AL [Report Broken Link] Benton Co. . 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. 1. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of Required fields are marked *. 3, 1886 John Hart LeeNov. If you dont have anything of value to add to the comments, it wont be posted at all. The president of Georgetown University announced on Thursday that he would enact a series of measures to acknowledge and make amends for the schools history with slavery including offering preferential consideration during the admissions process to descendants of the slaves the school once sold. Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined (Source: Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers ' Project, 1936 - 1938: Library of Congress Web site). Many black laborers refused to continue working the plantations, and chose to migrate to southern urban areas in large numbers.[13][15]. 1, 1889 "Big Six" ShelbySept. Learn more. This page was last modified 08:33, 11 May 2021. 4, 1915 Ed Smith ElmoreJan. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson). Dallas, Montgomery and Mobile counties in Alabama all saw increases in the colored Some of 23, 1934 George Davis JeffersonJuly 15, 1935 Joe Spinner Johnson HaleAug. individuals, both white and black, who lived at Faunsdale Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama and in Uniontown, Alabama. of the most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. Entire state . Census data for 1860 was obtained from the Historical United States Census Data The museum and memorial is believed to be the nation's first site to document racial inequality from slavery through the Jim Crow era and into the present. 7, 1903 Charles Young St. ClairDec. Sussex County Slave Schedules. They hoed potatoes and tobacco, but Rev. 2, 1919 Archie Robinson ClarkeAug. Adams Chapel cemetery survey, Barbour County, Alabama Family History Library . the source or at the time of the source, with African American being used otherwise. A listing of the names and Alabama locales, if noted, of ex-slaves who recounted their earlier lives as slaves. Whether or not the ancestor is found to have been a slaveholder, a viewing of the slave census will provide an informed Jennie Bowen. Particularly in the case of 16, 1894 Abram Seddon ChiltonFeb. She said the library has seen international interest in the slave narratives that have also become a part of history lessons at universities. Barbour Co. 1860 Federal Census - Mortality Schedule Archived Copy; Original page no longer online. Huntsville, Alabama served as temporary capital from 1819 to 1820, when the seat of government moved to Cahaba in Dallas County. Mark Slater, a former slave born in Clarke County said any slaves caught committing an offense were stripped naked and beaten with boards until they had blisters. Managers. During WWII segregated Negro troops were always led by a White Southern First Sergeant, because the War Department knew that White Southerners knew how to handle unruly, uppity coons. What were the Southners going to do with their emancipated coloreds? See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information on how to document slaves and slave owners. 2 BYU Family History Archives . 3, 1922 George Teague CovingtonJuly 1925 Annie May Simmons CrenshawDec. However, the data should be checked for the particular surname to see the extent of the matching. But the accounts also reveal stark differences in some owners treatments of slaves. More: A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances. Then whips were used to burst the blisters, Slaters interview reads. right corner of every set of two pages, with the previous stamped number and a "B" being used to designate the pages Shallette Spivery, a house slave born in Montgomery in 1852, said she was treated well by her owners. 10, 1900 Zeb Floyd ElmoreOct. 4, 1895 Toby McGrady BullockOct. the same restrictions/permissions. The transcriber did not notice any such slaves named in NOT LIVE IN ALABAMA AND HAVE NO ACCESS TO ANY RECORDS, Search 5. 14, 1920 Select Reeves ButlerOct. 1850 Census, Barbour County, Alabama, Box: 4026a, Volume: 3. "Indian Slavery in Colonial Georgia. Parkers slaves were called free negroes because they were treated so well., We have a few slaves who say they were treated well, Proctor said. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. Agent, 50 slaves page 147, COCHRAN, John, James Cole agent, 64 slaves page 147, EBERHART, Samuel Sr., 52 slaves page 109B, MARTIN, J. J. 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