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ID | Last Name | First Name | Birth Place | Birth Date | Age | Location | Color | Slave Status | Occupation | Professional Occupation | Education | Personal Wealth | Real Estate Wealth | Party Affiliation | Political Position | Miscellaneous |
1 |
Adams
|
Henry
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1835 or 1841
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Adams
|
black
|
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laborer, 1870;
farmer, 1880
|
|
illiterate
|
|
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Republican;
Democrat
|
Officer in a Republican Club at
some point before 1880;
Election inspector, Washington
precinct, 1880
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voted Democrat, 1880;
married with six children, 1880
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2 |
Allen
|
Harrison
|
|
1828
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate
|
|
|
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Captain, Pine Ridge Black Militia, 1870
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His wife, Hannah, was a school teacher;
two children
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3 |
Angelety
|
Emile C.
|
|
1865
|
|
Adams
|
|
|
architect;
contractor;
brick mason
|
|
|
|
|
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Colored Political Club, 1896
|
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4 |
Anderson
|
Henry
|
Franklin, KY
|
1805
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
slave
|
police
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
policeman, 1870-72
|
married with one child;
SCC claim
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5 |
Anderson
|
Owen
|
MS
|
1819
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
employed in telegraph office
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Democrat
|
President, Colored Greeley Club, 1872
|
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6 |
Anderson
|
William H.
|
|
|
|
Tenas
|
|
|
farmer
|
|
|
|
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Republican
|
delegate to the parish Republican convention, 1878
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served in the Federal army in a MS regiment for 3 years and 6 months
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7 |
Andrews
|
James
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
colored
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keeper of the Poor Farm, 1877
|
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8 |
Andrews
|
Samuel
|
MS
|
1850
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
works at oil mill
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
constable, 1871-72;
delegate at county convention, 1872 (Lynch supporter);
deputy sheriff and jailor, 1883
|
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9 |
Armstead
|
Stephen
|
|
|
|
Concordia
|
colored
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Republican
|
president of Republican Club on Innisfail plantation, 1876
|
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10 |
Bacon
|
Richard
|
MS
|
1843
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
delegate at county convention, 1872 (Perce supporter)
|
wife, Maggie, a school teacher
|
11 |
Bailey
|
Horace C.
|
|
1855
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
teacher;
pastor at Pine Street Baptist Church
|
literate
|
|
|
Republican
|
Republican challenger, Palestine precinct, 1876 and 1880;
secretary of Palestine Republican Club, 1880
|
married with two children;
lived in Organs precinct
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12 |
Baker
|
Abraham
|
MS
|
1842
|
|
Wilkinson
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
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constable, 1872
|
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13 |
Baker
|
F. A. (Baker, F in census)
|
MS
|
1835
|
|
Tensas
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1873
|
|
14 |
Baker
|
Moses
|
VA
|
1823
|
|
Tensas
|
mulatto
|
slave
|
|
Baptist minister
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
alternate delegate to state Republican convention, 1872;
special deputy sheriff, 1873
|
President of board of trustees, Gilfiled Baptist Church, 1876
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15 |
Ball
|
James P., Jr.
|
OH
|
1851
|
|
Concordia
|
mulatto
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born free
|
farmer;
clerk and ex-officio, Recorder of the Vidalia Baptist Church
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editor;
photographer
|
literate
|
|
city lots and plantation lands
|
Republican
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police jury, 1879;
parish printer, 1880;
9th district court clerk, 1880-84;
delegate to the district Republican convention, 1882;
circuit court of appeals clerk, 1883;
parish court clerk and recorder, 1883;
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Bought Concordia Eagle from David Young and his wife, 1877
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16 |
Ballard
|
Fountain
|
Madison, KY
|
1833
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
slave
|
road guard;
woodyard keeper, 1870;
grave digger, 1880
|
|
literate;
cannot write, 1880
|
|
$500 shares in real estate
|
Republican
|
delegate to county Republican convention, 1872, 1872 (Perce supporter);
captain in Adams county militia, 1873-74;
delegate to city convention, 1874
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married to Margaret; subscriber to the Freedmen's Land Colony, 1868;
Freedmen's Bank account
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17 |
Barbour
|
F.A. (FA)
|
|
|
|
Tensas
|
colored
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
$100 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
|
President, Teacher's Association, 1872;
justice of the peace, 1873;
Republican central executive committee, 1873;
secretary, Colored Republican convention, 1873
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18 |
Barnes
|
Mack
|
KY
|
1816
|
|
Claiborne
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
$100 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
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ranger, 1869;
Nominee for Board of Supervisors, Fourth District, 1870
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incorporator on the Natchez and Jackson Railroad Company, 1870;
trustee, First Colored Baptist Church, Port Gibson, 1870;
wife (Alabama) and two sons (Bryant and Joshua), along with two others (perhaps boarders), Louisa Singleton and Sarah Davis, both aged 13 and at school
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19 |
Bateman
|
Green
|
MD
|
1810
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
$165 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to county convention, 1871-1872
|
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20 |
Bell
|
Horace
|
|
|
|
Concordia
|
black
|
|
farmer laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
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Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1877
|
|
21 |
Bennett
|
George
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
colored
|
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teacher?
|
|
|
|
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Republican
|
delegate to county convention, 1873
|
|
22 |
Bernard
|
William
|
MS
|
1849
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate
|
|
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Republican
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U.S. Deputy Marshal. 1880 election
|
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23 |
Beverly
|
Thomas H.
|
MS
|
1850
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
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confectionary
|
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literate
|
|
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Republican
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delegate to city convention, 1874
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member of Republican club (gave public speeches), 1872
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24 |
Billings
|
Hezekiah
|
MS
|
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31 in 1870
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Jefferson
|
black
|
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farmer
|
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literate
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$300 in personal wealth
|
|
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constable, 1872
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25 |
Bishop
|
William
|
|
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|
Adams
|
colored
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Republican
|
delegate to city convention, 1874
|
Freedmen's Bank account
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26 |
Bizzell (Bazelle or Bissell)
|
Fred
|
LA
|
1848
|
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Concordia
|
black
|
|
laborer
|
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illiterate
|
|
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Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1877
|
|
27 |
Blackburn
|
William G. (H. Blackburne)
|
LA
|
1843 or 1845
|
|
Tensas
|
black
|
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farmer;
lessee
|
|
illiterate
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$600 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican;
People's
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delegate to parish nominating convention, 1872;
Republican executive committee, 1879;
delegate to constitutional nominating convention, 1879;
People's Party executive committee, 1879
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28 |
Blake
|
William T.
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1847 or 1851
|
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Adams
|
black
|
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printer, 1870;
farmer
|
|
literate
|
0, 1870
|
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Republican
|
Republican challenger, Pine Ridge precinct, 1880
|
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29 |
Bland
|
Samuel
|
MS
|
1822
|
|
Tensas
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
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$500 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
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delegate to parish nominating convention, 1872;
delegate to parish Republican convention, 1872;
Republican executive committee, 4th Ward, 1872-73
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30 |
Bland
|
Thomas
|
|
1816
|
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Claiborne
|
mulatto
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born free
|
farmer
|
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literate
|
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landowner in the 1870s
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Republican
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board of supervisors, 1870-73;
sheriff, 1874-75
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His wife, Hannah, was a Groceress Ret., with $800 in real estate, $200 in personal property, and who was illiterate
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31 |
Blanton
|
Jeff (Jefferson)
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MS
|
1835
|
|
Jefferson
|
black
|
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|
|
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$250 in personal wealth
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$2,500 in real estate
|
Republican
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Republican county convention delegate, 1872
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surety on Merrimon Howard bond, 1869
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32 |
Blue
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Milligan
|
MS
|
1835
|
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Tensas
|
black
|
|
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Baptist minister
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became literateáin 1872
|
$500 in personal wealth
|
sold house and lot, 1876
|
Republican
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delegate to Republican parish senatorial convention, 1872;
delegate to parish nominating convention, 1872;
deputy sheriff, 1872-73;
Republican executive committee, 1873;
delegate at large to the Republican executive committee, 1875
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33 |
Blue
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Spencer
|
MS
|
1846
|
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Tensas
|
black
|
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laborer
|
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illiterate
|
|
|
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deputy sheriff?
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34 |
Booze
|
Henderson
|
MS
|
1849
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
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gardener
|
|
|
|
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Republican
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city school board member, 1874-76;
member of 1st Ward Republican city executive committee, 1875;
nominee for city school trustee by both the first ward Republican Club and the first ward People's Club, 1875
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35 |
Boulden
|
J.F.
|
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Adams;
Lowndes, 1870
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black
|
|
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minister
|
|
|
|
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trustee of Alcorn University, 1871-75
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pastor of the Wall Street Baptist Church, 1865-67;
President of the Laboring Men's Association for Mississippi, 1873
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36 |
Bowie
|
Joe (Joseph)
|
LA
|
1848
|
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Concordia
|
mulatto
|
|
laborer
|
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illiterate
|
|
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Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1880
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37 |
Bowie
|
Winan (Winans, William, W. W.)
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1842
|
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Adams
|
mulatto
|
slave;
became free in 1858 or 1859
|
jailor at the Natchez and Adams county Jail
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literate
|
|
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Republican
|
delegate to city Republican convention, 1871;
keeper and superintendent of the poor farm, 1873-74;
jailor, 1880
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married with six children;
Deluge Fire Company No. 1
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38 |
Bowles
|
George F.
|
Charleston, SC
|
1844
|
|
Adams;
Concordia;
lived in Vidalia in 1880
|
mulatto
|
free
|
|
lawyer (licensed in Natchez in 1871); real estate operator; publisher and editor of monthly, Brotherhood, Natchez, 1887-1900
|
literate, educated in schools in SC, TN, and KY
|
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city lots and LA plantation lands
|
Republican
|
city attorney, 1872;
city weigher, Natchez, 1872-73;
delegate to Republican county convention, 1872 (Perce supporter), 1873;
city school board member, 1873;
colonel in Adams county militia, 1873-74;
delegate to city convention, 1874;
city marshal, 1876-79;
chief of police, 1879;
Republican executive committee, Concordia, 1880;
nominee for congress in the Fifth Louisiana District as an independent candidate, 1882;
delegate to 1888 Republican national convention;
state representative, MS, 1888-93
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enlisted in Union Army, 1863;
trustee of the Jacobs Benevolent Association, 1874;
founder and supreme dictator of The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor of the World, 1893-;
grand chancellor, (Negro) Knights of Pythias;
founder of the Universal Brotherhood;
member of the Odd Fellows
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39 |
Bowyer
|
Webster
|
|
1844
|
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Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
semi-literate: could read a bit, but could not sign his own name;
illiterate, 1880
|
|
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Republican
|
election inspector, 1880
|
married
|
40 |
Bradford
|
Nace
|
MD
|
|
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Claiborne
|
mulatto
|
slave;
manumitted in 1853
|
laborer
|
student at Alcorn University, 1873
|
|
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city lots;
had a store in 1870
|
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selectman, Port Gibson, appointed by Ames but declined, 1869
|
SCC claim;
trustee of the AME church, Port Gibson, 1869-;
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41 |
Bradley
|
B. Frank
|
TN
|
1835
|
|
Jefferson
|
black
|
|
railroad hand
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
constable, 1876
|
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42 |
Brady
|
George W.
|
MS
|
1850
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
hotel waiter;
police, 1880
|
|
literate
|
|
|
Republican
|
alternate delegate to Republican county convention, 1872 (Lynch supporter);
candidate for school board, 1874;
policeman, 1880
|
Treasurer, Deluge Fire Company No. 1, 1882
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43 |
Branch
|
Alexander (Aleck)
|
|
|
|
Wilkinson (lived there for 38 years by 1876)
|
black
|
slave
|
laborer, making cotton and corn
|
|
illiterate
|
owned a mule, a horse, and two cows,1876
|
rented land
|
Republican
|
board of supervisors, 1872-76
|
forced to resign from office after his election, 1876;
member of a Republican club
|
44 |
Briggs
|
Elias
|
|
|
|
Tensas
|
black
|
|
works on a farm
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to parish nominating convention, 1872
|
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45 |
Briggs
|
Winston
|
|
|
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Concordia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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police jury, 1868-70
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46 |
Briscoe (Brisco)
|
Jack (John H.)
|
|
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Adams
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Republican
|
Republican committee to select delegates for the county convention, 1868
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elder, Rose Hill Baptist Church, 1868;
president of Good Samaritan Sons and Daughters, 1894
|
47 |
Brooks
|
Albert
|
|
1840
|
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Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
coachman
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
policeman, 1872;
delegate to county convention, 1872 (Lynch supporter)
|
married with four children
|
48 |
Brooks
|
George
|
LA
|
1846
|
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Tensas
|
black, 1870;
mulatto, 1880
|
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farmer, 1870;
field hand, 1880
|
Baptist preacher
|
literate
|
$150 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to Vicksburg labor convention, 1879;
delegate to state Republican convention, 1879
|
|
49 |
Brown
|
Jack
|
MS
|
1838 OR 1840
|
|
Wilkinson
|
black
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
justice of the peace, 1872
|
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50 |
Brown
|
John B.
|
MA
|
1820
|
|
Jefferson
|
black
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1875; county treasurer, 1875-
|
two Browns listed in the 1870 census, but no John B. Brown
|
51 |
Brown
|
Willis
|
MS
|
1848
|
|
Wilkinson
|
black
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
literate
|
|
|
|
constable, 1872
|
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52 |
Brown
|
Wm. (William)
|
VA
|
1811
OR
1829
|
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Tensas
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate
OR
illiterate
|
unknown
OR
$125 in personal wealth?
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to parish Republican convention, 1872
|
|
53 |
Bryant
|
Andres J.
|
LA
|
1845
|
|
Tensas
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer
|
minister;
merchant
|
literate
|
$1,500 in personal wealth
|
house in St. Joseph;
Kansas plantation;
Oak Grove plantation;
house in Newellton;
West Point Plantation
|
Republican
|
member of some Club, Fund Legion Club?;
delegate but not voting member of Republican parish convention, 1872;
delegate to parish nominating convention, 1872;
President of Colored Republican convention and delegate to Colored Men's convention in New Orleans, 1873;
parish school board member, school director, 1873-75;
sheriff, 1873-76;
Republican executive committee, 1873, 1879;
vice president, Republican executive committee, 1873, 1875, 1879;
state senator, 1877-79;
chairman of Republican executive committee, 1878;
delegate to state constitutional convention, 1879 (only black Republican)
|
surety for George Yarrington, John P. Harlow, and Solomon Shaifer;
voted Democratic ticket under duress, 1878
|
54 |
Bryant
|
Robert
|
|
1851
|
|
Jefferson
|
black
|
slave
|
farmer
|
|
literate;
cannot write, 1880
|
|
|
Republican
voted Democrat at times
|
election inspector
|
|
55 |
Buchanan
|
Emerson
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to county convention, 1873
|
Grand Juror, 1872
|
56 |
Buchanan
|
Noah
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
Baptist minister
|
could not write
|
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to county convention, 1869, 1871;
justice of the peace, 1871;
Republican executive committee, 1873
|
|
57 |
Burkett
|
Paris
|
VA
|
1849
|
|
Tensas
|
mulatto
|
|
porter
|
|
literate
|
|
|
|
deputy sheriff, 1873
|
|
58 |
Burns
|
Stephen
|
|
1819
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
laborer;
no job listed, 1880
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
board of supervisors, 1871
|
juror, 1871;
lived in Kingston;
widower, 1880
|
59 |
Burns
|
Wellington
|
|
|
|
Concordia
|
black
|
|
driver
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
Republican executive committee, 1877
|
|
60 |
Burns
|
William
|
|
1828
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
free
|
blacksmith and wagon maker
|
|
|
|
|
Republican
|
city election inspector, 1871;
alderman, 1874-76;
School Visitor for the Union School, 1882
|
assistant secretary, Deluge Fire Company No. 1, 1871
|
61 |
Butcher
|
Matthew (Mat)
|
MD
|
1820
|
|
Tensas
|
black
|
|
blacksmith
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to parish Republican convention, 1872;
Republican executive committee, 4th Ward, 1872
|
|
62 |
Butler
|
Nathan
|
Washington, DC
|
1814 or 1817
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
porter for Morgan & Co.
|
|
illiterate, 1870;
literate, 1880
|
|
|
Republican
|
executive committee for the Robert H. Wood Republican Club, 1872
|
trustee of AME Zion church, Natchez, 1864-74
|
63 |
Butler
|
Randolph
|
MS
|
1826
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate
|
|
|
Republican
|
board of supervisors, 1871-74;
delegate to county Republican convention, 1873
|
married with ten children
|
64 |
Butler
|
Rufus
|
MS
|
1832
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
board of poor farm supervisors, 1873
|
|
65 |
Butler
|
William
|
LA
|
1844
|
|
Concordia
|
black
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
executive committee, Liberal Reform party of Concordia, 1872;
delegate to state nominating convention, 1876;
Republican parish executive committee, 1877
|
|
66 |
Cage
|
J. J. (JJ, John J, John T.)
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MS
|
1842
|
|
Wilkinson
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer;
farm manager, 1880
|
|
illiterate
|
$500 or $800 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
|
elected tax collector for Wilkinson County by the Constitutional Convention, 1868;
nominee for state legislator, 1868;
election registrar, 1869;
board of supervisors, 1870
|
wife was a teacher in a Fort Adams school, 1868;
gave speeches at Republican mass meeting, 1869;
accused of helping muster a black army in 1876
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67 |
Cammack (Carmack, Commack)
|
Lowery (Lowry)
|
LA
|
1814
|
|
Tensas
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate
|
$12,000 in personal wealth
|
$15,000 in real estate;
Locust Grove plantation
|
Republican, conservative faction, 1872
|
member of some Club, Fund? Legion Club;
justice of peace, 1869-75;
commisioner of elections, 1872;
delegate to Republican parish senatorial convention, 1872;
delegate but not voting member of Republican parish convention, 1872;
nominated for sheriff, 1872;
2nd Ward delegate to the Colored Republican convention and delegate to Colered Men's convention in New Orleans, 1873;
school board member, 1877-
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surety for George Yarrington
|
68 |
Carraway
|
William
|
|
|
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Adams
|
colored
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Democrat
|
1st vice president, Colored Greeley Club, 1872
|
|
69 |
Carrick
|
Samuel
|
|
|
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Claiborne
|
|
|
|
|
illiterate
|
|
landowner
|
|
board of supervisors, 1874-75
|
|
70 |
Carter
|
George W. (George C.)
|
MS
|
1835
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
born free
|
police officer
|
|
literate
|
|
|
Republican
|
police, 1869-70;
board of supervisors, 1870;
delegate to county convention, 1870-71, 1872 (Lynch supporter);
county executive committee, 1871-72;
delegate to city convention, 1871, 1874;
county school director, 1872;
market master in the city;
assistant sergeant at arms of the MS Legislature, 1873
|
incorporator of the Good Will Fire Co. 1871;
grand juror, 1872
|
71 |
Carter
|
James
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1873
|
testified before the SCC;
trustee of the Jacobs Benevolent Society, 1874;
trustee of the Pine Street Baptist Church, 1874
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72 |
Carter
|
Samuel
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MS
|
1843
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate (1880)
|
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to county convention, 1872 (Lynch supporter);
distributed Republican tickets, Kingston, 1876
|
|
73 |
Carter
|
William
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
colored
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National Union Republican
|
charter member of the local National Union Republican Party, 1869
|
|
74 |
Cessor
|
James C.
|
MS
|
1833
|
|
Jefferson
|
mulatto
|
free
|
|
saddler and harness maker;
craftsman;
carpenter
|
literate
|
$1,500 in personal property
|
|
|
appointed marshal and alderman of Rodney by Governor Ames, 1869;
appointed alderman, Rodney, 1869-70;
appointed to county board of supervisors, 1870;
justice of the peace, 1870;
state representative, 1872-78;
member of the Republican state central executive committee, 1876
|
wife and four children;
lived with siblings in Natchez in 1860: Cassandra (a 37 year old washer woman from SC), Francis (a 23 year old dress maker from SC), Caroline (a 3 year old from SC), James (listed as Jasper, a 27 year old carpenter from MS), and Joseph (a 29 year old carpenter from MS);
lived in Rodney in 1870 with his wife, Laura, and his children: Celestine (5), Emma (2), Ernestine (3 months), and Judy (9);
lived in Ocean Springs, MS in 1880 as J.D. Cessor (a saddler whose mother and father were born in SC) with his wife, Laura (40), son Eugene A. (11), and daughters Roberta (8), Cartagena (6), and Bessy (4);
internal revenue collector and agent in Ocean Springs, 1882
|
75 |
Chatman
|
Jeff D.
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MS
|
1852
|
|
Claiborne
|
mulatto
|
|
storekeeping
|
|
literate
|
|
|
Republican
|
assistant secretary, county Republican convention, 1875
|
|
76 |
Cochran
|
William Henderson
|
|
|
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Adams
|
colored
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Republican
|
First Lieutenant in the Adams County Militia, 1874
|
Second Assistant Foreman, Good Will Fire Company, 1871
|
77 |
Cole
|
Henry
|
MD
|
1824
|
|
Jefferson
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
$400 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1875
|
|
78 |
Coleman
|
Paul
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MS
|
|
|
Tensas
|
mulatto
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
nominated for constable, 1872
|
|
79 |
Collier
|
Caleb
|
MS
|
1823
|
|
Jefferson
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
Ashland plantation
|
Republican
|
Republican county convention delegate, 1872
|
surety for three black officeholders
|
80 |
Columbus
|
Robert H.
|
VA
|
1848
|
|
Concordia
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
commissioner of election, 5th Ward, 1874;
constable, 5th Ward, appointed, 1875
|
|
81 |
Conner
|
Aaron
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate
|
$115 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to county Republican convention, 1872 (Perce supporter);
ran for board of supervisors, lost by 10 votes, 1875
|
grand juror, 1873
|
82 |
Coolidge
|
William
|
MD
|
1835
|
|
Tensas
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
literate?
|
|
|
Republican; People's (fusionist)
|
delegate to parish nominating convention, 1872;
police jury board, 1873-75;
delegate at large to Republican executive committee, 1875;
coroner, 1876-79;
candidate for justice of the peace on the conservative ticket, 1878;
Republican executive committee, 1879;
delegate to constitutional nominating convention, 1879;
People's Party executive committee, 1879
|
charter member, Society of Friends;
gave speeches
|
83 |
Cory
|
Felix L. (T. L.)
|
MS
|
1851
|
|
Adams
|
colored
|
|
farmer
|
|
|
|
|
Republican
|
coroner and ranger, 1880-82;
state representative, 1884-85
|
|
84 |
Cotton
|
Kerney (Karney)
|
NC
|
1801
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
carpenter
|
|
literate
|
$175 in personal wealth
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to county convention, 1871
|
|
85 |
Cotton
|
William
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
colored
|
|
hackman, 1868
|
|
|
assessed $196 in taxes for a plantation, 1870
|
|
Democrat;
National Union Republican
|
charter member of the local National Union Republican Party, 1869 (one of three to draw up resolutions);
delegate to National Republican Party state convention, 1869;
constable, 1876
|
|
86 |
Cox
|
J. H.
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
constable, 1888-97
|
|
87 |
Cox
|
John
|
VA
|
1852
|
|
Tensas
|
black
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
literate
|
|
|
Republican;
People's (fusionist)
|
alternate delegate to parish nominating convention, 1872;
constable, 1872-75;
justice of peace, 1876;
People's Party executive committee, 1879
|
|
88 |
Cripps
|
Samuel
|
KY
|
1826
|
|
Concordia
|
black
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
|
constable, 1875
|
|
89 |
Crout
|
Peter
|
|
|
|
Wilkinson (born and raised)
|
black
|
slave
|
|
|
mostly illiterate (I don't know what you mean to spell)
|
|
property owner (mentioned in Foley letter to Grant, 1876)
|
|
vice president of a political club (Laboring-man's Society), 1875
|
member of Beaver Creek Club (whites and blacks)
|
90 |
Crusoe
|
Robinson
|
MS
|
1835
|
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
farmer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Democrat;
Liberal Republican
|
2nd vice president of the Greeley and Brown Under-the-Hill Club, 1872
|
father born in VA, mother born in MD;
married to Priscilla Crusoe (a farm laborer);
5 year old son, Duncan
|
91 |
Cullins
|
Nat (Nathaniel)
|
MS
|
1850
|
|
Tensas
|
mulatto
|
|
house servant
|
|
literate
|
|
|
Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1879;
delegate to state Republican convention, 1879
|
|
92 |
Davenport
|
William
|
|
|
|
Concordia
|
colored
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
|
|
|
Democrat
|
vice president, black Democratic club, 1876
|
|
93 |
Davis
|
Burrell
|
MS
|
1833
|
|
Tensas
|
mulatto
|
|
works on a farm
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
delegate to parish Republican convention, 1872
|
|
94 |
Davis
|
Gus
|
|
|
|
Concordia
|
black
|
|
laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
Republican executive committee, 1877
|
|
95 |
Davis
|
Joe (Joseph)
|
MS
|
1815
OR
1845
|
|
Wilkinson
|
black
OR
mulatto
|
|
farmer
OR
blacksmith
|
|
illiterate
|
$110 in personal property
OR
unknown
|
|
|
justice of the peace, 1870;
board of supervisors, 1871-76
|
wife or daughter (33) and two children, including Joe Jr. (16);
OR
wife, no children, and interviewed for the WPA slave narratives
|
96 |
Davis
|
Presley
|
MS
|
1835
|
|
Jefferson
|
colored
|
slave
|
mechanic;
drove a team
|
|
|
|
|
|
Union League officer, Herald and Marshall
|
SCC claim 2604, disallowed
|
97 |
Davis
|
Robert
|
LA
|
1841
|
|
Concordia
|
black
|
|
farm laborer
|
|
illiterate
|
|
|
Republican
|
constable, 1875;
commissioner of election, Poll 3, 1876;
school board member, 1877-
|
|
98 |
Davis
|
T. H.
|
|
|
|
Adams
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
constable, 1884-87
|
|
99 |
Davis
|
William Minor
|
MS
|
1850
|
|
Adams
|
mulatto
|
|
constable;
printer
|
|
literate
|
|
|
People's (fusionist)
|
city school board memeber, 1874
|
|
100 |
Davis
|
Willis
|
MS
|
1847?
|
29 or 24 in 1870
|
Adams
|
black
|
|
laborer
OR
farmer
|
|
illiterate
OR
literate
|
$106(?) in personal property
OR
$100 in personal property
|
|
Republican
OR
unknown
|
Republican committee to select delegates for the county convention, 1868;
Republican executive committee, 1871;
delegate to Republican county convention representing Helm's precinct, 1870, 1872 (Lynch supporter), 1873;
state representative, 1874-75;
OR
unknown
|
wife, Fillis(?), 20, mulatto, born in MS, illiterate;
OR
wife, Ellen, 20, mulatto, born in MS, can read but not write, keeping house, no children;
also in household, Bradley, 22, a white planter from MS, no property, literate
|
|