Miscellaneous Personal Data on Alexandria African Americans, 1862-1868

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Miscellaneous Personal Data on Alexandria African Americans, 1862-1868
The information in the following large table is drawn from many sources, chief among which are the records of the Alexandria office of the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. This was generally compiled a dozen years ago, but many of the sources were not mined exhaustively
for information. I intend to again comb these sources more thoroughly, but that is unlikely to occur within the next two years. So the reader will have
to accept the information as it is—recorded accurately, but not the last word on many individuals. I hope that the information presented will be
sufficiently self-explanatory. Most of the individuals are freedpeople from Virginia, many of whom depended in some way on the Freedmen’s
Bureau, an inherent bias in the data. Only two of the sources cited below are published ones, records of marriages and deaths compiled and
transcribed by Wesley Pippenger. Only a fraction of the entries in these books have been cited, and only to expand upon or corroborate information
in the Freedmen’s Bureau records.
The names are arranged alphabetically by surname. Use the “find” function, and consider possible alternate spellings.
Tim Dennée
All rights reserved, July 2008
Sources:
CHANCERY Alexandria Circuit Court Chancery Causes, Alexandria Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
M752 National Archives and Records Administration, Microform Publication, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, 1865-1872
M816 National Archives and Records Administration, Microform Publication, Records of the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company,
1865-1874
M1055 National Archives and Records Administration, Microform Publication, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the District of Columbia, 1865-1869, Descriptive Lists of
Freedmen for Whom Agents Requested Transportation, August 1867 to July 1868
P2257 National Archives and Records Administration, Microform Publication, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives,
Southern Claims Commission Summary Reports of Disallowed Claims, 1871-1880
PENSION National Archives and Records Administration,
PETTIT Captain Rufus Dudley Pettit (Inspector of Prisons) Papers, private collection, copies at Alexandria Library Local History
Special Collections
PIPPENGER I Alexandria, Virginia, Death Records, 1863-1868 (The Gladwin Record) and 1869-1896, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line
Publications, 1995)
PIPPENGER II Alexandria County, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1853-1895, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007)
RG94E544 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Adjutant General, Entry 544, Field Records of
Hospitals, 1821-1912, Virginia, Volume 527
RG94E578 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Adjutant General, Entry 578, Monthly Returns of
Nurses, 1861-65
RG94E596 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Adjutant General, Entry 596, Contracts With
Female Employees, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-69
RG94E597 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Adjutant General, Entry 597, Reports of
Attendants, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1866-1871
RG105E44 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, Entry 44, Marriage Registers of the Sub-Assistant Commissioner of Virginia
RG105E536 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, Entry 536, Washington, D.C. Office, Register of Marriages, Nov. 1866-July 1867
RG105E537 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, Entry 537, Washington, D.C. Office, Ministers’ Reports of Marriage Certificates Issued to Freedmen, Nov. 1866-July
1867 and Oct. 1869
RG105E559 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, Entry 559, Washington, D.C. Office, Register of Freedmen Leaving Mason’s Island, Virginia, May 1864-Jully 1865
RG105E570 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
570, Washington, D.C. Office, Registers of Freedmen at Camp Barker, D.C., June 1862-December 1863
RG105E578 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
578, Washington, D.C. Office, Register of People Arriving at Freedmen’s Village, January 1867-June 1868
RG105E3847 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3847, Alexandria Office, Letters Sent, July 1865-June 1867
RG105E3848 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3848, Alexandria Office, Press Copies of Letters Sent, March 1867-April 1869
RG105E3849 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3849, Alexandria Office, Endorsements Sent and Received, November 1865-March 1867
RG105E3853 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3849, Alexandria Office, Unregistered Letters Received, October 1863-July 1868
RG105E3855 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3855, Alexandria Office, Letters Sent, October-November 1866 and a Register of Letters Received, November 1866-October
1867, by the Acting Assistant Quartermaster
RG105E3863 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3863, Alexandria Office, School Reports, April 1867-March 1869
RG105E3864 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3864, Alexandria Office, Monthly and Tri-monthly Reports of Intelligence Offices, October 1865-September 1867
RG105E3865 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3865, Alexandria Office, Monthly Reports of Tenants Occupying Tenements, July 1866-October 1867
RG105E3868 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3868, Alexandria Office, Register of Complaints, January 1867-December 1868
RG105E3870 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3870, Alexandria Office, Labor Contracts, September 1865-March 1867
RG105E3877 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3877, Alexandria Office, Receipts, May 1866-October 1869
RG105E3878 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry
3878, Alexandria Office, Miscellaneous Records, 1865-1868
RG393E2050 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of United States Army Continental Commands, Entry 2050, Records
of the Military Governor of Alexandria, Endorsements Sent, August 1864-July 1865
RG393E2053 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of United States Army Continental Commands, Entry 2053, Records
of the Military Governor of Alexandria, Letters Received, 1862-1865
T289 National Archives and Records Administration, Microform Publication, Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who
Served Between 1861 and 1900
WATER Alexandria Water Company Property Book, Alexandria Waterworks, 1867, Alexandria Library Local History Special Collections
WILBUR Diaries of Julia A. Wilbur, Friends Library, Haverford College
NAME DATE OF OCCUPATION ADDRESS FAMILY REMARKS SOURCES
BIRTH
Adams, Caroline husband Moved to Catlett’s Station 1/1867 to join her RG105E3849
husband.
Adams, George 1846 Died 7/5/1865 at L’Ouverture Hospital. RG105E3878
Adams, Richard 1862 north side of Duke Died 7/22/1865. RG105E3878
Street, West End,
four or five doors
west of the stone
bridge
Addison, Cornelia 1851
Addison, Phillip 1848 Sent to Freedmen’s Village 2/1868. RG105E578
“Inflammation of the lungs.”
Addison, Winnie daughter Eliza Helen Former slave of Alexander Sangster of RG105E3868
Moxley Moorefield, Hardy Co., VA. In 1867 she was
searching for daughter, who had been taken
from her 10 years earlier by or from Sangster.
Ages, Ellen Maria between mother Henrietta Former slave of Alfred Leigh of Fairfax Co. who, RG105E3855
1849 and Ages in 1862, left her with Mr. Fisher who lived
1852 between Warrenton and Waterloo in Fauquier
Co. Her mother was looking for her 2/1866.
Ages, Henrietta daughter Ellen Maria RG105E3855
Ages
Ages, Hezekiah farmer/laborer No. 3 Construction wife Martha Posey; He was possibly a former slave of George RG105E578
Barracks stepson George Selectman [Seligman], who “lived between RG105E3878
(1/1/1866­ Posey; children Occoquan and Fairfax Station on the Old Ox RG105E3865
1/1/1867) Julia, Matilda, Road” and “near Telegraph Road about two PIPPENGER II
William Henry, miles north of Occoquan Creek.” Worked for
Montgomery, and army, “policing” McVeigh Hospital early 1863.
John (and Amy?) Officially married Martha Posey 3/5/1864.
Ages Worked for Freedmen’s Bureau in Contraband
Cemetery 1/1-8/31/1866 to pay rent.
Ages, Julia 1864 father Hezekiah Sent to Freedmen’s Village 2/1868. RG105E578
Ages; mother
Martha Posey Ages;
sister Matilda Ages;
brothers William
Henry, John, and
Montgomery Ages;
step-brother?
George Posey
Ages, Martha
see Posey, Martha
Ages, Matilda 1860 father Hezekiah Sent to Freedmen’s Village 2/1868. RG105E578
Ages; mother
Martha Posey Ages;
sister Julia Ages;
brothers William
Henry, John, and
Montgomery Ages;
step-brother?
George Posey
Ages, Montgomery 1858 father Hezekiah Sent to Freedmen’s Village 2/1868. RG105E578
Ages; mother
Martha Posey Ages;
sisters Julia and
Matilda Ages;
brothers William
Henry and John
Ages; step-brother?
George Posey
Ages, William Henry 1857 father Hezekiah “Homeless and destitute.” Sent to Freedmen’s RG105E578
Ages; mother Village to join mother 3/1868.
Martha Posey Ages;
sisters Julia and
Matilda Ages;
brothers John and
Montgomery Ages;
step-brother?
George Posey
Aiken, Polly farm hand six children Contracted for one year to J.D. Adams of RG105E3870
Jackson Co., AR 1/12/1867.
Alexander, Albert farm hand Contracted for 10½ months to Custis Grymes of RG105E3870
Friendshipville, King George Co., VA 2/7/1867.
Alexander, Alex 1779 Soldiers Rest “Infirm.” RG105E3878
Alexander, Ashby laborer No. 26 Prince one male and three RG105E3865
Street Barracks females in
(before 1/1/1866­ household
11/15/1866)
Alexander, Gabriel RG105E3878
Alexander, Henry mother Mary Contracted for one year to John Seaton RG105E3878
Alexander 9/7/1865.
Alexander, Jack farm laborer Contracted for about 10½ months to Robert RG105E3870
Beverley of Fauquier Co., VA 2/20/1866.
Alexander, Lizzie Collecting rations from the Freedmen’s Bureau RG105E3878
9/1865.
Alexander, Martha cook Worked at L’Ouverture Hospital from 10/3/1865 RG94E596
through 3/1867?, for $10/month.
Alexander, Mary son Henry RG105E3878
Alexander
Alexander, Matilda washerwoman No. 9 Seward two males and two RG105E3865
Barracks (1/1­ females in
3/23/1866); No. 11 household
Sickles Barracks
(3/23-11/23/1866)
Alexander, William Moved to Warrenton, VA 1/1867 to work for RG105E3849
Alexander Walker.
_____, Alice “girl” Slave of Mr. Barnes? WILBUR
Allan, John farm laborer Contracted for 10½ months to John A. RG105E3870
Marchant of Culpeper Co., VA 2/14/1866.
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Renting home from Tom Grayson ca. 1865. RG105E3878
Allen, Daphne 1787 Came to Alexandria from Spotsylvania Co., VA RG105E3878
in 1864. “Aged and destitute.”
Allen, John Patrick Street Rented house belonging to Nehemiah Hicks ca. RG105E3878
1865.
Allen, John field hand Contracted for 8½ months to George W. Van RG105E3870
Beck & Co. plantation in Phillips Co., AR RG105E3849
4/13/1866. Illiterate.
Allen, John nurse Worked at L’Ouverture Hospital 11/1/1865­ RG94E597
3/31/1866 for $8/month.
Allen, John E. 1848 laborer single; no children Born in VA and brought up in Alexandria. M816
Illiterate.
Allen, Thomas Petersburg RG105E3868
between
Washington and
St. Asaph Streets,
near the cotton
factory
Allen, Thomas laborer Contracted for one year to E.G. Waters of RG105E3870
Fauquier Co., VA 3/7/1867.
Allen, William laborer Contracted for ten months to David A. Windsor RG105E3870
of Maryland Landing, Washington Co., MS
3/8/1867.
Anderson, Abner laborer Working for Jackson & Quigley on the railroad RG105E3870
in Alexandria 8/1865.
Anderson, Henry farm laborer Contracted for eleven months to J.F. Brown of RG105E3870
Culpeper Co., VA 2/2/1866.
Anderson, Matilda about a square RG105E3878
northeast of the
[Hooff’s Run]
stone bridge on
Diagonal [Road in
West End]
Anderson, Martha
see Johnson, Martha
Ann, Minnie 1831 Died 11/29/1865. RG105E3878
Ann, Queen 1789 Came to Alexandria from Charles Co., MD in RG105E3878
1864. “Aged and destitute.”
_____, Annie baby Sent to work for John M. Coughlin at West RG105E3853
Farms, Westchester Co., NY in mid 1866. Was
in early stage of pregnancy at the time and was
dismissed after the birth in early 1867.
Annison, Jimmy 4/1864 Johnson farm Died 8/13/1865. RG105E3878
Ansel, Joseph 1849 Died 8/2/1865 at L’Ouverture Hospital. RG105E3878
Armstead, Robert Camp Distribution brother Jefferson With brother bought a house on Mr. Baggott’s RG105E3868
Purdy land [near Camp Distribution] ca. 1867.
Armstead, Sicily 1755 Collecting rations from the Freedmen’s Bureau RG105E3878
9/1865.
Arnold, _____ 78 N. Patrick WATER
Street (landlord
John Summers)
ca. 1867
Arnold, Mr. _____ Newtown? WILBUR
Arnold, Mrs. _____ Newtown? mother; three sisters Her mother was born in 1790 and gained her WILBUR
freedom 2/1863. Came to Alexandria and lived
in Newtown.
Arrington, Catherine “Kate” washerwoman No. 54, then Nos. widow of Thomas RG105E3865
18 and 19 Sickles Arrington; sons?
Barracks Robert and Thomas
(6/1/1866­ Arrington; one male
7/20/1867) and two females in
household (1867)
Ashby, Maria Henry Street Died 12/19/1865. RG105E3878
Asher, Nancy RG105E3878
Ashton, Arsenus [Arcenius] 1845 dining room mother Lucy Ashton; Contracted from 5/15/1866 to 12/25/1866 to CEN1860
servant (1860)/ sisters Annabella, Charles L. Howe’s plantation at Lake RG105E3870
field hand ca. Victoria, Georgia, Providence, LA. Illiterate.
1866 and Ruth; brothers
Fenter, Thomas, and
Henry
Ashton, Thomas 1844 laborer mother Lucy Ashton; CEN1860
sisters Annabella, RG105E3878
Victoria, Georgia,
and Ruth; brothers
Thomas, Fenter, and
Henry
Ashton, Victoria 1851 mother Lucy Ashton; “Mulatto.” CEN1860
sisters Annabella, RG105E3878
Georgia, and Ruth;
brothers Thomas,
Fenter, Arsenus,
and Henry
B., Julia corner Duke and child From Fauquier Co., VA.
Union
Bagley, Amanda “girl” sister? Mary Ann “Destitute.” RG105E3878
Bagley
Bagley [Bagby], Mary Ann “girl” 11 Royal Street sister Priscilla Left Mason’s Island 6/28/1864 to live with RG105E559
Bagley Gilbert S. Minor on Royal Street. RG105E3878
Bagley [Bagby], Priscilla “girl” 11 Royal Street sister Mary Ann Left Mason’s Island 6/28/1864 to live with RG105E559
Bagley Gilbert S. Minor on Royal Street.
Bailey, Amy [Aimey] 1807 near coal wharf? mother Millie Bailey; Came to Alexandria from Caroline Co., VA in RG105E3878
(sister? Milley 1864. “Sick and destitute.”
Bailey?)
Bailey, Hiram 1841 Died at L’Ouverture Hospital 12/28/1865. RG105E3878
Bailey, John field hand Contracted from 4/21/1866 to 1/1/1867 to C.A. RG105E3870
Norton’s plantations at Laconia Landing, AR.
Illiterate.
Bailey, Milley 1807 sister or daughter? Came to Alexandria from Caroline Co., VA RG105E3878
Amy Bailey; in 1865. “Aged and destitute.”
(mother? Millie
Bailey?)
Bailey, Nancy RG105E3868
Bailey, Patrick 1/1864 Grantville Died 9/7/1865. RG105E3878
Bailey, Thomas field hand Contracted for 8½ months to George W. Van RG105E3870
Beck & Co. plantation in Phillips Co., AR
4/13/1866. Illiterate.
Baker, Ann 1812 Came to Alexandria from Louisa Co., VA in RG105E3878
1865. “Sick and destitute.”
Baker, Hannah RG105E3848
RG105E3868
Baker, John “Jack” farm laborer wife Mary C. Baker Contracted for one year to Mrs. Ball of Loudon RG105E3870
Co., VA 3/6/1866. M816
Baker, Lewis wife Winnie Ann In 10/1868 asked to have his mentally ill wife RG105E3848
Baker released from Howard Grove Hospital
(Richmond, VA) and returned to Alexandria.
Baker, Lucy 1796 Came to Alexandria in 1863. “Sick and RG105E3878
destitute.”
Baker, Mary C. farm laborer 100 Royal Street husband John Born and brought up in Alexandria. Contracted RG105E3870
ca. 1870 “Jack” Baker; for one year to Mrs. Ball of Loudon Co., VA M816
daughter Elizabeth 3/6/1866. Dark brown complexion. Illiterate.
J. Whiting; mother
Polly Savoy; sister
Jane Elizabeth
Berry; (no brothers)
Baker, R. 49 north Pitt WATER
Street (landlord
Leopold
Gentzberger) ca.
1867
Baker, Westly near Mudtown? RG105E3868
Ball, Henson [Hanson] laborer 50 N. Henry Street RG105E3868
Ball, Julia Ann washerwoman daughter Martha Working for Mrs. Hetty Kline in 1867. RG105E3868
Ball; and another
daughter
Ballou, Peter farm laborer Working on Freedmen’s Farm near Camp RG105E3877
Distribution in 1866.
RG105E3875
Baltimore, Betsey [Betsy] northwest corner son Moses RG105E3878
of Princess and Baltimore
Royal Streets;