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Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in North Carolina, June 1866 - January 1867
Transcribed from National Archives Publication M843, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
M843, Roll 33 "Reports of Outrages"
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Whites against Blacks in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending June 30, 1866.
Date: June 21, 1866. Place: Camp Whiting. By whom: Unknown. Against whom: Eight families, freedmen. Nature of outrage: Burning their houses. Action taken: Perpetrators not discovered. Remarks: none.
Date: June 25, 1866. Place: ?McHenry's Mill. By whom: Wm. Peden and Mr. Wright. Against whom: Joseph Hall (fm). Nature of outrage: Beating, shooting at & whipping. Action taken: Bound for their appearance at Superior Court, Brunswick Co. Remarks: none.
Date: June 23, 1866. Place: Columbus County. By whom: Dillon Baldwin. Against whom: Gabe Rouse. Nature of outrage: Assault with whip. Action taken: fined. Remarks: none.
Date: June 25, 1866. Place: Columbus County. By whom: Matthew Thompson. Against whom: Mary Somerset. Nature of outrage: Assault with stick. Action taken: dismissed. Remarks: none.
Date: June 26, 1866. Place: Bladen County. By whom: (blank). Against whom: (blank). Nature of outrage: Case rape. Action taken: Prosecuted in civil court. Remarks: none.
Date: June 16, 1866. Place: Cumberland County. By whom: Lumley Johnson. Against whom: Virgil Steele. Nature of outrage: Assault with a hoe. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: June 16, 1866. Place: Cumberland County. By whom: Wm. Warren. Against whom: Archer Graves. Nature of outrage: Assault and battery. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: June 20, 1866. Place: Richmond County. By whom: John Manison. Against whom: Wm. Ambers. Nature of outrage: Shot in the leg with pistol. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities. Remarks: none.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Whites against Blacks in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending July 15, 1866.
Date: July 3. Place: Robeson County. By whom: J. B. Cox. Against whom: Charles McCall. Nature of outrage: Gun shot in left thigh. Action taken: _____. Remarks: McCall (col'd) first attempted to shoot Cox.
Date: July 3. Place: Bladen Robeson County. By whom: T. N. Bone. Against whom: Josh Telfair. Nature of outrage: Beat with cane. Action: ____. Remarks: Freedman did not appear for trial.
Date: July 7. Place: Cumberland County. By whom: ?Danny How & Mrs. Ellis, George Waddell. Against whom: Nathaniel Smith, Renat Aults. Nature of outrage: Assault, assault with a (illegible). Action taken: Case now pending trial.
Date: July 9. Place: New Hanover. By whom: Bruce King & Dr. Xerseas. Against whom: Louisa Dixon. Nature of outrage: Beating and threatening to blow brains out. Action taken: No action has yet been taken.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Whites against Blacks in the ^Sub District State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending July 28, 1866.
Date: July 16. Place: New Hanover County. By whom: Hunter Carr. Against whom: Martha Huffman. Nature of outrage: Striking with a club. Action taken: Action suspended during good behavior.
Date: July 20. Place: Wilmington. By whom: Billy James. Against whom: Andrew J. Walker. Nature of outrage: Striking with a brick. Action taken: Turned over to civil authority.
Date: July 21. Place: Robeson County. By whom: Peter & Thomas Graham. Against whom: Hannah McCormick. Nature of outrage: Beaten and bruised with clubs. Action taken: Bound over by civil authority.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Blacks against Whites in the Southern District of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 13th August, 1866.
Date: 13th August 1866. Place: Wilmington, N. C. Remarks: No outrages reported.
Date: 13th August 1866. Place: Columbus County, N. C. Remarks: No outrages reported.
Date: 7th August 1866. Place: Bladen County. By whom: Thomas Hurt. Against whom: Sancho Gillespie. Nature of outrage: Assault and battery. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: 7th August 1866. Place: Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N. C. By whom: Wm. Sutton. Against whom: Jno. Smith. Action taken: (blank). Remarks: In case of Wm. Sutton who committed an assault on Jno. Smith. The justice of the peace before whom the trial was had showed a disposition to favor Sutton and discharged him because the negro was hurt too badly to appear. I procured the warrant and the costs had to be paid by me. Threats were made that if I arrested Sutton I would be killed &c. No reports of outrages by blacks against white has been reported. No outrages reported.
Date: 13th August 1866. Place: Robeson County, N. C. Remarks: No outrages reported.
Date: 13th August 1866. Place: Richmond County, N. C. Remarks: No outrages reported.
Date: 5th August 1866. Place: Fayetteville. By whom: Thadeus Kinlaw. Against whom: Andrew Silley. Nature of outrage: Cut with a knife. Action taken: not arrested. Remarks: This was a very severe cut or stab with a long knife without any provocation.
Date: 13th August 1866. Place: Cumberland County, N. C. Remarks: No outrages reported.
Date: 13th August 1866. Place: Sampson & Duplin County, N. C. Remarks: No outrages reported.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Blacks Whites against Whites Blacks in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 28 August, 1866.
Date: August 16. Place: New Hanover. By whom: Capt. M. ?Santon. Against whom: Owen Kenion (col.). Nature of outrage: Endeavoring to kill. Action taken: Turned over to civil authority. Remarks: none.
Date: August 22. Place: Wilmington. By whom: Charlie Ellis. Against whom: John W. Robinson. Nature of outrage: Beating. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities.
Date: August 22. Place: Wilmington. By whom: William Moore. Against whom: Joe Walker. Nature of outrage: Beating. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: August 23. Place: Brunswick County. By whom: Stephen Ripitson. Against whom: Sam Perkins. Nature of outrage: Beating. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: August 23. Place: New Hanover County By whom: Trinza Ash (col'd). Against whom: Henry Grey. Nature of outrage: Beating. Action taken: Turned over to civil authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: August 28. Place. Place: Wilmington. By whom: Sessman. Against whom: Mary Gast. Nature of outrage: Beating. Action taken: Turned over to civil authority.
Date: August 13. Place: Columbus County By whom: Joseph Lunnden. Against whom: William Wartham. Nature of outrage: Beating. Action taken: Arrested & fined by civil authority. Remarks: none.
Date: August 13. Place: Columbus County By whom: Edward Bass. Against whom: Randal Pierce. Nature of attack: Assault with attempt to kill. Action taken: Arrested, fined & bound by civil authority for his good behavior. Remarks: none.
Date: August 13. Place: Richmond County By whom: John Bairfield. Against whom: Teril Covington. Nature of outrage: Assault & battery. Action taken: Bound over for trial by civil authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: August 23. Place: Richmond County By whom: Wm. Covington (white). Against whom: David Covington (col'd). Nature of outrage: Assault & Battery. Action taken: Warrant issued by civil authorities for arrest & affidavit. Remarks: none.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Blacks against Whites in the Southern District State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 13 September, 1866.
Date: 27 August 1866. Place: Magnolia, N. C. Wayne County. By whom: Four white ruffians. Against whom: Benj. Lewis, a freedman and discharged soldier. Nature of outrage: Brutal beating. Action taken: Sent to Wilmington. Remarks: The outrage being perpetrated in Wayne County and being out of the district Maj. Foster could not take the matter in hand but sent him to Wilmington. Case referred by me to Maj. Stickney at Goldboro, N. C.
No other outrages are reported as having occurred in this district.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Blacks against Whites in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 28 September, 1866.
Date: 28 Sept. 1866. Place: Rocky Point. By whom: Geo. and Jno. Orusbee. Against whom: Martha Pigfoot. Nature of outrage: Tying and beating with a piece of fence rail. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities (Jerry Hand) with request that action be taken.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Whites against Blacks in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending September 30, 1866.
Date: Sept. 20th. Place: Richmond County. By whom: Sandy Skipper. Against whom: E. Covington. Nature of outrage: Assault & battery. Action taken: To be arbitrated. Remarks: none.
Date: Sept. 12. Place: Caswell County. By whom: J. B. Blackwell. Against whom: Griffin Cobb. Nature of outrage: Assault & battery. Action taken: Arrested by mil. authorities. Remarks: none.
Date: Sept. 13. Place: Randolph County. By whom: J. T. Kearns. Against whom: Frank Walker. Nature of outrage: False pretense. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities. Received the amount with interest. Remarks: none.
Date: Sept. 22. Place: Chowan County. By whom: W. Hathaway. Against whom: A. S. Johnson. Nature of outrage: Whipping. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities. Remarks: Defendant gave bonds for appearance.
Date: Sept. 20. Place: Chatham County. By whom: Edward Long. Against whom: Tony Clegg. Nature of outrage: Threat to kill. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities. Remarks: Defendant gave bonds for appearance.
Date: Sept. 20. Place: Wilmington. By whom: James Smith. Against whom: Sarah Register. Nature of outrage: Assault & battery. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities. Remarks: Defendant gave bonds for appearance.
Date: Sept. 20. Place: Bergen Station. By whom: Dick Patterson. Against whom: William Faircloth. Nature of outrage: Highway robbery. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Whites against Blacks in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 13 October, 1866.
Date: 1 Oct. Place: Rocky Point. By whom: Jas. Orusbee. Against whom: Sandy Kelly. Nature of outrage: Striking with an axe with intent to kill. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities with request that action be taken.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Blacks against Whites in the Southern District of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 28th October, 1866.
Date: 12th October. Place: New Hanover County. By whom: Mary Smith. Against whom: Martha Smith. Nature of outrage: Assault & battery. Action taken: Referred to civil authority.
Date: 27th October. Place: Long Creek. By whom: Supposed to be one Ned Walker. Against whom: Sam Walker. Nature of outrage: Murder. Action taken: Action deferred for evidence to secure a warrant for his arrest.
Date: 12th October. Place: Richmond County. By whom: James Madison. Against whom: Washington Ledbetter. Nature of outrage: Deft. Struck plaintiff three times with a club then drew a pistol and threatened to shoot him if he did not leave the County. Action taken: turned over to the civil authorities with request that he be arrested and returned to court for the assault, and bound to keep the peace. Remarks: The magistrate that I turned this case over to lives twenty miles from here. I have not learned yet what action he took in this case.
Date: October. Place: Sampson County, N. C. By whom: Wm. Griffith & two others unknown. Against whom: Albert Carter (freedman). Nature of outrage: Entered his house and robbed him of shoes and clothing besides using threats of personal violence if he made any complaint to the author. (authorities). Action taken: Referred the matter to both the magistrate of Duplin and Sampson Co.'s and insisted that action should be taken in the matter. Remarks: The Co. Solicitor has taken steps whare all the parties arrested and bought to trial.
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Blacks Whites against Whites Blacks in the Southern District of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 13th November, 1866.
Date: November. Place: Sampson County, N. C. By whom: David Sloan, M. D. Against whom: Emma (Freedwoman). Nature of outrage: Retains from the mother "Emma" four (4) children between the ages of 8 & 13 claiming that they were bound to him by the county court. Action taken: Capt. Foster reports that he "sent peremptory order to Dr. Sloan to deliver them to Emma at once with instructions that if he refused, to report the matter at once without delay."
SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Whites against Blacks in the Southern District of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending 13th November, 1866.
Date: October 30. Place: Wilmington, N. C. By whom: one Mr. Bunting. Against whom: John Moseley. Nature of outrage: Assault & battery. Action taken: Referred to civil authority. Remarks: This man Moseley reported that Bunting had assaulted him for requesting payment for hauling a load of wood. Before the case came to trial before the magistrate Bunting caused Moseley's arrest & took him before the Mayor who deprived him of his license without allowing him evidence in defense. Lt. E. N. McQuigg, Asst. Supt. Sub Dist. Wilmington, reports that he is "informed that the man is of good character & standing by those who know him."
Date: 8th November 1866. Place: Richmond County, N. C. By whom: Daniel Leester & Daniel Skipper. Against whom: Jerry Evritt (col'd). Nature of outrage: Dan'l Skipper held plaintiff and Daniel Leester beat him with a club cutting plaintiff head badly. Action taken: This case turned over to civil authorities, Sandy Ball J. P. Remarks: Lt. McCumber, Asst. Supt., reports that "The magistrate issued a warrant for both the defendants for an assault and battery. Both held to bail for their appearance at court.
Record of Cases of outrages reported in Sub District of Wm'ton (?Wilmington) from Dec 28th 1866 to Jan 13th 1867.
Date: Dec. 29, 1866. Plaintiff: Sylvia Parker (freedwoman). Defendant: John Lawrence. Nature of complaint: Complainant states that she met defendant on the street and asked him when he intended to pay her for picking cotton. Also told him that he had not done right-by her. Defendant denied that he owed her anything & said that he had paid her for all she had done. Complainant again asserted that Deft. had not done right-by her and that he had not paid her. Defendant then struck complainant three or four times with a stick upon her head & arms.
Date: Jan. 5, 1867. Plaintiff: Amos Spruill (freedman). Defendant: Wm. Lawrence and James Meget. Nature of complaint: Complainant states that Wm. Lawrence, with others, attacked him with snowballs that he ran toward his own house, he party followed and Deft. Lawrence struck him twice & kicked him once. That he attempted to defend himself when James Meget attempted to draw a pistol upon him but was prevented by Carter Maddrey who protected him & compelled Defts. to desist from their assault. Carter Maddrey states that he was present & saw the snowballing but did not see any blows struck by any one. That he feared there would be a difficulty and being a magistrate ordered the crowd to desist from the snowballing.
From circumstances which came to my knowledge I judge that the party of boys & men on that day enjoyed in the diversion of attacking every one who passed white & black with snowballs and being in sport. None thought of resenting the harmless character of the sport diversion which was exercised upon all who passed the place and that the freedman Amos Spruill took offense and resented in abusive language which the defendants also resented by an unjustifiable assault.
The complainants in the cases herewith reported were referred to the civil court for redress and instructed to go before the grand jury at the February term.
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