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The Freedmen's Bureau Online

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Georgia
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1869
National Archives Publication M798 Roll 36
"Register of Land Titles Issued to Freedmen"

1865 Date Name of Owner Name of Plantation No. of Acres No. in Family Name of Settler Remarks
April 10 Adams, Dr. Dav. Skidaway Island, Ga. 40 5 William Pettigrew  
April 12

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40 3 Samuel Butler  
April 12

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40 4 Thomas Jones  
April 18

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40 3 F. J. Keton 1st Class Warrant 179
May 16

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10 4 Henry Jackson  
May 25

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15 1 Gabriel Knight  
May 27

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20 4 Rob. Morgin  
May 27

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25 7 Thos. Devaux  
June 3

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20 4 Cuffy Harris  
June 3

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20 7 Mark Harris  
Sept. 19

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40 3 Caesar Keton 1st Class Warrant 178

Property restored by Special Order No. 6 OAC, approved by Genl. Howard Comd. January 1867

All Freedmen left and gone to Savannah, Ga.