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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 18 Fleetwood, Mr. John Whitmarsh Island, Ga. 40 8 Richard Doyle  
April 18

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30 4 Robert Jenks  
July 19

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40 5 Cato Bernard  

 

1865 Date Name of Owner Name of Plantation No. of Acres No. in Family Name of Settler Remarks
April 10 Gibbons, W. H. "Shacksbury," Argyle Island, Ga. 40 3 Bonapart Hazzard Restored
April 15

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5 2 Hager Gibbons 1st Class Warrant No. 159, Restored
April 19

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10 1 Bass Noble 1st Class Warrant No. 146, Restored
April 21

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15 2 Ned Small 1st Class Warrant No. 147, Restored
April 21

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5 2 Juno Betsey 1st Class Warrant No. 148, Restored
May 4

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20 5 Michael Mack 1st Class Warrant No. 153, Restored
May 9

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8 2 Mike Argyle 1st Class Warrant No. 150, Restored
May 10

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20 4 York McIntosh Restored
May 31

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10 2 Wm. Farley 1st Class Warrant No. 154, Restored
June 6

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10 3 Sandy Reed 1st Class Warrant No. 149, Restored
June 7

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30 7 Quromina Hamk 1st Class Warrant No. 158, Restored
June 13

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5 1 Friday Phillips 1st Class Warrant No. 156, Restored

 

1865 Date Name of Owner Name of Plantation No. of Acres No. in Family Name of Settler Remarks
April 10 Gray, George Whitmarsh Island, Ga. 40 3 Captain Shigg 1st Class Warrant No. 58
April 11

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40 6 Anthony Owens  
April 15

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40 4 James Bird  
May 1

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30 2 Andrew Bolding  
May 8

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20 5 January Reed  
May 8

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30 3 Seylon Bryant  
May 27

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40 4 Charles Borshine  
June 3

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20 2 Polydore Bryant  
June 3

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10 3 David Edwards  

 

1865 Date Name of Owner Name of Plantation No. of Acres No. in Family Name of Settler Remarks
April 20 Gibson, R. F. Whitmarsh Island, Ga. 40 6 Joseph Stikes  
April 21

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20 6 Wm. Giles  
May 8

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25 2 Bonapart Lloyd  
May 10

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20 2 Sam Hutchison  
May 10

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30 3 Ben Waltower  
May 20

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15 3 Nancy Jackson  
May 26

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20 6 Jack Giles  

 

1865 Date Name of Owner Name of Plantation No. of Acres No. in Family Name of Settler Remarks
May 4 Goodwin, Elijah "Oaklands," Ogeechee, Ga. 10 6 Eliza Mallard  
May 4

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7 7 Dick Wallett  
May 11

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9 5 Venus Clark  
May 12

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10 2 Louisa Miller  

 

1865 Date Name of Owner Name of Plantation No. of Acres No. in Family Name of Settler Remarks
April 15 Hunter, Wm. Or Jas. Wilmington Island, Ga. 30 3 Chatham Garrett  
April 18

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30 7 Abner Brown  
August 21

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15 2 Sanney Cumming  
Sept. 7

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20 2 Augustus Carr  

 

1865 Date Name of Owner Name of Plantation No. of Acres No. in Family Name of Settler Remarks
April 12 Jones Skidaway Island or Long Island, Ga. 30 9 Charles Steele  
May 6

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20 2 Prince Jackson  
July 15

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40 4 Bristow Drayton 1st Class Warrant No. 57