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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 15 Hunter, Wm. Or Jas. Wilmington Island 30 3 Chatham Garrett Not on plantation
April 18

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30 7 Abner Brown  
Aug. 21

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15 2 Sanney Cumming  
Sept. 7

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20 2 Augustus Carr  
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
April 10 King, M. C. "Ham" Island, Ga. 20 4 Charles Rivers  
April 11

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20 2 John Bull  
April 11

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10 3 Nannie Savine  
April 12

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10 2 Sylvia McKenzie  
May 9

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5 4 Major Rose  
May 13

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10 4 Ellen Washington 1st Class Warrant No. 66
May 15

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5 3 Joseph Williams  
May 16

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15 8 Frank King 1st Class Warrant No. 170
May 16

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10 2 Joe King 1st Class Warrant No. 166
May 16

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8 4 York King  
May 16

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5 1 John Champlin 1st Class Warrant No. 167
May 17

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10 2 John Battist 1st Class Warrant No. 64
May 17

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5 4 Rosetta Harper  
May 17

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3 1 Sophie Adams  
May 17

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6 2 July King 1st Class Warrant No. 164
May 17

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5 5 Rachel Nash Dead
May 18

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6 2 Charlotte Jackson Dead
May 19

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5 1 Cupid McGilory 1st Class Warrant No. 90
May 22

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8 5 Wm. Henry  
May 24

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10 7 Tom Butler  
June 2

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10 3 John Green 1st Class Warrant NO. 144
June 2

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10 6 John Tattnall  
Aug. 12

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10 2 Isabella Gordon 2nd Class Warrant No. 91
Aug. 12

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5 3 Mary Ann King 1st Class Warrant No. 63
Aug. 26

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40 5 John McGilory 1st Class Warrant No. 62
Aug. 26

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10 2 John Green Entered twice
April 15

King, Mitchell (Dr.)

"Red Knoll," Georgia

40 5 William Gordon  
May 3

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10 5 Isaac Johnson  
May 5

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10 4 Moses Chislom  
May 12

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15 3 Primus Brown  
May 13

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10 3 Cyrus Loggen  
May 15

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10 3 Kit Johnson  
May 15

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10 4 Binah Prayler  
May 15

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8 5 Cricket Cumming  
May 20

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12 7 Mary Fields  
June 3

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20 5 Jack Gordon  
June 7

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10 7 old people Jacob Chislom  
June 13

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10 2 Cuffy Shelman  
May 1

Kenan, A. M.

"Hanging Bull," Sapelo Island, Ga.

40 2 Geo. H. Davis  
May 1

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40 7 Richard Wilson 1st Class Warrant No. 6
May 1

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40 5 John Williams 1st Class Warrant No. 18
May 15

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15 3 George Reed  
May 24

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20 3 Dick Richardson 1st Class Warrant No. 4
May 25

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    Edward Watson  
May 25

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20 2 Linus Robertson 1st Class Warrant No. 16
May 25

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25 4 Thomas Jenkins  
May 26

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20 3 Abraham Mifflin 1st Class Warrant No. 13
May 27

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40 4 Charles Ormes 1st Class Warrant No. 3
June 8

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30 4 Henry Marshal  
Aug. 21

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40 5 Fergus Wilson 1st Class Warrant No. 1

NOTE: Land formerly belonging to M. C. King was restored to him.