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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
"Unbound Miscellaneous Papers"


State of Georgia vs. Thad, a slave the property of William A. Collins

Exemplification of the Superior Court of Columbia County in the case of this State vs. Thad, a slave the property of William A. Collins (including a copy of the Warrant for Thad's arrest)

Decision of the Grand Jury

Exemplification from minutes of Superior Court, Columbia County

Letter from William Collins

Affidavits and Statements

Final report on the investigation of the case of State of Ga. vs. Thaddeus Collins