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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869.
National Archives Microfilm Publication M1027, Roll 33
"Reports Relating to the Condition of Freedmen."
Report of Indigent and Destitute Freed People in the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, applying for relief from the 1st day of June 1868 to the 30th day of June 1868
| Name |
Age |
Sex |
Causes of Destitution |
Names of Police Jurors Certifying to Destitution |
Date when reported to A. S. A. C. |
| Abigail Ross |
73 |
Female |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Susan Epps |
70 |
Female |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Fanny Wells |
69 |
Female |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Rebecca Williams |
70 |
Female |
Old age and helplessness |
|
June 2, 1868 |
| Ellen Brown |
10 |
Female |
Orphan |
|
June 2, 1868 |
| Charity King |
68 |
Female |
Old age and infirmity |
|
June 2, 1868 |
| Isaac Carter |
40 |
Male |
Lost a leg |
|
June 2, 1868 |
| Fred Carter |
80 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Mary Turner |
67 |
Female |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Maria Tighlman |
40 |
Female |
Crippled |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Troy Nelson |
71 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Fanny Porter |
80 |
Female |
Infirmity |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Melissa Rosen |
95 |
Female |
Old age |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Winny Gales |
90 |
Female |
Old age |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Dina Fort |
80 |
Female |
Old age |
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June 2, 1868 |
| Caleb Bishop |
90 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 8, 1868 |
| Bob Cassan |
86 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 8, 1868 |
| Dennis Lynch |
71 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
|
June 12, 1868 |
| Henry Lee |
49 |
Male |
Blind |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Andy Swain |
28 |
Male |
Crippled |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Nelson Polk |
95 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Jordan Going |
100 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Thomas Walker |
87 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 12, 1868 |
| America Johnson |
71 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 12, 1868 |
| George Governor |
70 |
Male |
Old age and helplessness |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Henry Elsey |
80 |
Male |
Infirmity |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Juliane Wilson |
70 |
Female |
Infirmity |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Randall Bray |
75 |
Male |
Infirmity |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Phillis Key |
75 |
Female |
Infirmity |
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June 12, 1868 |
| Sharper Taylor |
70 |
Male |
Infirmity |
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June 12, 1868 |
Remarks:
The Parish Authorities state they are unable to provide for their own Destitute.
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