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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870.
National Archives Microfilm Publication M869 Roll 34
"Reports of Murders and Outrages"

SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT OF OUTRAGES BY WHITES AGAINST BLACKS & BLACKS AGAINST WHITES IN THE DIST. COMPRISING THE MIL. POST OF DARLINGTON, S. C.

Ephraim McCallum, freedman, was murdered in Bennettsville, Marlsbourough Dist., on Monday 2^nd December /66 by James McCall, Thomas Cottingham, Dr. Patterson, Thomas M. Kal, Thomas Welsh and other white citizens. The civil authorities are reported as not having taken any action in the matter.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST BLACKS AND BY BLACKS AGAINST WHITES WITHIN THE POST OF AIKEN, S. C. FROM THE 15^TH TO THE 31^ST DECEMBER 1866

Name of person committing injury: Elbert Franklin (white); Date when committed: Dec. 13.66; Name of person upon whom committed: Jerry Rimes (colored); Place Where committed: Edgefield District, S. C.; Nature of injury: assault with a knife; Remarks: trial pending before the civil courts.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST BLACKS AND BY BLACKS AGAINST WHITES WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF GEORGETOWN, S. C. FROM DECEMBER 1^ST TO DECEMBER 15^TH, 1866

Name of the party committing the crime: J. C. Dennis, white, & Durand R. Ellis, colored. Name of the party against whom committed: Thomas Pyatt, colored. Date: Dec. 1^st, 1866. Place: Georgetown, S. C. Nature of outrage: Assault & battery. Remarks: the defendants have been arrested by the civil authorities and bound over for their appearance at the District Court for trial on the 1^st Monday in January 1867.

Name of the party committing the crime: Wm. Larrimore, Wm. Larrimore Jr., John Larrimore, white. Name of the party against whom committed: Wm. Wright, col. Date: Dec. 11. Place: Georgetown District, about 20 miles from Georgetown, S. C. Nature of outrage: Shooting with a gun. Remarks: a warrant issued by a magistrate is in the hands of the Sheriff of the District for the arrest of the Defendant.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST BLACKS AND BY BLACKS AGAINST WHITES WITHIN THE MIL. POST OF AIKEN, S. C. FROM DEC. 1^ST TO DEC. 15^TH 1866

Name of person committing injury: William Sizemore, Robert Sizemore, Madison Ramsey, Jefferson Hearn, Manford Hearn, Norril Hearn, William Williamson (white); Date when committed: Dec. 3. 1866; Name of person upon whom committed: Dennis Glover (col.) and Mandy Glover (col.); Place Where committed: Barnwell District, S. C.; Nature of injury: Assault and battery; Remarks: this case was laid before the civil authorities without effect.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST BLACKS AND BY BLACKS AGAINST WHITES WITHIN THE MIL. POST OF COLUMBIA, S. C. FROM DEC. 15^TH TO DEC. 31^ST 1866

Name of person committing offense: Williamson. Name of person upon whom committed: Morris Jackson (freedman). Date when committed: 15^th instant. Place Where committed: Brantsville, S. C. Nature of injury: Cut in the face with knife. Remarks: Williamson was arrested by Bvt. Lt. Col. O. H. Moore, Capt. 6^th U. S. Inftry.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST BLACKS AND BY BLACKS AGAINST WHITES WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF GEORGETOWN, S. C. FROM THE 16^TH TO THE 31^ST OF DECEMBER 1866

Name of person committing offense: Gabriel Bryan, white. Name of person upon whom committed: Mary Davis, freedwoman. Date when committed: Dec. 17, 1866. Place Where committed: Georgetown, S. C. Nature of injury: Shooting. Remarks: the defendant immediately upon committing the deed left the District but the Sheriff hearing he was in Williamsburg District sent the warrant there for his arrest, not been heard of since.

Name of person committing offense: Billy (freedman). Name of person upon whom committed: J. W. Doan (white). Date when committed: Dec. 21. Place Where committed: Georgetown, S. C. Nature of injury: assault and battery.

Name of person committing offense: E. C. Easterling (white). Name of person upon whom committed: Rinah May (freedman). Date when committed: Dec. 24. Place Where committed: Georgetown, S. C. Nature of injury: assault and battery.

Name of person committing offense: F. W. McCasker (white). Name of person upon whom committed: Paul McRae (f'man). Date when committed: Dec. 24. Place Where committed: Georgetown, S. C. Nature of injury: assault and battery.

The defendants in each of these cases have been bound over for their appearance at court on the 1^st Monday in January 1867 for trial.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN THE BUREAU DISTRICT OF GREENVILLE, S. C. DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1866

Name of offender: David Alison (Laurens District). Name of Person injured: Sally Charles. Date of outrage: Dec. 13^th 1866. Place Where committed: Robert Scott's on the road from Greenville C. H. to Laurens, near the border line of Greenville & Laurens districts. Nature of injury: tying, beating 30 blows with a hickory with & driving from the neighborhood. Remarks: case just reported to this office. Referred Dec. 29^th for investigation to Doct. Dunhlin Moore, Magistrate Greenville Dist. No report received.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN THE BUREAU DISTRICT OF COLLERON, S. C. DURING THE MONTH ENDING 31^ST OF DECEMBER 1866

By whom: Andrew Browning, Malcomb Browning, Tom Browning (white). On whom: Harriet Frampton (col'd). Remarks: Andrew, Malcomb and Tom Browning all bound over by Magistrate to appear at next court.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES ON BLACK AND BY BLACKS ON WHITES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 1867 BY LIEUT. F. W. LIEDTKE 43^RD INFANTRY A. SUB-ASST. COMR. F. B.

By whom committed: Ely Faulk, white. On whom committed: Peter Marang, colored. Place: Mount Holly, So. Ca. Outrage committed: assault with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. Remarks: April 30, 1867 Ely Faulk and Peter Marang were quarreling at Mt. Holly about the theft of 2 barrels of Turpentine belonging to Faulk's employer, B. F. Barden, which had been ascertained to have been stolen by 2 white men, and Ely Faulk, pulling out a pistol, fired two shots at Marang, when Marang was running away from him. I required M. Browning, Magistrate, to proceed with this case according to law, forbidding any settlement short of a trial by the proper court. May 10, 1867 Mr. Browning reported to me that Ely Faulk had furnished bail in the sum of $500.00 for his appearance in court, and had been set at liberty until day of trial. Not believing the whole of Mr. Browning's report, I called for another and more detailed report, asking name of bailee, etc., whereupon Mr. Browning on the 29^th inst. reported that he had understood that M. B. F. Barden, Faulk's employer was to become the bailee and that he had released Faulk, before the bail bond had been signed, that subsequently Faulk had run away and Barden now refused to sign the bond.

This case, needing in my opinion further attention and thorough investigation, was reported by me, with all papers in the case, this 31^st day of May 1867, to Hd. Qrs. Bureau District of Charleston.

By whom committed: Calhoun Nichols, white. On whom committed: Clara Anderson, colored. Place: Greenville, S. C. Outrage committed: assault & battery. Remarks: Calhoun Nichols, a mere boy, was, May 25.67, quarreling with Clara Anderson, a colored girl, because she would not call him "Mr. Nichols," he, however, calling her "Clara." Both were engaged in cleaning a church in Greenville. Clara Anderson persisted in calling him "Calhoun," whereupon he struck her. I had him arrested and bought before a Magistrate, but in consideration of his youth and the fact that he begged Clara Anderson's pardon, paid her ten dollars damages and the Magistrate's costs, I allowed the case to be dropped, warning him however that he had no right to call other people, not in his employ, by their Christian names and require them to address him as a Master.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES FOR JUNE 1867, LIEUT. F. W. LIEDTKE, 43^RD INFTY. ASST. S. ASST. COMMR. F. B.

REPORT OF VIOLENCE

By whom committed: Leslie Slawson, white. On whom committed: Reuben Thompson, colored. Nature of violence: threatening to kill. Remarks: Reuben Thompson is employed by J. A. Shirer, father-in-law of Leslie Slawson. June 22.67 when Mr. Shirer was absent, Leslie Slawson gave orders to Reuben Thompson to go into the woods for certain timber. It was raining and Reuben, whose contract does not require him to work on rainy days, refused. Both quarreled. Slawson ran to his house, took a gun and pointed the same at Reuben. The gun was taken from him by members of his family, when he ran into the house and seized a pistol. Slawson was arrested and tried in Provost Court, held by me June 25.1867, and the following sentence was passed-approved by Comr. officer, Post of Charleston,----that Leslie Slawson pay a fine of fifty dollars or be confined at hard labor for fifty days and confiscation of gun and pistol.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES BY WHITES AGAINST BLACKS AND BLACKS AGAINST WHITES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF (illegible) DISTRICT OF ANDERSON, S. C. BUREAU R. F. AND A. L. FROM THE 16^TH TO THE 31^ST JULY 67

Name of white person committing offense: not known. Name of person upon whom committed: Niziah Adams. Date when committed: July 14. Place Where committed: (blank). Nature of injury: assault & battery. Remarks: Mrs. B. Beayeum, R. Kay, John Kay, W. Prewet, E. Prewet, Joseph Ashley & Jessy Ashley and Oliver Brampon were arrested & bought before the Post Committee charged with being concerned with this outrage. After an examination they were released.

Name of white person committing offense: Emery Conly. Name of person upon whom committed: Polly Woodson. Date when committed: July 16. Place Where committed: (blank). Nature of injury: assault with intent to kill. Remarks: arrested by the civil authority and held to bail.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES FOR JULY 1867

By whom committed: John W. Hamlin white. On whom committed: Hickory Foster, colored. Place: Mount Holly, Charleston, S. C. Outrage done: assault and battery. Remarks: in the latter part of June, Hickory Foster came from Charleston to Mount Holly in the cars. When he got out of the cars he laid on the ground a bundle and 2 plains (planes?). John W. Hamlin picked up one of the plains and threw it against the Rail Road Car. When remonstrated with by Foster, he used abusive language and kicked him with his foot.

Case reported to Post Head Quarters July 10, 1867 with necessary affidavits.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITE ON BLACK AND BLACK ON WHITE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1867

By whom committed: T. J. Harvey, white. On whom committed: Taby Comell, colored. Place: Simpson Plantation. Outrage committed: assault and battery. Remarks: Taby Comell works on T. J. Harvey's plantn. On or about Aug. 23^rd both had a dispute and Harvey assaulted and struck Comell. Referred to Magistrate, René Davenel, Aug. 24, 1867.

By whom committed: P. M. C. Earnest, white, Magistrate. On whom committed: John Wesley, colored. Place: Wassamasaw Swamp. Outrage committed: false imprisonment. Remarks: John Wesley had in the latter part of May a dispute with a white woman, Ann Fielder, sister of P. M. C. Earnest, in regard to who was to turn out, both meeting on a narrow road, Wesley driving a heavy timbercart and Ann Fielder a buggy. Wesley was arrested by Earnest, not allowed to bring his witnesses, was sent to Charleston jail and there confined for 2 ½ months, when he was released without trial.

Case reported to Hd. Qrs. Bureau. Dist. of Charleston, Aug. 29.67.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY FREEDMEN AGAINST WHITES IN THE BUREAU SUB-DISTRICT OF GREENVILLE, S. C. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1867

Name of offender: Wallace Williams. Name of Person injured: Thomas Turner. Date of outrage: Aug. 20. Place Where committed: Greenville, S. C. Nature of injury: knife stab in back. Remarks: in jail, awaiting trial.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN THE BUREAU SUB-DISTRICT OF GREENVILLE, S. C. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1867 (State Districts of Greenville & ?Tichens)

Name of offender: Taylor Clark. Name of Person injured: Terry Benson. Date of outrage: Aug. 15. Place were committed: Greenville Dist. Nature of injury: flesh wound in arm from revolver. Remarks: referred to Magistrate. Report of action not received.

Name of offender: Henry & Patrick Stigall. Name of Person injured: Berry Blasingame. Date of outrage: Aug. 25. Place were committed: Tichens Dist. Nature of injury: beating & scratching. Remarks: referred to J. R. Gossett, Magistrate. Offenders have taken refuge in the swamps.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY FREEDMEN AGAINST WHITES IN THE BUREAU SUB-DISTRICT OF GREENVILLE, S. C. DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1867

Name of offender: December Gadsden, Nat Frazier, John Keith, Jack Walker, Green Cleveland, jr., Jackson Henderson. Name of Person injured: Miles M. N. Hunnicutt. Date of outrage: Oct. 12, 1867. Place Where committed: Pendleton, Pickens District. Nature of injury: fatal pistol shot in back of head. Remarks: the six freedmen named in column of offenders were tried by Superior court in Pickens Dist. & found guilty of murder & sentenced to be hung Dec. 6, 1867. Eighteen other freedmen were convicted of riot & sentenced to various terms, from eleven to fourteen months of penitentiary. See report of Refugees & Freedmen for particulars.

The freed boy Wallace Williams, reported in August for stabbing Wm. Turner, white, has been sentenced by District Court of Greenville to six months labor on the roads.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN THE STATE DISTRICTS OF GREENVILLE, ANDERSON & PICKENS, SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 1868

Name of offender: John Harrison. Name of Person injured: Yancy Carter. Date of outrage: 5^th March 1868. Place Where committed: Greenville C. H. Nature of injury: knife wound in the right buttock, 2 inches wide & 2 ½ inches deep, not dangerous. Remarks: no arrest. Affair compromised, with cognizance of Mr. Wm. E. Earle, Magistrate. See Special Report of date 8^th March.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN THE STATE DISTRICTS OF GREENVILLE, ANDERSON & PICKENS, SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 1868

Offenders: Paddy McDavid, Newton McDavid, Andrew McDavid and others. Persons injured: Andrew Walker. Date of outrage: 12^th April 1868. Where committed: Greenville District. Injury: beaten severely. Cut at and threatened with pistol to be shot. Remarks: warrant issued. No arrest. Offenders said to have fled.

Offenders: Solomon Walls & David Baily. Persons injured: Allen Pickens & Samuel Duck. Date of outrage: 21^st April 1868. Where committed: Greenville District. Injury: beaten. Pickens wounded in forehead with cock of pistol & Duck shot at. Remarks: civil authorities failing, Mil. called in & walls arrested by Salter on the 28^th for using pistol, just as he & Baily had been arrested by the civil authorities.

Offenders: Jerry Hunt, Marion Miller, Andrew Cooper, Wm. & Ed Algood, George Thomas, Joshua Thomas &c. Persons injured: Louis Hunter. Date of outrage: 14^th April 1868. Where committed: Pickens District. Injury: while in custody of 1^st party named (a constable) was laid across a barrel, whipped & pistol snapped against his head & breast &c. Remarks: referred to civil authorities & Mil. called on to arrest at least those who had pistols.

Offenders: Frank Hunt. Persons injured: Wm. Blye & Mary Blye, his wife. Date of outrage: 18^th April 1868. Where committed: Pickens District. Injury: severely beaten on their own place wholly without cause. Remarks: referred to civil authorities & not as yet heard from.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN THE STATE DISTRICT OF GREENVILLE, ANDERSON & PICKENS SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 1868

Offender: Henderson Jenkins. Persons injured: Saml. Thompson. Date of outrage: 5^th May 68. Where committed: Greenville. Injury: shot in arm & bowels. Remarks: warrant issued.

Offender: Benj. Garrett, Irvine Garrett, William James, Edgar Cox and three others unknown. Persons injured: James Thomas, Henry Thomas, Levi Thomas. Date of outrage: 25^th May 1868. Where committed: Greenville Dist. Injury: James beaten, Henry's house assaulted, Levi's broken into, and all threatened with hanging if they voted the Republican ticket. Remarks: warrant issued but not served.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 1868

Name of offender: T. E. Bowie, acting constable, & Saml. Mundy, John H. Mundy, George Lomax & Andrew Stevenson. Date of outrage: 30^th May 68, 10 o'clock P. M. Persons injured: Rachel Foster & Randal her son, a minor. Nature of injury: under an unlawful warrant issued by James McCaslan J. P. by direction of Mr. Hartar, broke into her house and by force of arms took her son back to Mr. Stevenson who claimed to be his employer. Where committed: Abbeville Dist. Remarks: released the boy from contract with Mr. Stevenson, unwittingly signed by him without the cognizance of his mother. Outrage referred to the civil authorities and not heard since heard from.

Name of offender: Jackson Dooley. Date of outrage: 23^rd June. Persons injured: Moses Scott & Wm. & Pleasant, his minor sons. Nature of injury: turned him off, whipped his two sons without his consent. Where committed: Abbeville Dist. Remarks: wrote to him about Father. Outrage referred to C. A. and not yet heard from.

Name of offender: D. Dowden. Date of outrage: 10^th June. Persons injured: Richard Lee. Nature of injury: assaulted & turned him off. Where committed: Abbeville Dist. Remarks: wrote. Assault referred to C. A. & not heard from.

Name of offender: Turner Ellis. Date of outrage: 10^th June. Persons injured: Maria Palate. Nature of injury: struck her and on her leaving withheld her effects. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: ordered to give up things. Assault referred to C. A. and not yet heard from.

Name of offender: Keith Ingraham. Date of outrage: 11^th June. Persons injured: Imson Logan. Nature of injury: threatening his life. Beat him & his wife and shot at him in 1866 & ran off. Just returned. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: referred to C. A. Warrant issued but not executed.

Name of offender: Thos. Kofer. Date of outrage: April. Persons injured: Annie Rucker, son Isaac, aged 12. Nature of injury: kidnapped and taken into Georgia. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: Lieut. request through Asst. Commis. To have case attended to.

Name of offender: Ku Klux Klan. Date of outrage: 6^th June. Persons injured: Nelson Joiner. Nature of injury: house burnt. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: parties unknown. No action possible.

Name of offender: David Miller. Date of outrage: 2^nd June. Persons injured: Caesar Speed. Nature of injury: drove off and struck him. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: wrote. Assault referred to C. A., not heard from.

Name of offender: B. L. Norris. Date of outrage: 4^th June. Persons injured: Wm. Howard. Nature of injury: assaulted him with a pistol. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: brought to the attention of C. A. & nothing done.

Name of offender: James Ritchie. Date of outrage: 1^st June. Persons injured: Agnes Berry & Harriet Berry. Nature of injury: beat them. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: referred to C. A. & not heard from.

Name of offender: James Reese. Date of outrage: 6^th June. Persons injured: Benj. Baskin. Nature of injury: shot at him. Where committed: Abbeville Dist. Remarks: referred to C. A. and not yet heard from.

Name of offender: I. J. Razor. Date of outrage: 20^th June. Persons injured: Andrew Dunn. Nature of injury: turned him off and struck him. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: settlement pending. Referred otherwise to C. A. & not heard from.

Name of offender: Joe Wilson. Date of outrage: 25^th June. Persons injured: M. A. Dunwood. Nature of injury: beat her. Where committed: Abbeville. Remarks: referred to civil authorities & not heard from.

Cases involving violence alone entered here.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY, SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 1868

Name of offender: Thos. Arnold. Date of outrage: 3^rd July 1868. Person injured: Mary Williams. Nature of injury: beat her with a hoe. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: warrant issued by J. P. but not yet executed.

Name of offender: James Belcher. Date of outrage: 30^th June. Person injured: Caroline Carr. Nature of injury: beat & kicked her. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Giles & not yet heard from.

Name of offender: Mrs. Burnett & her son. Date of outrage: 30^th June. Person injured: Chas. Moore & wife. Nature of injury: Mrs. B. struck the wife & the son assaulted both with pistol. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: Squire Merriweather forced to issue warrant against son; not yet executed.

Name of offender: Alfred Blackwell. Date of outrage: 22^nd July. Person injured: Lizzie Blackwell. Nature of injury: choked and otherwise abused her. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Giles & not yet heard from.

Name of offender: Mr. C. L. Cason. Date of outrage: 19^th July. Person injured: Jr. McIntosh. Nature of injury: beat him severely & sent him to jail on charge of attempt at rape on sister. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: Warrant issued against Cason by Squire McCord on failure of Squire Sharp because Plaintiff had no land & could not give white security to prosecute.

Name of offender: Saml. Carter. Date of outrage: 24^th July. Person injured: Anderson Johnson. Nature of injury: struck & drove him off. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: warrant issued by Squire McCord but not executed.

Name of offender: John Dawkins. Date of outrage: 4^th July. Person injured: Peter Harrison. Nature of injury: beat him. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: warrant issued by Squire McCord but not executed.

Name of offender: John Godman. Date of outrage: 20^th July. Person injured: Elsie Ritchie. Nature of injury: beat her severely. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Tarrant & not yet heard from.

Name of offender: Albert Hamlin. Date of outrage: Jany. Person injured: Winnie Anderson. Nature of injury: took her son off into Alabama. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: reported on July 8^th.

Name of offender: Pinceton Howard. Date of outrage: 15^th July. Person injured: Wade Hampton. Nature of injury: Beat & abused her. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Tarrant & not yet heard from.

Name of offender: Geo. Marvin. Date of outrage: 15^th July. Person injured: Foley Huckerby. Nature of injury: beat her. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: returned to Squire Giles who had refused to act.

Name of offender: Wm. McDaniel. Date of outrage: 17^th July. Person injured: Charlotte Lines & Amanda, her daughter. Nature of injury: beat them both. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Maddison & not yet heard from.

Name of offender: John Ridge. Date of outrage: 12^th July. Person injured: Chas. Plumber. Nature of injury: beat him about ½ hour. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Jas. McCaslan & not heard from.

Name of offender: John Ramsey. Date of outrage: 20^th July. Person injured: Maria Mickerson. Nature of injury: beat and drove her off. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Chifley & not heard from.

Name of offender: Louis Russell. Date of outrage: 25^th July. Person injured: Joe Smith. Nature of injury: locked him in store & beat him badly. Where committed: Abbeville C. H. Remarks: none.

Name of offender: Wright. Date of outrage: 17^th July. Person injured: Levi James. Nature of injury: beat his son, 10 years old. Where committed: Abbeville District. Remarks: referred to Squire Giles and not yet heard from.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY, SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1868

Name of offender: Samuel Cage & others, unknown. Date of outrage: (illegible). Person injured: Nelson Freman. Nature of injury: took him out his bed at night & whipped him because he was a Republican. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: advised him to try & discover the others before taking any action.

Name of offender: Nat Haynes. Date of outrage: 13^th July. Person injured: Geo. Alexander. Nature of injury: assaulted him for being a Republican. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: dropped by Plaintiff.

Name of offender: Wm. Hammond, P. Blackwell, Coon & others. Date of outage: 17^th May. Person injured: Josh Wardlaw. Nature of injury: took him out his bed at night, stripped, whipped & on his running off, shot 3 times at him because he was a Republican. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire McCord, who says Plaintiff could not swear to the parties, although he declared to me he could.

Name of offender: Benj. Hunter. Date of outrage: 22^nd Aug. Person injured: Geo. Williams. Nature of injury: beat & threatened to kill him. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire Sharp and not heard from.

Name of offender: John Ivie, Little, & one other unknown. Date of outrage: 1^st Aug. Person injured: Seabrow Alston. Nature of injury: claiming to be the K. K. K. called him out of his house at night & shot at him. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire J. McCaslan & not heard from.

Name of offender: Samuel Knox. Date of outrage: August. Person injured: Tom Clinkscales. Nature of injury: beat him. Where committed: Abbeville C. H. Remarks: complained to Squire McCord who while promising did nothing.

Name of offender: John Lines. Date of outrage: 8^th August. Person injured: Jane Lines. Nature of injury: assault & battery. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire McCaslan & not heard from.

Name of offender: Kirkpatric. Date of outrage: August. Person injured: Ibbey Maddox. Nature of injury: threw her & things out house she occupied for year on contract. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: warrant wrung from Squire McCord for a trespass, but not & probably never will be served.

Name of offender: "Rep." Morrow. Date of outrage: 29^th July. Person injured: Andy Hall. Nature of injury: beat him on charge of stealing a Turkey. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: reported compromised by plaintiff for $10.00.

Name of offender: Jas. Moore. Date of outrage: 8^th Aug. Person injured: Fannie Parker. Nature of injury: assault & battery. Where committed: Abbeville C. H. Remarks: referred to Squire McCord by whom suppressed.

Name of offender: Caroline Mays. Date of outrage: 17^th Aug. Person injured: Sallie Moore. Nature of injury: assault & battery. Where committed: Abbeville C. H. Remarks: Plaintiff placed under recognizance by Squire McCord, but warrant not served on Defendant.

Name of offender: Geo. Miller. Date of outrage: 22^nd "Aug. Person injured: Geo. Webb. Nature of injury: in his absence tore down the house occupied under contract for the year. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire Sharp & not heard from.

Name of offender: John Robert. Date of outrage: Fall of 1866. Person injured: Hannah Ritchie. Nature of injury: having taken her son John, 13 years old, out to Mississippi, on returning in early part of '68 said he had left him in Big Swamp. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: Deft. having moved into Anderson, told her to find out where and if possible, also in what Co. in Miss. her son was left & let me know.

Name of offender: Lee Russell "Town Marshal." Date of outrage: 25^th Aug. Person injured: Alfred Elliss. Nature of injury: shot at, with an expressed intent to kill him, without any justification. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire McCord, where it is presumed it will rest----Later: the "difficulty" made up, before McC.

Name of offender: Davis Stacy. Date of outrage: 22^nd Aug. Person injured: Henry Shird. Nature of injury: shot him in right shoulder - where the ball still rests - with intent to kill. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: warrant issued by Squire Sharp, but not executed.

Name of offender: James Taylor. Date of outrage: 29^th July. Person injured: Chey Maddison. Nature of injury: beat her. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: applied to Squire Maddison who did nothing. Warrant issued by Squire McCord, but not served.

Name of offender: Davis Stacy. Date of outrage: 28^th Aug. Person injured: Wylie James. Nature of injury: shot him dead, at night, in door of house of his son-in-law for whom he was mistaken. Where committed: near Cokesburg. Remarks: on Squire Sharp refusing to issue warrant on circumstantial proof, issued at C. H., but Stacy reported to have left warrant with Sheriff.

Name of offender: J. Crackonhorn, Bill, Josh & Howard. Date of outrage: 27^th August. Person injured: Joe Halsenback. Nature of injury: broke in his door at night, and assaulting, cut his head, when he drove them off with an axed, cutting Howard. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire J. McCaslan on the 31^st.

REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1868

Name of offender: Blackwell, Wm. Harman & 10 others unknown. Date of outrage: 19^th April. Person injured: Henry Moore, Nelson Martin, Moses Martin, Josh Wardlaw. Nature of injury: broke into their houses at night, smashed their guns, stripped, whipped & shot at them &c. because they were Radicals. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: Case of Wardlaw ref'd to Squire McCord some time ago & nothing done. Others sent to Squire J. McCaslan who has not as yet done anything. Offenders said to live in Edgefield.

Name of offender: Geo. & Joe Brown. Date of outrage: 3^rd Sept. Person injured: Geo. W. Hunter & James Martin. Nature of injury: assault & battery. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire McCord.

Name of offender: Willis Craft & John Morgan. Date of outrage: 8^th Sept. Person injured: Daniel Jones. Nature of injury: broke into his house at night & Craft shot him in bed in the arm. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: no complaint. Reported only.

Name of offender: Henry Cobb. Date of outrage: 23^rd Sept. Person injured: Mary Arnold & son. Nature of injury: beat them both. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire Tarrant & not heard from.

Name of offender: Jack Dooley. Date of outrage: 2^nd Sept. Person injured: Nancy Scott. Nature of injury: beat & threw her outdoors. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire McCord.

Name of offender: Robin Gilmore. Date of outrage: 16^th Sept. Person injured: Lavinia White. Nature of injury: beat her & she being with child tried to strike her on the abdomen with a hoe. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire J. McCaslan and not heard from.

Name of offender: Stephen McKee. Date of outrage: 10^th Sept. Person injured: Isaac Black or Brown Isaac Lee. Nature of injury: shot at night at corn crib in shoulder & bowels supposed to be by McKee. Died 18^th. Remarks: no action taken.

Name of offender: Quitman Marshall, Foster Marshall. Date of outrage: 21^st Sept. Person injured: Amelia Roberts. Nature of injury: beaten, kicked &c. by first, & threatened with pistol by the other. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: warrant against first exhorted from Squire McC.

Name of offender: Lee Russell "Town Marshall." Date of outrage: 7^th Sept. Person injured: Adam Gordon. Nature of injury: assault & battery. Where committed: Abbeville C. H. Remarks: no warrant issued by Squire McCord to whom referred.

Name of offender: Edw. Swenagan. Date of outrage: 14^th Aug. Person injured: Edie Mansarinse. Nature of injury: beat her. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire McCord.