U.S. Freedmen Bank Records, 1865-1874



    These pages will include photos of the original records as well as a transcription of the bank records.


    
    
    
    Name: Milly Bess 
    Birth Year: 1812  
    Age: 61  
    Account Date: 1 Nov 1871 
    Spouse's Name: Balaam Bess 
    Father's Name: Joseph Donnell 
    Mother's Name: Polly Hill 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Joseph,Martha,Noah,Bolam,Virgil,Fanny,Sam,Julia,Richard,Polly,Isaac,Mary  
    Siblings: Virgil Williams,Moses W,Sam W,Edward Hill,Esther Williams,Nancy,Eliza  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Jack Blanchard 
    Account Date: May 
    Spouse's Name: Francis [Blanchard] 
    Father's Name: Ben Blanchard 
    Mother's Name: Fillis Blanchard 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Alex Bowden 
    Birth Year: 1838  
    Age: 37  
    Account Date: 14 Apr 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Phebe [Bowden] 
    Father's Name: Tamany [Bowden] 
    Mother's Name: Mariah [Bowden] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Andrew,Caroline,Willis  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Richard Brooks 
    Birth Year: 1855  
    Age: 18  
    Account Date: 28 Mar 1873 
    Father's Name: Washington Vaughn 
    Mother's Name: Peggy Brooke 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Geo Brooke,Betsey,Clara,Lucy,Susie,Becki 
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Ephraim Smith 
    Birth Year: 1854  
    Age: 21  
    Account Date: 26 Mar 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Mariah Smith 
    Father's Name: Toney Smith 
    Mother's Name: Manilla [Smith] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Wilmington  
    Children: Geo R Smith,Carolin  
    Siblings: Everett,Jno,Jerry,Kingon,Geo,Caroline,Mariah,Hannah 
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Lewis Faison 
    Birth Year: 1859  
    Age: 14  
    Account Date: 13 Aug 1873 
    Father's Name: Geo [Faison] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Wilmington  
    Siblings: Betty,Julia,Mary  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Phillis Thompson 
    Birth Year: 1836  
    Age: 39  
    Account Date: 15 Aug 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Antney [Thompson] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Brooklyn  
    Children: Crissey,Edney,Maryilla,Rhoda,Tebee Bowden  
    Siblings: Betsey,Nancey  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Allen Fason 
    Birth Year: 1854  
    Age: 21  
    Account Date: 12 Jul 1873 
    Father's Name: Daniel [Fason] 
    Mother's Name: Sally Merrick 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: D D Robinson 
    Birth Year: 1854  
    Age: 21  
    Account Date: 9 Jul 1873 
    Father's Name: Jacob [Robinson] 
    Mother's Name: Maria [Robinson] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: J J,Abel,Frances Faison,Henrietta Bucanan,Susan J,Nancy Jane  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: H W Finlayson 
    Birth Year: 1857  
    Age: 16  
    Account Date: 14 Apr 1873 
    Father's Name: M H [Finlayson] 
    Mother's Name: M L [Finlayson] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: E V B,J F  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Anthony McKiven 
    Birth Year: 1821  
    Age: 54  
    Account Date: 12 Apr 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Caroline [McKiven] 
    Father's Name: Ned Wethington 
    Mother's Name: Clara Wethington 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Jno H,Jas Simon,Ned Geo  
    Siblings: Peter Mck,Amanda,Annie Mck  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Larry Fisher 
    Birth Year: 1854  
    Age: 19  
    Account Date: 26 Apr 1873 
    Father's Name: Wm Fisher 
    Mother's Name: Mary Fisher 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Jno Fisher  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Jack Goldsmith 
    Birth Year: 1823  
    Age: 49  
    Account Date: 12 Apr 1870 
    Spouse's Name: Harriet [Goldsmith] 
    Father's Name: Dempsey Sutherland 
    Mother's Name: Rhoda [Goldsmith] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Nelson,Dick,Kitty,Hannah,Caroline 
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: John Grady 
    Birth Year: 1851  
    Age: 24  
    Account Date: 17 Apr 1873 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Brunswick  
    Siblings: Wm Murphy,Sallie,Nancy  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: William Grady 
    Birth Year: 1849  
    Age: 25  
    Account Date: 25 Jan 1872 
    Spouse's Name: Louisa [Grady] 
    Father's Name: Arch [Grady] 
    Mother's Name: Fannie [Grady] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Burk  
    Residence State: Georgia  
    Children: London,Manuel  
    Siblings: Arch,Cato,Sam,Rachel,Winney,Sivy,Eliza,Julia,Charlotton 
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Lany Hall 
    Birth Year: 1854  
    Age: 19  
    Account Date: 12 Apr 1873 
    Father's Name: Lewis Hall 
    Mother's Name: Chelsey [Hall] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Rebecca Highsmith 
    Birth Year: 1851  
    Age: 24  
    Account Date: 13 May 1873 
    Father's Name: Curtis [Highsmith] 
    Mother's Name: Sarah [Highsmith] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Wm E,Sylvester,Ivy,Jerry,Sam,Gilbert,Mary Hayse,Martha 
    Johnson,Susan Fredrick,Margaret Highamish  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Delia Hill 
    Account Date: 1 Nov 1873 
    Father's Name: Gary Hill 
    Mother's Name: Mary Hill 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Bina Jordan,Sarah Hicks,Susan Hill,Hester,Anna,Essex,Eli,Stephen,John  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Emanuel Hill 
    Birth Year: 1854  
    Age: 21  
    Account Date: 19 Jul 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Sarah [Hill] 
    Father's Name: Lewis [Hill] 
    Mother's Name: Sylvia [Hill] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Geo,Yorke,Lewis,Cassey,Mary Jane,Savor  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Andrew Swinson 
    Birth Year: 1850  
    Age: 25  
    Account Date: 21 Jul 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Mary E [Swinson] 
    Father's Name: Jacob Hearse 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Wm H  
    Siblings: Mary Jane  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Christopher Houston 
    Birth Year: 1855  
    Age: 18  
    Account Date: 2 Jul 1873 
    Father's Name: Gersey [Houston] 
    Mother's Name: Sylvia [Houston] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: David,Filmore,Jonas,Lyndia,Lucy,Susan,Mary  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Dennis Hurst 
    Birth Year: 1813  
    Age: 59  
    Account Date: 10 Dec 1870 
    Spouse's Name: Hester [Hurst] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: John,Flora,Chloa,Chloe,Maira  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Wesley Jones 
    Birth Year: 1853  
    Age: 22  
    Account Date: 12 Jul 1873 
    Father's Name: Geo [Jones] 
    Mother's Name: Marinda [Jones] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Geo,Needham,Doctor,Henry,Frank  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Louisa Kelley 
    Birth Year: 1852  
    Age: 23  
    Account Date: 26 Jun 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Allen [Kelley] 
    Mother's Name: Sarah Hill 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Geo,Wm,Ivy  
    Siblings: Ivy,Geo,Brigit,Kitty,Ann,Mary Jane,Margret B,Eliz Hill  
    
    
    
    Name: John Wells 
    Birth Year: 1842  
    Age: 33  
    Account Date: 28 Jun 1873 
    Father's Name: Roger Tescher 
    Mother's Name: Lucy [Wells] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Jim Williams,Rog Williams,Danl Tescher,Rose Tate,Rachel Boney  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Munson Kenan 
    Account Date: 4 Apr 1871 
    Father's Name: Lewis Farris 
    Mother's Name: Lucy Graham 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Charlott Phebie,Chelsie Miller,Ann,Harrett  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Columbus Lawson 
    Birth Year: 1847  
    Age: 28  
    Account Date: 19 Sep 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Sarah A [Lawson] 
    Father's Name: Clisby [Lawson] 
    Mother's Name: Jane [Lawson] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Craven  
    Children: Nerces Ann  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Martin Lawson 
    Birth Year: 1846  
    Age: 30  
    Account Date: 7 Jan 1874 
    Spouse's Name: Jane [Lawson] 
    Father's Name: Gillespy [Lawson] 
    Mother's Name: Jane [Lawson] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Craven  
    Children: Augustus,Alexander,Maryetta  
    Siblings: Columbus,Isaac,Abel  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Henretta Middleton 
    Birth Year: 1845  
    Age: 30  
    Account Date: 3 Aug 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Wm [Middleton] 
    Father's Name: Joe Philips 
    Mother's Name: Margaret Moore 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Margaret,Minnda  
    Siblings: Alfred,Stanford,Jim S,Sam Williams  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Anthony Miller 
    Birth Year: 1845  
    Age: 30  
    Account Date: 19 May 1873 
    Spouse's Name: Patsy [Miller] 
    Father's Name: Henry Miller 
    Mother's Name: Annie Wright 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Eliza Ann,Mary Frances  
    Siblings: Edw,Henry,Allen,Geo,Robt,Mary,Clarissa,Elmira  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Robert Morrisey 
    Birth Year: 1858  
    Age: 15  
    Account Date: 25 Jul 1873 
    Father's Name: Thos [Morrisey] 
    Mother's Name: Panetta 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Richard  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Antoney Rhodes 
    Age: 19  
    Account Date: Feb 
    Father's Name: Joseph Facing 
    Mother's Name: Betsey Rose 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Stephen,Ward,Rhodes,Roberts,William Rhodes,Delia Rhodes,
    Becca Rhodes,Susan Rhodes,Katherine Rhodes,Jacob Rhodes  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: James Stanford 
    Birth Year: 1840  
    Age: 31  
    Account Date: 11 Sep 1869 
    Spouse's Name: Maggie [Stanford] 
    Father's Name: July [Stanford] 
    Mother's Name: Margaret Moore 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Josephine  
    Siblings: Alfred Mooro,Lewis Williams,Henrietta Middle 
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Josephine Stanford 
    Birth Year: 1863  
    Age: 8  
    Account Date: 27 Sep 1869 
    Father's Name: James Stanford 
    Mother's Name: Margaret [Stanford] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: July  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Pene Sullivan 
    Birth Year: 1825  
    Age: 50  
    Account Date: 1 Mar 1873 
    Father's Name: Isaac [Sullivan] 
    Mother's Name: Grace [Sullivan] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Charles,Isaac,Melinda,Grace,Caroline,Mary,Jane,Enoch,Dicie,Judy  
    Siblings: Sam,Jas,Jack  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Tony Wells 
    Account Date: 2 Jan 1874 
    Spouse's Name: Matilda Wells 
    Father's Name: Alex [Wells] 
    Mother's Name: Eliza [Wells] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Residence County: Newbern  
    Residence State: North Carolina  
    Children: Mary Eliza,Willie  
    Siblings: Lucy,Sally A  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Daniel Williams 
    Birth Year: 1852  
    Age: 23  
    Account Date: 2 Jul 1873 
    Mother's Name: Lyndia Williams 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Jerry Williams,Walter W  
    Siblings: John,Jack,Violet Frances  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Lemuel Williams 
    Account Date: 29 May 1873 
    Father's Name: Lemuel [Williams] 
    Mother's Name: Margaret [Williams] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Daniel  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Lemuel Williams Jr
    Birth Year: 1854  
    Age: 21  
    Account Date: 7 Feb 1873 
    Father's Name: Lemuel Margaret 
    Mother's Name: Margaret [Williams] 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Siblings: Daniel,James,Hannah Blunt  
    
    
    
    
    
    Name: Rosella Woodard 
    Birth Year: 1833  
    Age: 42  
    Account Date: 26 Aug 1873 
    Birth County: Duplin  
    Birth State: North Carolina  
    Children: Sallie Ann  
    Siblings: Robert,Maria,Tony  
    
    
    
    


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