M1905, Roll 42 - (East) Carroll Parish in Freedman's Bureau Records

We have recently spent some time viewing microfilm M1905, or RECORDS OF THE FIELD OFFICES FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, BUREAU OFREFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS, 1863–1872.   These records are key to tracing one's ancestors immediately following the Civl War and during Reconstruction. Contracts and agreements were established between former slaveowners or landowners and former slaves to ensure that the former slaves or freedman were paid for their work.  Sometimes the freedman stayed at the plantation that they were enslaved on, other times they worked for other former owners or new land owners in the area.
 

To help other East Carroll Parish, LA researchers, we have posted information extracted from various rolls in the M1905 series.

National Archives and Records Administration

March 9, 2010

M1905 - Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Louisiana, 1865-1872 

Record Group 105

Roll #42 - Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen), Caldwell and Carroll Parishes 

Unbound labor contracts (“agreements with freedmen”), 1864–68, are arranged alphabetically by parish. 

1866-1868 - Carroll Parish, LA

List of Plantations and Owners on Labor Contracts from 1866-1868 on Roll #42

NARA 82

First List: Louisiana, Carroll Parish Labor Contracts - Amey Place, Arlington, Alright, Caledonia, Conn Place, Carondolet, Davis EH, Erin, Ford Place, Green Place, Hood & Wilson, Highland, Holly Grove, Quay, Robertdale, Robert Stuart, Spencer James G., Sherwood, Shelburn, Vista, Wilton, Wilson Point, White Saml; 353 - 1866, 1867, 1868

Second List - LA Carroll Parish, Labor Contracts, 1867 - Carrollton, Davis, Span Place, Lewiston, Scott, Balfour, Elmwood, Cottonwood, Vista, Bradley, Kerr, Milldale, Shelburn, Gilliard, Wilton, Hoods Home Place, Holly Wood, Bodine, Wilson, Glen Mary, Owenton, Henderson, Waddell, Haggaman, Stamboul, Luck Enough, Keys - 352

Third List - LA Carroll Parish, Labor Contracts, 1867 - Airlie, Allright, Black Bayou, Blackman’s Bothgoman, Balfour, Cheatham, Davis E & H, Dale Robert, Erin, Erie, Fitzgerald Mr. E., Goodrich, Gossypia, Govy Hood Home, Island, Lavida, Lake Land, Longwood, Span Place, Stewart, Robert, Shelburn, Waddell, Ann & C - 351

Balfour Plantation Notations

Agreement with Freedmen on Balfour Plantation, Parish of Carroll, Employed by AC Balfour, Date of Agreement: January 10, 1867 - **Extremely Faint and Hard to Read* Lewis Newman?, age?, , William ?, age 28, Joe ?, age 28, George Washington, age 29,  Jovy? Taylor?, age 61, Hadley? Grafley?, age 25, Samuel Hawkins, age 39, William Hawkins, age 27, Green Thompson?, age ?, Lucinda Davis?, age 25, William Taylor, age 27 *Contract amended ? 

Agreement with Freedmen on Balfour Plantation, Parish of Carroll, Employed by WB Denson and ML Landon, Date of Agreement: March 5, 1866 - Johan Woods, age 51; Henry Roberts, age 39; Steven Washington, age 21; Alpha Lindsey, age 40; Fracis Londen, age 23; Helen Woods, age 28; Jane Washington, age 24; George Washington, age 50; Stoney? Gibbs, age 25; Jeff Stevens, age 26; John White, age 21; Calvin? Beres, age 20; Betsey Field, age 15; Henry Kent?, age 28?; Stephney? Bradley, age 24; Felix Bradley, age 28

NARA 113-115 , Second Agreement for March 5, 1866 - Thornton Miles, age 64; Green Simpson, age 25; Marcus Lewis, age 40; Lewis Harris, age 36;, Jackson Talsos?, age 30; Richard Thomas, age 29; Alfred Brown, age 36; Albert Reid, age 45; Henry Hurt, age 42; Aleck Adley, age 46; Jackson Tosh/Tesh, age 32; Jerry Petre, age 45; Andrew Jackson, age 26; Doctor Fox, age 20; William Fox, Rachel Petre, John Campbell, age 23; William Jackson, age 26; Sam Newman, age 48;, Steph Hartwell, age 26; Hilliard Milton; Noble Barnes, age 26; Joseph Wells, age 27; Wesley Morely, age 25; Eli Carpenter, age 23; Maria Harris, age 20; Millie Morley, age 20; Corneilus Clark, age 29; Henry Phillips, age 42; William Sawyers?, age 28; Joe Price, age 27; Albert Mims, age 29; Johnson Craig, age 35; George W. Rodgers, age 35; Daniel Reed, age 24; Alley Kelly, age 23; John Price/Pierce?, age 25; Ben ANderson, age 22; William Evans, age 20; Ward Vinson, age 38; James Davis, age 25; Richard Webb, age 37; George Warlenton/Worthington?, age 23;William Horton, age 21; Henry Thomas, age 21; Washington Johnson, age 29; 

Partial List of Plantations and Owners on Labor Contracts with Dates of Contracts from 1866-1868 on Roll #42

Airlie - James Carson - May 7, 1866, December 1, 1866

Black Bayou - John W. Boice, January 1, 1866, January 1, 1868

Bodine - JW McKinzie - January 25, 1867

Bradley Estate - AA Lester & WW Bradley - January 30, 1867

Carrollton - Dennis Brooks/Rhoods? - January 9, 1867

Cottonwood Plantation - Wm McCullock - February 5, 1867

Cottonwood Plantation - JC Hedrick - January 11, 1867

Cottonwood Plantation - AJ Long - July 13, 1867

Robertdale - RK Anderson & Company - January 1, 1867

Robertdale - RK Anderson & W H Taylor - April 6, 1866

Erin - TL Van Fossen - April 11, 1867

Erie - HW Ayers - January 11, 1867

Elmwood - WRC Lyons - February 28, 1868

Mrs E. Fitzgerald - Mrs. E Fitzgerald - June 6, 1866

Gilliard - Alice Johnson & AH Embry - February 22, 1868

Glen Mary Plantation - Hardeman & Adams - February 20, 1867

Govy Hood Home - John W. Boice - January 1, 1868

Goodrich - H Goodrich - January 10, 1867

Henderson - JT Peck - January 7, 1867

Gossypia - Mrs. Mariam Goff - January 1, 1867

Holly - Josephine Green, February 28, 1868

Island No. 2 - HB Balfour - June 29, 1867

Island - Abraham Bass - May 25, 1866

Hollywood - HE Holmes, May 22, 1867

Hagaman - Perry H. Hanna - January 16, 1867

Kerr - JE Lewis & Company - April 10, 1867

Lavida - Abraham Bass - January 5, 1867

Lake Land - Aaron Goza - February 20, 1867

Lewiston - JE Ross - February 22, 1867

Luck Enough - LP Puly and D F Cartman - January 12, 1867

Longwood - HL Deason - January 8, 1867

King Willie/Willis, age 29; Daniel Grisman, age 24; Sam Gatewood, age 20;  Moses Conaway?, age 40; Henry Summers, age 21; Rob Thrash, age 20; Dudley Coleman, age 18; Alick Kedins?; age 20; John Williams, age 19; William Smith, age 17; Sam Warren, age 36

Longwood - HL Deason - January 4, 1867