Interviewer: Hattie Mobley Person Interviewed: Frank Range Location: Greenville, South Carolina Age: 103 Place of Residence: 101 Hudson St. Greenville, S.C Civil War Servant and Hero At the age of one hundred and three, Frank Range is a familiar figure on the streets of Greenville, talking freely of pre-Civil and Civil War days, and the […]
Interviewer: W. W. Dixon Person Interviewed: Rosa Starke Location: Winnsboro, South Carolina Date of Birth: 1854 Age: 83 Occupation: Farm work, hoeing and picking cotton. Rosa’s grandfather was a slave of Solicitor Starke. Although she has had two husbands since slavery, she has thrown their names into the discard and goes by the name of
Interviewer: G. Leland Summer Person Interviewed: Susie Riser Date of Interview: May 17, 1937 Location: Newberry, South Carolina Place of Birth: Dutch Fork, South Carolina “I was born near Broad River in de Dutch Fork of Newberry County. I was a slave of Cage Suber. He was a fair master, but nothing to brag about.
Interviewer: Annie Ruth Davis Person Interviewed: Jessie Sparrow Date of Interview: May 1937 Location: Marion, South Carolina Age: 83 “Honey, my white folks been well-to-do peoples. Dey ain’ been no poor white trash. Dey hab ‘stonishing blood in dey vein. I been b’long to Massa Sam Stevenson wha’ lib right down dere ‘cross Ole Smith
Interviewer: Caldwell Sims Person Interviewed: Silas Smith Date of Interview: November 12, 1937 Location: Gaffney, South Carolina “Lawsey, honey chile, how does I know jes’ when I was born. All sech as dat don’t mean nothing to us old slave time darkies. De mis’tus say, ‘Silas, you sho was thirteen years old when dat ‘Federate
Interviewer: Mrs. Lucile Young & H. Grady Davis Person Interviewed: Mary Scott Location: Gourdin, South Carolina Age: 90 Ex-Slave, About 90 years old “Where and when were you born?” “On Gaston Gamble place, between here and Greeleville. In da Gamble’s Bible is my age. Don’t know my age. Pretty much know how old, I bout
Interviewer: G. Leland Summer Person Interviewed: Ellen Swindler Date of Interview: May 20, 1937 Location: Newberry, South Carolina Place of Birth: Newberry County SC “I was born on the Enoree River in Newberry County. Tom Price was my master. I married Nathan Swindler when I was about grown. My father and mother was Dave and
Interviewer: G. Leland Summer Person Interviewed: Joe Rutherford Location: Newberry, South Carolina “I was born about 1846, ’cause I was in de war and was 19 years old when de war was over. I went to Charleston with my master, Ros Atwood, my mistress’s brother. My mistress was Mrs. Laura Rutherford and my master at
Interviewer: Augusta Ladson Person Interviewed: Prince Smith Location: Wadmalaw, South Carolina Experiences Of An Ex-Slave On Wardmalaw Island Massa Wus Kind to Slaves Prince Smith, a man who is said to be over a hundred years of age, has lived on Wardmalaw Island practically all of his life. His experiences during slavery are very interesting
Interviewer: W. W. Dixon Person Interviewed: Dan Smith Location: Winnsboro, South Carolina Place of Birth: Richland County SC Date of Birth: January 11, 1862 Age: 75 Occupation: Construction Dan Smith lives in one room, rent free, of a three-room frame house, the property of his son-in-law, Jim Cason. It is situated on the southeast corner
Interviewer: W. W. Dixon Person Interviewed: Mary Raines Location: South Carolina Age: 99 Ex-Slave 99 Years Old. Mary Raines is the oldest living person, white or black, in Fairfield County. If she survives until next December, she will have attained her century of years. She lives with her widowed daughter, Fannie McCollough, fifty-seven years old,
CAPTAINS: Casson, W.H., Shelton, M.A., Gaillard, F., Leaphart, S., L., Maddy, M.M. FIRST LIEUTENANT: Shuler, P.H.B. SECOND LIEUTENANT: Brown, R., Myers, W.M., Eggleston, D.B. SERGEANTS: West, W.H., Reid, J.C., Bryant, J.F., Livingston, J.B., Cooper, G.F., Gilbert, J.G., Wells, J.F., McTurious, E.C. Joiner, B., DuBose, J. CORPORALS: Sulaff, W.C., Bruns, G., Newman, R., Rowan, S.W., Mack,
South Carolina Civil War Rosters – 2nd Regiment, Company A. Read More »
CAPTAINS: White, W.C., Litchfield, J.L., Litchfield, G.S. LIEUTENANTS: Beaty, T.W., Petman, S., Cooper, T.B., Newton, K.M., Grissett, J.D., Reves, J.W. SERGEANTS: Waid, G.W., Nercen, J.W., Floyd, A., Johnson, J.M., Anderson, —-, Gregary, T.H., Granger, J., Prince, J.L., Rabon, D., Johnson, C.L., Anderson, D.R. CORPORAL: Green, S.F. PRIVATES: Barnhill, W.H., Barnhill. H., Cooper, L., Cooper, R.,
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CAPTAINS: Irby, A.P., Whitner, B.M. LIEUTENANTS: Gladney, Wash, Robinson, J.S., Shedd, J.P., DesPortes, R.S., Jennings, R.H. SERGEANTS: Martin, D., Ashford, J.W., Gibson, H.T., Trapp, Laban, Watt, B.F., Trapp, L.H., Mason, W.N. CORPORALS: Beard, J.M., Robinson, Wm., Blair, A.F., Craig, T.N.A., Craig, Wm. PRIVATES: Aiken, Jim, Aiken, H.G., Aiken, H.N., Aiken, Robt., Brown, U., Brown, J.W.,
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COLONELS: Williams, James H., Nance, James D., Rutherford, W.D., Moffett, R.C. LIEUTENANT COLONELS: Foster, B.B., Garlington, B.C., Todd, R.P. Majors: Baxter, James M., Nance, J.K.G. ADJUTANTS: Rutherford, W.D., Pope, Y.J. Sergeant MAJORS: Williams, J.W., Simpson, O.A., Garlington, J.D. QUARTERMASTERS: McGowan, Jno. G. (Captain), Shell, G.W. (Captain). COMMISSARIES: Hunt, J.H. (Captain), Lowrance, R.N. (Captain). SURGEONS: Ewart,
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COLONELS: Bacon, T.G., Aiken, D.W., Bland, Elbert. LIEUTENANT COLONEL: Fair, R.A. MAJORS: Seibles, E., Hard, J.S. ADJUTANT: Sill, T.M. QUARTERMASTER: Lovelace, B.F. COMMISSARY SERGEANT: Smith, Fred. SURGEONS: Dozier, —-, Spence, W.F., Horton, O.R. ASSISTANT SURGEONS: Carlisle, R.C., Stallworth, A. CHAPLAIN: Carlisle, J.M.
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CAPTAIN: Burees, J.F. LIEUTENANTS: Talbert, J.L., Berry, J.M., Chetham, J.W. SERGEANTS: Culbreath, O.T., Martin, W.N., Reynolds, W.M., Lamer, L.W., Burress, C.M. CORPORALS: Reynolds, J.W., Shibley, L.D., White, W.G., Williams, T.R. PRIVATES: Adams, B.O., Blake, J.E., Carthledge, T.A., Crafton, T.M., Coleman, W.L., Coleman, G.R., Culbreth, J., Deal, A., Devore, C.L., Franks, J.A., Hammonds, C.T., Harrison, C.H.,
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CAPTAINS: Stackhouse, E.T., Harllee, A.T. LIEUTENANTS: Cook, H., B., Ross, J.N., Rodgers, R.H., Carmichael, W.D., Stafford, D.C., Cusack, G.W. SERGEANTS: McClenagham, H.H., Harllee, Peter S., Pearce, J.F., Ayers, E.S., McDuffie, D.Q., Harllee, R.A., Gregg, A. Stuart, Jenkins, R.W. CORPORALS: Woodrow, J.E., Huggins. Geo. W., Harelson, Joel, Sparkman, Levi, Cusack, S.C., DeBarry, Edmond, Robbins, J.B., Fenaghan,
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CAPTAINS: Chandler, J.B., McCutcheon, J. LIEUTENANTS: Haselden, W.M., Barren, B.P., Timmons. F.M., Cooper, F.E. SERGEANTS: Fulton, T.M., Wilson, W.J., Eaddy, T., McClary, J., Gamble, H.D., Cox, W.G., Lenerieux, F.M. CORPORALS: Brown, J.J., Johnson, M.M., Burrows, J.T., Nesmith, J. PRIVATES: Autman, J.A., Altman, L.C., Abrams, I.B., Abrams, W., Ard, R., Ard, J., Ard, F., Avant O.R.,
South Carolina Civil War Rosters – 15th Regiment, Company G. Read More »
CAPTAIN: Miller, D.B. LIEUTENANTS: Percival, E.S., Morrison, R.S., Freidburg, Joseph. SERGEANTS: Percival, F.H., Kirkland, R.S., Diseker, J.H., Keough, P.H., DeLoria, A. CORPORALS: Friday, S.D., Montgomery, G.B.W., Scott, F.J., Cathcart, W.J. PRIVATES: Altee, J.W., Barefoot, Sion. Bates, O.B., Baugn, Wm., Boyer, Moses, Bull, Thomas, Burroughs, W.D., Bellinger, Wm., Cloffy, P., Campbell, James, Cooper, Jesse, Cooper, Thomas,
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