AFRICAN AMERICANS ASSIGNED TO THE ENGINEERING DEPT. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Camille Killens, (cakillens@att.net) USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or publication by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************************************* African Americans in Lake City assigned to the Engineering Department of the Eastern District of Florida, includes names, ages and names of slave holders. Source: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series J James B. Bailey 1847-1885 Alachua County Florida [micoform pt. 4, Georgia and Florida, reel 44, screen images 57-70]. James B. Bailey serves as superintendent of labor for the Engineering Department of the Eastern District of Florida. "Descriptive list of Negroes transferred by Major H. S. Routh Depot Q.M. at Lake City to Lt. J. B. Bailey February 25th 1846 & 26th Feby/64" No No of each Names of Negroes Age Owner's Name owner 1 1 Jackson 30 Chase E. Haile 2 2 Frank 40 3 3 Ishamall 25 4 4 Elvin 23 5 5 Lovia 18 C. E. Haile 6 6 Neleen 20 7 7 Jack 30 8 8 John 30 9 9 Peter 19 10 10 Lewis 30 11 1 Toby 25 12 2 Purdy 20 13 3 Hilliard 20 John Haile 14 4 Frank 20 15 5 Isaac 35 16 6 Squire 20 17 1 Henry 25 18 2 Thomas 25 E.C. Brevard 19 3 Jordan 25 20 4 Henry Davis 28 21 1 Bob 30 22 2 Andy 18 Gilbert Denton 23 1 Ben 25 24 2 Bill 25 25 3 Joby 25 L.J. Patterson 26 4 Joe 25 27 1 Titus 50 28 2 Marcus 60 Thomas Beatty 29 1 Edmund 45 30 2 Jafsee 22 Thomas Haile 31 3 Fontune 25 32 4 Aleck 22 33 1 Harry 35 34 2 March 20 35 3 Tom 23 James Chesnut 36 4 Ned 20 37 5 Shadrick 35 38 1 Peter 22 39 2 London 40 Thos Chesnut 40 3 Phillip 45 41 4 Dave 30 42 1 Cato 25 Tim Dill 43 1 Paul 35 T.B.H. Dudley 44 1 Aleck 20 45 2 Bill 18 46 3 Reese 25 Jos A. Scott 47 4 Metrces 30 48 5 Robert 20 49 1 Frank 30 50 2 Manual 25 51 3 Jim 30 D.R. Williams 52 4 Harry 45 53 5 Jacob 20 54 1 Len 25 55 2 Harry 25 Mrs. Elisabeth Weeks 56 1 George 20 57 2 Stephen 18 Jas Lanckey 58 1 Dick 35 59 2 Quinten 35 Till Ingraham 60 3 Abraham 25 61 1 Ned 25 62 2 Thomas 45 63 3 Jefsee 20 64 4 Wallace 20 W.W. Lewis 65 5 Addison 22 66 6 Mitchell 35 67 1 Wash 18 Jas Kinkton 68 1 Kiak 22 69 2 Patrick 23 D.P. Beatty 70 3 Andrew 22 71 1 Joshua 30 Mrs. Emma McHintory 72 1 Shad 30 73 2 Harry 25 John D. Young 74 1 Harry 35 75 2 Jolly 25 J. B. Bailey 76 1 Charles 50 77 2 James 45 James Thomas 78 3 Bill 20 79 1 Thomas 30 80 2 Dick 25 Stephen McCall 81 3 Richard 25 82 1 Caesar 45 83 2 Dick 40 W.A. Colotington 84 3 Loulsberry 20 85 1 Allen 20 86 2 Charles 30 Dr. David R. Jones 87 3 Lawney 30 88 1 Jolly 53 89 2 Ephriam 31 90 3 Caesar 25 Wm L. Campbell 91 4 Jim 25 92 5 Coney 20 93 1 Providence 25 94 2 Caesar 20 Mrs. J.B. Stanley 95 1 Charles 44 96 2 Aleck 20 James Stanley 97 1 Fred 33 98 2 Merrick 23 H.B. Eldin 99 3 Henry 19 100 1 Cain 19 101 2 Thornton 35 C.W. Ellis 102 1 John 26 103 2 Turner 24 104 3 Dave 23 Geo Leightner 105 4 Thomas 28 106 1 Sam 25 107 2 Cuffey 27 108 3 Wesley 20 E.E. Adamson 109 4 Frank 23 110 1 Isaac 30 C.D. Parks 111 1 Calvin 18 112 2 David 22 Garrett Vincent 113 3 Amos 35 114 1 Luke 39 115 2 Lester 22 Wm Fleming 116 1 Albert 21 117 2 Daniel 20 118 3 Sam Bourne 22 Dr. Theo Etheridge 119 4 Sam Jones 35 120 5 Willie 22 121 1 Peter 23 B.F. Powell 122 1 Reuben 37 Craton 123 1 Jerry 30 Jarrell M. Hinton 124 1 Aleck 22 Robt Hall 125 1 Jim 30 Mrs. Mary Ann Carver 126 1 Riley 35 Elias Boutnought 127 1 William 39 Hardy Harvard 128 1 Isreal 33 129 2 Saunders 21 John Fleming 130 1 Ben 40 131 2 Washinton 40 132 3 Will 20 John Lewis 133 4 Lewis 24 134 5 Reuben 20 135 1 Frank 40 136 2 Sampson 30 Wm Boulvane 137 3 Nichols 30 138 1 Alfred 20 Ben Boulvane 139 1 Charles 12 140 2 Aaron 25 Wm B. Lewis 141 1 Cain 41 James Baldwin 142 1 Aleck 27 143 2 Nelson 23 144 3 Ely 20 Wm. R Lewis 145 4 John 17 146 1 Jeff 40 147 2 Dave 30 Herbert Boulvane 148 3 Lewis 20 149 1 Isaac 40 Wm Strickland 150 1 George 23 151 2 Daniel 45 152 3 Boalane 37 ? Pyles 153 4 William 18 154 5 Harry 20 155 1 Jim 16 156 2 Randall 18 Wm Harris 157 1 Ben 50 158 2 Sam 18 Phil Dell 159 1 Dolphin 30 160 2 Esea 40 Chas Crawford 161 3 David 30 162 1 Bristol 50 163 2 Oscar 49 John Veredeve 164 1 Bill 24 165 2 Dennis 50 George Boston 166 1 James 40 Charles Casvin 167 1 Kelly 27 168 2 George 18 ? Richad 169 1 Gabriel 23 Wm Kennedy 170 1 Peter 20 ? 171 1 Joe 45 172 2 Primus 18 173 3 Bill 35 Mrs. M.A. Deuter 174 4 Stephen 40 175 5 Tumkum 18 176 6 Granville 22 177 1 Prince 25 178 2 Sam Blue 18 179 3 Jacob 20 Joselle Hall 180 4 Sam Hull 30 181 5 William 22 182 6 Richard 20 183 1 Jim 25 184 2 Bretus 20 185 3 John 25 T.P. DeLegal 186 4 Ned 20 187 1 Jerry 24 188 2 Henry 24 John W.? 189 3 William 21 190 1 Henry 18 191 2 Ben 18 Mrs. L. Mattair 192 3 Jim 23 193 1 Harry 20 Dr. J. H. Thompson 194 1 William 20 A. J. Gresham 195 1 Peter 30 196 2 Joe Wright 24 ? M. Lang 197 3 Joe Kate 21 198 1 William 27 Howell Hawkins 199 1 Amos 23 Thos J. Stewart 200 1 Joe 25 Wm Myens 201 2 Anderon 22 202 3 Bill 30 Wm Myens 203 4 Friday 22 204 5 Aleck 37 205 1 Carey 35 206 2 Reuben 20 James Haight 207 1 Jefsee 35 208 2 Willis 22 209 3 George 22 John Peoples 210 4 Isaac 20 211 1 Henry 16 Peter Cone 212 1 Patrick 22 G. W. Walden 213 1 Hildred 26 Wm Hagen 214 1 Peter 27 215 2 John 18 L. Lyankman Jr. 216 1 Sampson 25 Edgar Collins 217 1 Frank 27 Solomon Warren 218 1 Sam 38 219 2 Scott 18 Geo Smithson 220 1 Henry 24 Mrs. Ann Braddock List of Negroes sent by Major W. L. Routh Depot Q. M. at Lake City to Lt. M. B. Grant Engineering Corps February 25, 1864. No No of each Names of Negroes Age Owner's Names owner 221 1 George 20 222 2 Bill 25 223 3 Lewis 18 Thos Hawkins 224 4 Joe 18 225 1 Tom 20 Jackson Morgan 226 1 Jim 28 Isaac Smith 227 1 Mat 19 Mose Stuart 228 1 Doublin 21 229 2 Martin 30 Edmond Brannon 230 1 Squire 20 Jas Livingston 231 1 Manual 40 232 2 Robert 30 Henry Easton 233 3 Jim 20 234 1 Tom 30 Wm Doububy 235 1 Troupe 24 236 2 Redick 40 Est of Thos C. Strange 237 1 Allen 34 Nathan Gunnin 238 1 Albert 20 Frank Ruff 239 1 Gus 20 Dr. Larkin Reynolds 240 1 Jim 40 S.S. Weeks 241 1 Aaron 33 John V. Brown 242 1 Griffin 35 243 2 Mack 40 David Jordan 244 1 Arnett 37 245 2 Bob 24 Geo E. McClellain 246 3 Andrew 19 247 1 Jerry 40 248 2 Peter 30 Mrs. M. A. Murdock 249 1 Rouso 22 G. W. Allen 250 1 Peter 22 251 2 Aleck 18 Capt. J. Johnson 252 1 Jack 28 Mrs.E. Wood 253 1 Joe 25 M. McIven 254 1 Cyrus 20 Mrs. L.E. Baisden 255 1 Jacob 22 Robt. M. D. Perck 256 1 Joe 17 Matthew Micklen