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William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-20, 1854-1859.
title
William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-20, 1854-1859.
Subject
Free African Americans, Mississippi, Natchez, African American women, Mississippi, Natchez, African American families, Mississippi, Natchez, African American plantation owners, Mississippi, Natchez, Johnson, William T., 1809?-1851, Johnson, Ann Battles, 1815?-1866, Executors and administrators, Mississippi, Natchez, Slave bills of sale, Mississippi, Natchez, Taxation, Mississippi, Natchez, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments) Legal documents
Date created ms
1854, 1859
Abstract
Legal and financial papers of the Johnson family for the years 1854-1859 include receipts and invoices for goods and services, receipts for rent, and tax receipts of Ann Battles Johnson, following the 1851 death of her husband William Johnson, a free man of color. Many of the tax receipts are for money owed from the estate of William Johnson.

Receipts of Ann Battles Johnson include receipts for furniture, the hire of a horse, purchase of coal, a gold ring, dentistry, fabric, and other goods. Included is a slave bill of sale for an enslaved man named ""Clifton,"" sold to Ann Battles Johnson by Catharine and John Brumley.
William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-21, 1860-1866.
title
William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-21, 1860-1866.
Subject
Free African Americans, Mississippi, Natchez, African American women, Mississippi, Natchez, African American teachers, Mississippi, Natchez, African American families, Mississippi, Natchez, Barbershops, Mississippi, Natchez, Executors and administrators, Mississippi, Natchez, African American plantation owners, Mississippi, Natchez, African American soldiers, Mississippi, Natchez, Draft registration, Mississippi, Natchez, Johnson, William T., 1809?-1851, Estate, Johnson, Ann Battles, 1815?-1866, Johnson, Byron, 1839-1872, Johnson, William R., born 1836, Johnson, Richard M., born 1837., born 1837, Johnson, Anna, 1841-1922, Taxation, Mississippi, Natchez, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments) Legal documents, Loyalty oaths, Passports
Date created ms
1860, 1866
Abstract
Legal and financial papers of the Johnson family for the years 1860-1866 are comprised of receipts for goods and services and other legal and financial documents of Ann Battles Johnson and her sons Byron Johnson and William Johnson Jr., following the 1851 death of William T. Johnson. The papers document the Johnson family's business life and legal dealings during the Civil War and the early Reconstruction Era.

Items of note include: an amnesty oath for Byron Johnson (dated July 26, 1865); Ann Battles Johnson's Oath of Allegiance to the United States; two passports from 1862 for Jim, an enslaved man; a certificate for military enrollment for Byron Johnson (dated February 4, 1865); a certificate of military exemption for Richard M. Johnson (dated February 5, 1865); a certificate of membership for the 1st Battalion E. M. Colored for William Johnson Jr. (dated March 13, 1865), and his medical certification for military service exemption (dated March 14, 1865); and William Johnson Jr.'s receipt for a barber shop license (dated June 6, 1865). A receipt, dated November 27, 1866, to Anna Johnson for legal services paid in the administration of her mother Ann Battles Johnson's estate is also represented.
Louisiana State Seminary c. 1860
title
Louisiana State Seminary c. 1860
Subject
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Buildings
Date created ms
1860
Abstract
Drawn by Samuel Lockett, this is the only known view of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning’s seventy-two-room building and grounds. Located near Pineville in Rapides Parish on 438 acres, the Official Register of the Officers and Cadets (1866) said “the Seminary building was erected at great cost, and is one of the largest and finest college edifices in the South.” It had 72 rooms and was also one of the largest buildings in the South to survive the Civil War intact. On the morning of October 15, 1869, the building burned to the ground.
Register of free colored persons entitled to remain in the state. Volume 3, 1859-1861.
title
Register of free colored persons entitled to remain in the state. Volume 3, 1859-1861.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, African American men, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.). Office of the Mayor, Legal documents
Date created ms
1859, 1861
Abstract
The third volume of the Register of Free Colored Persons Entitled to Remain in the State was produced by the New Orleans Mayor's Office between 1859 and 1861. Free people of color who were not born in the City of New Orleans, or who were born in the Parish of Orleans and were emancipated after birth, were required to register with the Mayor's Office as free people of color.

The register as a whole is comprised of four volumes created between the years 1840-1864. The roster lists the individual's name, sex, color, age, occupation, place of birth (parish or county, state, country), date of arrival (this section is blank in the majority of entries), additional remarks, and the date that the information was recorded. Information found in the remarks column identifies either the name of the emancipator or the name of the person who verified a free person of color's free status by witnessing or notarizing the act of emancipation. Volume 3 is in English.

The roster is arranged in chronological groups for the years 1859-1861. The names are recorded alphabetically by the first letter of the last name, or as in some cases, the first letter of the only given name. A list of names appearing in the register is available online at www.lecomite.org/indexes/FPOCIndex.txt. Note that this list is an index to a transcription of the register, published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane. The page numbers given in the index refer to the published transcription and not to the manuscript register.
Register of free colored persons entitled to remain in the state. Volume 2, 1856-1859.
title
Register of free colored persons entitled to remain in the state. Volume 2, 1856-1859.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, African American men, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.). Office of the Mayor, Legal documents
Date created ms
1856, 1859
Abstract
The second volume of the Register of Free Colored Persons Entitled to Remain in the State was produced by the New Orleans Mayor's Office between 1856 and 1859. Free people of color who were not born in the City of New Orleans or who were born in the Parish of Orleans and were emancipated after birth were required to register with the Mayor's Office as free people of color.

The register as a whole is comprised of four volumes created between the years 1840-1864. The roster lists the individual's name, sex, color, age, occupation, place of birth (parish or county, state, country), date of arrival (this section is blank in the majority of entries), additional remarks, and the date that the information was recorded. Information found in the remarks column identifies the name of the emancipator or the name of the person who verified a free person of color's free status by witnessing or notarizing the act of emancipation. Volume 2 is in English.

The roster is arranged in chronological groups for the years 1856-1859. The names are recorded alphabetically by the first letter of the last name, or as in some cases, the first letter of the only listed name.

A list of names appearing in the register is available online at www.lecomite.org/indexes/FPOCIndex.txt. Note that this list is an index to a transcription of the register, published by Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane. Page numbers given in the index refer to the published transcription and not to the manuscript register.
Commission issued by Governor Robert C. Wickliffe of Louisiana to John T. Michel, City of Jefferson
title
Commission issued by Governor Robert C. Wickliffe of Louisiana to John T. Michel, City of Jefferson
Subject
Documents
Date created ms
1859-7-4, 1859-7-4
Abstract
The Governor of Louisiana granted Wilson title to eighty acres of swamplands that the latter had located under Warrant 6026 N.S.H. The land was situated in Section 9, Township 2, S.R. 2 East in the South Western District of Louisiana.
Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge Louisiana around 1860
title
Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge Louisiana around 1860
Subject
Historic buildings, Capitols, Mississippi River
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo, circa 1850s or 1860s. Old State Capitol. Baton Rouge, La. Photo taken before the levee was built.
State Street, Boston
title
State Street, Boston
Subject
Studies (visual works), Streets, Architecture, Buildings
Date created ms
1850, 1859
Abstract
Sketch down the middle of State Street in Boston. Buildings line the street.
Land patent to swamplands granted to John G. Wilson in Avoyelles Parish
title
Land patent to swamplands granted to John G. Wilson in Avoyelles Parish
Subject
Documents
Date created ms
1859-6-6, 1859-6-6
Abstract
The Governor of Louisiana granted Wilson title to eighty acres of swamplands that the latter had located under Warrant 6026 N.S.H. The land was situated in Section 9, Township 2, S.R. 2 East in the South Western District of Louisiana.
View of State Asylum for the Deaf in Baton Rouge Louisiana in the 1860s
title
View of State Asylum for the Deaf in Baton Rouge Louisiana in the 1860s
Subject
Buildings, Schools, Deaf persons
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo, 1860s. View of State Asylum for the Deaf, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Pilgrims signing document in ship
title
Pilgrims signing document in ship
Subject
Pilgrims, Ships, Documents, Document signings
Date created ms
1860, 1899
Abstract
Engraving of a group of pilgrims gathered inside of a ship and signing a document.
State elephant, Delhi, and the Himalayas
title
State elephant, Delhi, and the Himalayas
Subject
Elephants, Cities & towns, Mountains
Date created ms
1860, 1899
Abstract
Wood engraving of three images: a state elephant of India, the city of Delhi, and the Himalayas.
Print of the Louisiana Seminary of Learning near Pineville Louisiana in 1860s
title
Print of the Louisiana Seminary of Learning near Pineville Louisiana in 1860s
Subject
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.), Historic buildings
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo of print, 1860s. Louisiana Seminary of Learning, Pineville, Louisiana. Photograph of old print of the first Louisiana State University. See history in "notes."
Inaugural address of Governor Thomas O. Moore delivered January 23, 1860, to the Legislature of the state of Louisiana
title
Inaugural address of Governor Thomas O. Moore delivered January 23, 1860, to the Legislature of the state of Louisiana
Subject
Louisiana, Politics and government, 1803-1865
Date created ms
1860
Odd Fellows Hall in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
title
Odd Fellows Hall in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
Subject
Civil War (United States 1861-1865), Historic Buildings, Military facilities
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo, 1860s. Odd Fellows Hall in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War, used as quarters for troops.
United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
title
United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
Subject
Civil War (United States 1861-1865), Historic Buildings, Military facilities, Barracks
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo, 1860s. United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War. Now called Jackson Barracks.
United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
title
United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
Subject
Civil War (United States 1861-1865), Historic Buildings, Military facilities, Barracks
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo, 1860s. United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War.
United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
title
United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
Subject
Civil War (United States 1861-1865), Historic Buildings, Military facilities, Barracks
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo, 1860s. United States Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War. Now called Jackson Barracks.
Smallpox hospital in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
title
Smallpox hospital in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War
Subject
Civil War (United States 1861-1865), Historic Buildings, Hospitals
Date created ms
1860, 1869
Abstract
B&W photo, 1860s. Smallpox hospital on Poydras Street in New Orleans Louisiana during Civil War.
Indian Encampment, Louisiana
title
Indian Encampment, Louisiana
Subject
Indians of North America, Indian encampments, Trees, Tipis
Date created ms
1860
Abstract
View of an Indian settlement set in a grove, with trees in foreground, tepees in mid-ground, and forested area beyond. Shows Indians standing or sitting near tepees, women with papooses upon their backs, and a cooking fire under the trees.

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