Land Order for Richard Brown (1865)

Land Order for Richard Brown (1865)

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Superintendent of Freedmen, Land Order for Richard Brown, Charleston, South Carolina (1865)

No. 118

Office of Superintendent of Freedmen,

Charleston, S. C., April 1st 1865.

In accordance with Major General Sherman’s Order, No. 15, permission is hereby granted to Richard Brown to take possession of and occupy forty acres of land, situated in St. Andrews Parish, Island of James and being a part of what was formerly known as Heyward’s plantation.

By order of

Brevet Major General RUFUS SAXTON.

Gilbert Pillsbury
Govr. and General Superintendent of Freedmen.

A printed certificate with names, date, and location written in

Source: Office of Superintendent of Freedmen, Land Order for Richard Brown, April 1, 1865, South Carolina, Berkley District, Labor Contracts M1910, Roll 62, National Archives.