| Title | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 2 |
| Creator | Charleston City Engine Number 2
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| Date | 1864 |
| Source | Charleston Museum Fire Records |
| Contributor | Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925 |
| Subject | Fire fighters -- 1860-1870
African American fire fighters
Charleston (S.C.). Fire Dept.
Free African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston
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| Description | List of volunteer firefighters of city engine number 2, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. |
| Transcript | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 2
No. Date of Enrollment Names Age Height Eyes Hair Complexion Occupation Residence
1864 September 8th James Barie 25 5x2 Gray Black Black Tailor King St.
Geo. Blanks 30 5x3 Gray Black Black Labourer Calhoun St.
Isiah Bobian 22 5 Black Black Brown Labourer Rutledge St.
Wm. Bingley 23 5x2 Black Black Brown Blacksmith Minority St.
Wm. Barker 25 5x3 Black Black Black Labourer Calhoun St.
David Barker 22 5x4 Black Black Black Mechanick Calhoun St.
Henry Bailey 23 5x2 Black Black Black Fisherman Comming St.
Isiah Bailey 17 5x3 Black Black Black Carpenter Comming St.
Edward Brown 21 5x4 Black Black Black Labourer St. Phillips' St.
Wm. Couler 27 5x6 Black Black Black Mechanick Comming St.
Joe Duncan 20 5x2 Black Black Black Labourer Washington St.
Sam Edwards 22 5x4 Black Black Yellow Drayman Meeting St.
Jim Gibson 30 5 Black Black Black Drayman St. Phillips' St.
Wm Gardine 29 5x5 Black Black Black Labourer King St.
Lewis Heyward 19 5x2 Black Black Light Labourer Legare St.
Sam Jones 23 5x6 Black Black Black Blacksmith Calhoun St.
Ben Jones 22 5x3 Black Black Black Mechanick Calhoun St.
Aron Logan 23 5x2 Black Black Black Blacksmith Vanderhorst St.
Wm. Mortimore 27 5 Black Black Black Fisherman St. Phillips' St.
Dom Mortimore 37 5x6 Black Black Black Fisherman St. Phillips' St.
Pat Murey 25 5x2 Black Black Light Labourer Vanderhorst St.
Peter Mitchell 50 5x3 Black Black Black Mechanick Queen St.
Richard Owens 20 5x2 Black Black Black Mechanick Bull St.
Robt. Roberson 23 5x4 Black Black Black Labourer Gibbs St.
John Roberson 20 5 Black Black Black Drayman Washington St.
James Wilkinson 21 5x4 Black Black Black Drayman Legare St.
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| Digital Collection | Charleston Firefighters Rosters, 1862-1864
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| Holding Institution | The Charleston Museum
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| Web Site | http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/ |
| Rights | Digital image copyright 2009, The Charleston Museum Archives. All rights reserved. For more information contact The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403. |
| SC County | Charleston County (S.C.)
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| SC Region | Low Country
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| Date Digital | 2010-07 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Media Type | Manuscripts
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| Resource Identifier | 25067a |
