| Title | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 4 [Copy 2] |
| Creator | Charleston City Engine Number 4
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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 4, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. This version contains more names than Copy 1 |
| Transcript | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 4
No. Date of Enrollment Names Age Height Eyes Hair Complexion Occupation Residence Remarks
1 1864 Sept. 8th Burney C. 27 5/8 Grey Dark Light Laborer Calhoun St.
2 Boyden J.J. 17 5/- " Light " " Nassau St.
3 Brodie W.S.J. 18 5/- Dark Dark " " Vanderhorst St.
4 Bentham G. 19 5/5 Dark Dk. " " Coming St.
5 Brodie Thos. 26 5/6 Dark Dk. " Tailor Morris St.
6 Campbell G. 21 5/7 " " Dark Laborer Coming St.
7 Castian T. 23 5/5 " " " Carpenter Meeting St.
8 Evans S. 28 5/7 " " " Barber Henrietta St.
9 Eckard J. 16 5/- " " " Segar Maker "
10 Fordham W. R. 44 5/6 Grey " Lt. Laborer Meeting St.
11 Ford W. 49 5/8 Drk " " Chapel St.
12 Faulkner, J. 27 5/8 Dk. " Dark Butcher King St.
13 Godfray J. 27 5/8 Dk. " Dark Butcher South St.
14 Gaskins G. 30 5/6 " " " Laborer College St.
15 Holloway B. 22 5/10 Gray " Light "
16 Izard J.V. 37 5/6 Dark " Dark Tailor Washington St.
17 King H. 25 6/- " " Light Butcher Bogard St.
18 Lee A.B. 15 5/- " " Dark Laborer Nassau St.
19 Lord R.S. 42 5/2 Gray " Light Butcher Bogard St.
20 Linjoy E. 35 5/6 Black " Dark Tailor Morris St.
21 Mushington J.B. 40 5/8 Gray " Light Carpenter Nassau St.
22 McLeish J. 30 5/6 Dark " " " "
23 McKinly F. 18 5/6 Gray " " Tailor Coming St.
24 Marshall J. 17 5/- Dark " Dark Laborer Cannon St.
25 Oliver W.T. 32 5/5 " " " Shoemaker Chapel St.
26 Patterson J. 25 5/6 Gray " Lt. Carpenter Nassau St.
27 Perry J. 48 5/6 Dark " Dark Butcher Duncan St.
28 Petray H.A. 16 5/4 Gray " Lt. Laborer Calhoun St.
29 Perry F. 30 5/9 " " Dk. " Duncan St.
30 Purcell W.J. 25 5/6 Dk. " " Carpenter Coming St.
31 St. Mark F. 46 5/8 " " " Barber Meeting St.
32 Stoken H. 32 5/6 Gray " Lt. Blacksmith Rose Lane
33 Smith J.G. 38 5/6 " " " Shoemaker Rutledge St.
34 Smith F. 32 5/7 Dark " " Laborer Meeting St.
35 Smith W.C. 29 5/4 " " Dark Taylor America St.
36 Thorne F. 19 5/2 " " " Segar Maker Henrietta St.
37 Whyross A. 22 5/6 " " " Laborer
38 Weston J. 17 5/- Grey " " Cabinet Maker Amhurst St.
39 Wall W. 16 5/2 " " " Blacksmith Calhoun 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 | 25067e |
