| Title | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 5 [Copy 1] |
| Creator | Charleston City Engine Number 5
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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 5, including their names, ages, description, and occupation. This copy does not include the firefighters' street of residence. See Copy 2. |
| Transcript | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 5
No. Date of Enrollment Names Age Height Eyes Hair Complexion Occupation Residence Remarks
1 September 8th/64 Limas Ancrum 59 5ft5 Black Black Light Labourer Charleston So Ca
2 Joseph Bunton 23 5"6 Black Black Dark Taylor do [ditto] "
3 Tobias Doison 43 5"5 do do do Brick Layer do "
4 Benjamin Denison 23 5"6 do do do Taylor do "
5 Francis Fowler 25 5"10 do Light do Cooper do "
6 J. L. Fennix 52 5"2 do do Light Taylor do "
7 Geo. Thison 21 5"- do Dark Dark Butcher do "
8 John Lopez 23 5"5 do do Black Cooper do "
9 H. Lacomb 46 5"- do do Light Segar Maker do "
10 B. Lacomb 25 5"4 do do do Segar Maker do "
11 Wm. Mitchell 39 5"6 Gray do do Hack Driver do "
12 John Mitchell 25 6" Black do Black Carpenter do "
13 Peter Mazyck 42 5"5 do do do Barber do "
14 H. Pinckney 26 5"5 do do do Carpenter do "
15 R. Rivers 21 5 do do Light Butcher do "
16 John Rose 30 5"10 do do Black Fisherman do "
17 Jacob Rix 19 5"8 do do do Fisherman do "
18 Wm. Seabrook 40 5" Brown do Light Fisherman do "
19 E. Sutlif 32 5"5 Black do Dark Butcher do "
20 A. Sinclair 45 5"5 do do Black Carpenter do "
21 J. Johnson 20 5"2 do do do Driver do "
22 S. Jones 22 5"10 do do do Cooper do "
23 A. Jones 26 5"6 do do do Brick Layer do "
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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 | 25067f |
