| Title | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 8 |
| Creator | Charleston City Engine Number 8
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| Date | 1862 |
| 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 8, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. |
| Transcript | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 8
No. Date of Enrollment Names Age Height Eyes Hair Complexion Occupation Residence Remarks
1 September 12 S.C. Sasportas 50 5x6inch Brown Gray Light Millright No. 10 Mill Street
2 September 13 Wm. Wallace 38 5x8inch Brown Gray Light Carpenter Rose Lane
3 Jas. M. Holloway 40 5x6inch Brown Brown Brown Carpenter St. Phillips St.
4 W. L. Gowan 24 5x5inch Dark Dark Light Porter " " "
5 R. L. Sutton 26 5x2inch Black Brown Light Farmer King St. Road
6 J. C. Mathews 40 5x6inch Black Black Dark Carpenter Rutledge Street
7 J. H. Gadsden 36 5x5inch " " Brown Barber Coming Street
8 F. Satters 23 5x4inch Brown Brown Light Black Smith Nassau Street
9 R. E. Dewise 24 5x7inch " " " Carpenter Morris Street
10 W. L. Parker 32 5x6inch Gray [illegible] " Boiler Maker " "
11 Wm. Gadsden 30 5x5inch Black Black Brown Dray Man Spring Street
12 S. W. Tolley 20 5 ft Dark Dark Light Black Smith Read [probably Reid] & King St
13 J. J. Hoff 31 5x7inch Black Black " Carpenter 27 President St
14 C. G. Tolley 27 5x8inch Gray [illegible] Light Cord Winder Read [probably Reid] & King St
15 Jas. Perry 30 5x5inch Black Black Brown Carpenter Morris Street
16 Jno. Freeman 56 6 ft " " " " St. Phillips St.
17 H. S. Neighbough 47 5x6inch Hazel " " Segar Maker Vanderhorst St
18 H. Bordenave 30 5x4inch Brown " Light Shoemaker Aiken Street
19 W. J. Edwards 40 5x6inch Light Light " Carpenter Ash "
20 E. J. Jackson 20 5x6-1/2 inch Brown Brown Brown Carpenter 460 King St
21 Jno. Francis 21 5x7inch Black Black " Black Smith St. Phillips St.
22 W. Young 29 5x6inch " " Light Shoe Maker Rutledge Street
23 C. B. Nell 37 5 ft Light Light Light Barber Alexander Street
24 Jno. Bening 25 5x5inch Dark Dark Brown Butcher Spring Street
25 S. H. Bening 18 5x3inch Brown Brown " Butcher Morris Street
26 A. Stoken 30 5x5inch Dark Black Light " 22 Coming Street
27 D. Stoken 23 6 ft " " " " " Bogard St
28 P. L. Noisette 33 6 ft Hazel " Brown Farmer King St. Road
29 W. P. Perry 20 5x2inch Dark Dark Dark Bricklayer Morris Street
30 D. Lewis 41 5x7inch Hazel Dark Dark Brown Carpenter Vanderhorst St
31 J. H. C. Mathews 26 5x6inch Dark " Light Brown Barber 234 Meeting Street
32 E. Thompson 26 5x2inch Light Light Light Bricklayer King St. Road
33 A. Chaponie 35 5x7inch Black Black Brown Shoemaker 338 Meeting St.
35 S. C. Shultze 22 5x11inch Hazel Light Light Butcher No. 3 [Land?] St
36 C. W. Seba 19 5x10inch Brown Brown " Black Smith Rust Lane
37 J. S. Noisette 33 6 ft Hazel Black Brown Farmer Rumney [Romney] St
38 J. J. Noisette 40 5 11inch " " " " "
39 Jno. Ohear 18 5x4inch Gray Brown Light Blacksmith Bogard & Sires St
40 Jno. Stoken 19 5x8inch Brown " " Butcher 22 Bogard St
41 W. B. Shast 20 5x6inch Brown Black " Carpenter President St
42 L. B. Shay 30 5x6inch Brown Dark Light Baker Palmetto Street
43 J. J. Grant 23 5x6 " Black " Black Smith South Street
44 R. H. Mathews 19 5 ft Dark Dark D Brown Segar Maker Morris Street
45 Jas. Moore 26 5x8inch Brown Black Light Tailor Henrietta St
46 Wm. Bennette 18 5x2inch " " Brown Butcher 164 Coming St
47 S. Salters 20 5x6inch " Brown Light Barber Meeting Street
48 C. Wilkinson 39 5x4inch " " Brown Porter Spring Street
49 Thos. Mathews 25 6 ft Black Black " " Morris Street
50 H. W. Edwards 25 5x7inch Brown Brown Brown Bricklayer Rumney [Romney] St
51 S. H. Birney 50 5x6inch Light Dark Light Carpenter Radcliffe St
52 W. H. Birney 24 5x6inch Dark " " Bricklayer " St
53 Jess [?] Grant 18 5x2inch Light Black " Porter South Street
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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 | 25067m |
