| Title | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 9 [Copy 2] |
| Creator | Charleston City Engine Number 9
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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 9, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. |
| Transcript | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 9
No. Date of Enrollment Names Age Height Eyes Hair Complexion Occupation Residence Remarks
Sept 15th Alexander Pinceel 45 5 ft 1/2 Dark Short Brown Baker Coming St
Frances Hynes 38 5 ft 8 Black Short Black Waggoner America & Amherst
Henry Farr 22 4 ft 1/2 Blue Short Brown Bricklayer Wentworth near Rutledge
James F. Brown 38 5 ft 1/2 Dark Short Brown Taylor Ashley St. No. 70
James Ferguson 25 5 ft Black Short Brown Drayman Calhoun Est (east?) end
John Wadkins 22 5 ft 8 Dark Short Dark Drayman Henrietta St
John McCall 30 5 ft 1/2 Grey Black Brown Wheelwright King St
John B Turpin 25 5 ft 1/2 Black Short Black Labourer Duncan St. No. 20
Olander Gibbs 57 5 ft 8 Black Short Black Wagoner Ratcliffe St. 20
Paul F. Lopez 38 5 ft 8 Black Short Black Tailor Warren near St. Phil
Richard Jones 22 5 ft Grey Black Brown Tailor Reid near America
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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 | 25067n |
