| Title | Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 5 [Copy 2] |
| 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, occupation, and residence. This copy does include the firefighters' street of residence. |
| 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 5.5 Black " Light Labourer Wentworth, Rutledge [?]
2 Joseph Bunton 23 5.6 " dark Dark Taylor John Street
3 Tobias Doisons 43 5.5 Black " " Brick Layer Comming St. 181
4 Benjamin Denison 23 5.6 " " " Taylor South Bay
5 Francis Fowler 25 5.10 " Light " Cooper Chapel 19
6 J. L. Fennix 52 6 " " Light Taylor Sires Street
7 George Thison 21 5 dark dark Light Butcher Felix Street
8 John Lopez 23 5.5 Black Black Black Cooper Anson
9 H. Lacomb 46 5 dark dark Light Segar Maker Calhoun 85
10 B. Lacomb 35 5.4 dark dark Light " " Laurel, Line Street
11 Wm. Mitchel 39 5.6 Gray " Light Hack Driver Warren Street No. 6
12 John Mitchel 25 6 Black Black Black Carpenter Calhoun Street
13 Peter Mayzick 42 5.5 " " " Barber Laurens Street
14 H. Pinckney 26 5.5 " " " Carpenter Mayzick 25
15 R. Rivers 21 5 " " Light Butcher Queen Street 184
16 John Rose 30 5.10 " " Black Fisherman Mills Street
17 Jacob Rix 19 5.8 " " " Fisherman Calhoun 12
18 Wm. Seabrook 40 5 Brown " Light " " Coming Street
19 E. Sutlif 32 5.5 Black " Dark Butcher St. Phillip Street
20 A. Sinclair 45 5.5 " " Black Carpenter Ratcliff Street
21 J. Johnson 20 5.2 " " " Driver West Street
22 S. Jones 22 5.10 " " " Cooper Anson Street
23 A. Jones 26 5.6 " " " Brick Layer Nassau 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 | 25067g |
