Scope and Contents
The collection contains five volumes of farm records of William Godber Hinson, James Island, Charleston County, SC. Three of the books are accounts with farm laborers, "Freedmen" and "Freedwomen," 1866-1868. Entries reflect net proceeds of cotton crops, amount due employers, sickness records, cash advances, and cost of rations. Individual accounts include those of Amelia Goodwin, Moses Brown, Amos and Sam Watson, Thomas Young, Jeffry Campbell, Israel Knights, Eve Gourdin and Francis Gadsen....
Dates:
1866-1881
