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William McIver – Southern Claims Commission
Scroll down to see full transcript About the Southern Claims Commission The Southern Claims Commmission was set up by Congress in 1871 to adjudicate claims
Boson Johnson – Southern Claims Commission
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Saul Jones – Southern Claims Commission
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John (Jack) Wilson – Southern Claims Commission
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Hagar Stevens – Southern Claims Commission
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John Spencer – Southern Claims Commission
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Madison Smith – Southern Claims Commission
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Prince Stevens – Southern Claims Commission
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The Lynching of Ben Howard
In December 1864, Ben Howard watched as U.S. soldiers pillaged his slaveowner’s plantation in Liberty County, Georgia, torn between feelings of fear as the soldiers
Elizabeth Somersall
James and John Somersall were white brothers who lived in rice-growing, slave-owning Liberty County, Georgia. They were poor. They owned a few acres of land,
Boston Polite
Boston Polite, a formerly enslaved man in Liberty County, Georgia, presented a claim against the U.S. government for property taken from him by U.S. soldiers
Joseph James – Southern Claims Commission
Claim Summary Claim transcribed by Stacy Ashmore Cole About the Southern Claims Commission The Southern Claims Commmission was set up by Congress in 1871 to
Henry Harris – Southern Claims Commission
Claim Summary Henry Harris, formerly enslaved by James Winn, made a claim to the U.S. Southern Claims Commission in 1873 saying that Sherman’s Army took
Daniel Bryant & the Screven Family
Daniel Bryant, a Liberty County freedman, sued the U.S. government in the 1870s for a mare and food taken from him by Sherman’s Army on
Moses Stewart – Southern Claims Commission
SCC Disallowed Claim Liberty County – Moses Stewart Link Claimant’s Name (Last Name, First Name): Stewart, Moses Listed as “Colored”? (Y/N): Y Amount of Claim: