Records of the Assistant Commissioner For the State of Mississippi
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1869
National Archives Microfilm Publication M826, Roll 42
Registers of Indentures of Colored Orphans Aug. 1865 - May 1866

1865
Date        Indentured           Age            Term         Residence               Guardian                     Guardian's Residence

Aug 18  Anderson Bobb    12 yrs old      6 yrs       Warren Co., MS           Seymour Bobb            Warren Co., MS
Aug 18  Lucy Bobb            10 yrs old    10 yrs       Warren Co., MS           Seymour Bobb            Warren Co., MS
Aug 22  Wade Hampton    10 yrs old      8 yrs       Warren Co., MS           I. N. Noley                  Warren Co., MS
Aug 28  Alexander Lane   10 yrs old      6 yrs       Warren Co., MS          Virgil Lynn                    Warren Co., MS
Sep 28  Clara McCord        8 yrs old      8 yrs       Warren Co., MS          Mrs. J. W. Davie          Vicksburg, MS
Sep 28  Mary Robinson    10 yrs old      6 yrs       Warren Co., MS          Virgil Lynn                    Warren Co., MS
Oct 3    Martha Jones       10 yrs old      8 yrs       Warren Co., MS          Nancy Nicole                Warren Co., MS
Oct 16  Lucinda Bowman  10 yrs old      8 yrs       Warren Co., MS          A. C. Clark                    Warren Co., MS
Oct 19  James Hunt            6 yrs old     12 yrs       Warren Co., MS          W. E. O'Reily                Warren Co., MS
Oct 28  Jane Jackson        10 yrs old      8 yrs       Warren Co., MS          Dr. L. C. Watkins          Carrol Parish, LA
Nov 23 Brijamin Boring    10 yrs old    10 yrs       Warren Co., MS          W. M. Simmons              Warren Co., MS
Dec 13  Ann Harris            15 yrs old     5 yrs        Warren Co., MS          W. J. Harris                    Warren Co., MS
Dec 13  Stephen Harris     13 yrs old     7 yrs        Warren Co., MS          W. J. Harris                     Warren Co., MS
Dec 13  Francis Harris      11 yrs old     7 yrs        Warren Co., MS          W. J. Harris                     Warren Co., MS
Dec 13  Alice Harris            9 yrs old     9 yrs        Warren Co., MS          W. J. Harris                     Warren Co., MS
Dec 13  Nettie Nut (?)       12 yrs old     6 yrs        Warren Co., MS          Wm. S. A. Nut (?)            Warren Co., MS
Dec 28  Jamie Shelbow      10 yrs old    8 yrs        Madison Parish, LA       Mr. A. E. Adams            Madison Parish, LA
Dec 28  Agnes Smith           8 yrs old    10 yrs       Warren Co., MS           J. M. Brown                    Warren Co., MS
Dec 30  Ruben Morris         8 yrs old    12 yrs       Warren Co., MS          Thomas Rigby                Warren Co., MS

1866
Date        Indentured                 Age            Term         Residence              Guardian                  Guardian's Residence

Jan 5     Isiah Williams             12 yrs old     9 yrs         Warren Co., MS       S. R. Graham              Madison Parish, LA
Jan 12   Eugene Drummond       9 yrs old   11 yrs         Warren Co., MS       L. M. Fox                    Warren Co., MS
Jan 16   Emily Reubens            10 yrs old     8 yrs         Warren Co., MS       J. McD. Vernon          Warren Co., MS
Jan 18   Frank Kent                  10 yrs old   10 yrs         Warren Co., MS       J. N. Kent                    Carrol Parish, LA
Jan 18   Annie Jane Thomas      8 yrs old   10 yrs         Warren Co., MS       J. N. Kent                    Carrol Parish, LA
Jan 28   Napolion Bonapart      12 yrs old    8 yrs          Warren Co., MS       P. W. DeSarna            Warren Co, MS
Feb 27  Walker Jackson           8 yrs old   13 yrs          Warren Co., MS       Woodford Deirne         Warren Co., MS
Feb 27  May Thomas               10 yrs old    8 yrs          Warren Co., MS       Woodford Deirne         Warren Co., MS
Mar 9   Nancy Jones                14 yrs old    4 yrs          Madison Parish, LA   Joseph W. Williams     Madison Parish, LA
Mar 13 William Epes                 6 yrs old   15 yrs          Bolivar Co., MS        Norman Neblett           Bolivar Co., MS
Mar 13 Minervia Jackson         7 yrs old   11 yrs          Bolivar Co., MS        Norman Neblett           Bolivar Co., MS
Mar 13 Thornton Jackson         8 yrs old    18 yrs         Bolivar Co., MS        Norman Neblett           Bolivar Co., MS
Mar 13 Eliza Rash                     6 yrs old    12 yrs         Bolivar Co., MS        Norman Neblett           Bolivar Co., MS
Mar 13 Jackson Peace             16 yrs old     5 yrs         Bolivar Co., MS        Norman Neblett           Bolivar Co., MS
Mar 17 Neslin Cooper                4 yrs old   17 yrs        Warren Co., MS        Eliza May Ann Wood  Warren Co., MS
Mar 17 Thomas Wilks                8 yrs old    12 yrs       Warren Co., MS        H. R. Ware                   Rankin Co., MS
Mar 17 William Parsons             7 yrs old    13 yrs       Warren Co., MS        H. R. Ware                   Rankin Co., MS
May 1  Lucinda Burns               12 yrs old     6 yrs        Hinds Co., MS          Richard Jones (col)      Warren Co., MS
(daughter of James and Rachael Burns, both deceased and formerly of Hinds County, Mississippi)
May 5  Emma Watson                12 yrs old   6 yrs         Hinds Co., MS          Flora L. Kelly               Warren Co., MS