Registers of Applications of Former Owners for Restoration of Their Property
Object Details
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- Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
- Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 8: Records Relating to Confiscated and Abandoned Lands
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.FB.M1027, Subseries 8.5
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Scope and Contents
- There are two volumes of registers of applications of former owners for restoration of their property. Volume 1, July 20 – 27, 1865, is arranged chronologically by date of the first application filed. Each entry includes the name of applicant, a description of the property, a list of the types of supporting documents (petitions, loyalty oaths, and amnesty papers) filed, and a notation of what action was taken by the Bureau. Volume 2, October 31, 1865–April 19, 1866, is arranged by assigned number. Each entry includes the name of applicant and remarks about the disposition of his application and the date and action taken by the Bureau. A name index, which is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of applicant's surname, is bound in the front of Volume 2. The number after each name in the index refers to the applicant's assigned number in the register.
- Collection Restrictions
- Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: [email protected].
- Record ID
- ebl-1588595442873-1588595442911-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0