• Raleigh 1868–1874
  (FHL film 928586 item2; computer number 738154 and 136687.)

• Wilmington 1869, 1872–1874
  (FHL film 928586 items 3–4; computer number 738155 and 136687.)
  

The records of the North Carolina branches are published in:

Reeves, Bill. North Carolina Freedman’s Savings & Trust Company Records. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Genealogical Society, 1992. (FHL book 975.6 F2r; computer number 693549.) This book has abstracts of the genealogical data from the above records and is indexed.

Other Freedman’s Bureau records include:

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1862–1870. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0843. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1972. (FHL films 1616841–78; computer number 500506.) These records give names of freed slaves and sometimes give genealogical information. The records include letters, ration reports, oaths of office, reports of persons hired, court cases (in some cases families are listed), orphans placed as apprentices (sometimes several brothers and sisters are listed), registrars recommended, land and property records, records and reports of claims, reports on freedmen available for work (only a few names of persons are given), and persons who received food.

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of North Carolina, 1865–1870. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0844. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1971. (FHL films 1695567–82; computer number 535566.) These records contain information about schools built for freed slaves, owners of the schools, teachers in the schools, and teachers’ requests for funds.

Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see the “Land and Property” section of this outline), in wills (see the “Probate Records” section of this outline), in tax records, and in court order books (see the “Court Records” section of this outline). You must know the name of the slave owner, and you can then search these records by the owner’s name to find the name of the slave. A few parish registers (see the “Church Records” section of this outline) list slaves who attended church with their masters. Their births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials may be listed.

Names of hundreds of runaway slaves, their descriptions, owners, and ages can be found in:

Windley, Lathan A., comp. Runaway Slave Advertisements. Vol.1, Virginia and North Carolina. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983. (FHL book 975 F2wL; computer number 516197.) This volume is not indexed. The information is in chronological order from 1751–1790.

Many slave families freed prior to the Civil War are listed in:

Heinegg, Paul. Free African-Americans of North Carolina and Virginia: Including the Family Histories of More Than 80% of Those Counted as “All Other Free Persons” in the 1790 and 1800 Census. 3rd. ed. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1993. (FHL book 975 F2hp 1997; computer number 26953.) This book provides information concerning 281 families and often traces a family to the 1860s.

For 1814 to 1866 information about husbands and wives who were former slaves in North Carolina has been published in:

White, Barnetta McGhee. Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in North Carolina, County by County. 3 vols. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing, 1995. (FHL book 975.6 V2wb; computer number 760754.) This book gives the husband’s and wife’s names when they are given in the records. The records are arranged alphabetically by county.

Finkelman, Paul. State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfiche Collection. Frederick, Md.: University Pub. of America, 1989. (FHL book 975 F23s; computer number 754449.) This book has information about laws passed that mention particular slaves. It is indexed by subjects, names, and geographic locations. The time period for names of North Carolina slaves is 1789–1854.

Plantation Records. Slaves are occasionally mentioned in records of plantations described in the following series of booklets:

Stampp, Kenneth M. A Guide to Records of Ante- Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1991–. (FHL book 975 H2sm ser. F, and 975 H2sm ser. J.; computer numbers 572743 for series F and 605984 for series J.) The guide for series F lists records at the Duke University library. The series J guide describes holdings at the library of the University of North Carolina. The guide booklets are not indexed, but, they describe in detail the contents of each microfilm. The Family History Library has microfilms of the North Carolina plantation records described in these guides:

Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1986–87. (On 84 FHL films beginning with 1549813 for North Carolina; computer number 571554.)

Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1989–1992. (On 455 FHL films beginning with 1672791; computer number 603306.)

Other Minorities

Records and histories of minorities and ethnic groups may provide clues to immigrant origins, migration information, and previous residences. Some information about Germans, Scots, Melungeons, Moravians, Quakers, and others are available at the Family History Library. Records of some of these minority groups are also discussed in the “Church Records” section of this outline. Other examples include:

Bible, Jean Patterson. Melungeons Yesterday and Today. Tennessee: J.P. Bible, 1975. (FHL book 973 F2bjp; fiche 6089123; computer number 486392.)

McLean, Angus Wilton. A History of the Scotch in North Carolina. Lumberton, N.C.: n.p., 1919. (FHL film 18074; computer number 389107.)

For books about minority and ethnic groups, see the Family History Library Catalog, using a Locality Search under:

NORTH CAROLINA- MINORITIESNORTH CAROLINA- SLAVERY AND BONDAGE