Regiment: Not listed
Company: Not listed
Rank: Not listed
Mustered-in date and place: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Mustered-out date and place: Not listed
Regiment: 21st United States Colored Troops
Company: B
Rank: Corporal
Mustered-in date and place: March 1865 on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 4 April 1866
This ledger contains the financial records of William Hays Paxton in the final years of his life, toward the end of the American Civil War. It includes information about his debts, debts owed to him, and his personal property. Pages 27 & 28 list enslaved individuals in the possession of Mr. Paxton and his daughter, Margaret Virginia Paxton (implied).
Names of the enslaved individuals belonging to Mr. Paxton and their ages in 1865: Edy (45); Julia (26); Lizzie (15); Isaac (32); Ihe (32); Alped (34); Dave (33); Andrew (32); Bill (29); Stephen (28); Henry (15); Ellen (40); Joe (19); Lydia (24); Lydia Jr. (10); Sally (14); Jeff (26); Susan (35); Mary (15); William (12); Frank (11); Laura (10); Cornelius (8); John (20); Jack (15); Tom (13); July (10); Jake (10).
Names of the enslaved individuals belonging to Miss Paxton and their ages in 1865: Bach (19); Henry Jr. (14); Joe P. (24); James (26); Jerry (11); Dinah (60); Julia (30); Israel (40); Smith (23); Anderson (20); Frank (19); Hardy (14); Edward (10); Tom (8).
Regiment: 34th United States Colored Troops
Company: F
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 3 July 1863 at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 28 February 1866 at Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Regiment: 49th United States Colored Troops
Company: H
Rank: Private
Mustered-in Date/Enrollment date and place: 9 May 1863
Mustered-out date and place: 22 March 1866 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States
Regiment: 33rd United States Colored Troops
Company: H
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 1 May 1863
Mustered-out date and place: 31 January 1866 in Morris Island, South Carolina, United States
Regiment: 21st United States Colored Troops
Company: H
Rank: Corporal
Mustered-in date and place: 2 September 1864 at Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 25 April 1866 at Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Regiment: 34th United States Colored Troops
Company: C or D
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 24 March 1863 in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 2 December 1863
Regiment: 104th United States Colored Troops
Company: K
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 4 May 1865 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 5 February 1866 at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
Regiment: 104th United States Colored Troops
Company: K
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 4 May 1865
Mustered-out date and place: 5 February 1866 in Beaufort, South Carolina
Regiment: 104th United States Colored Troops
Company: B
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 15 April 1863 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 5 February 1866