Regiment: 6th USCT
Company: L
Rank: Private
Enrollment Date & Place: 11 February 1862
Mustered-in Date: Not listed
Mustered-out Date & Place: 28 July 1864 at Kingston, Adams County, Mississippi, United States
Photograph of Patrick Henry Roane, Sr. standing outside wooden building. Photographer unknown.
Patrick Henry Roane, Sr. (1833-13 February 1907) was the son of George Henry Roane (1805 Williamsburg, Virginia -1876 Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States) and Elizabeth Henley, was born enslaved in 1833 in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States.
He cohabitated in slavery with Susan Price in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of George A. Roane, Patrick Henry Roane, Jr. (a Newport News, Virginia Councilman), William E. Roane, Wyatt Roane (a judge of Elections in Newport News, Virginia), Bacchus Roane (a policeman and Justice of the Peace in Newport News, Virginia), Edmonia Carlotta Roane, and Leonard Wilson Roane (a shipbuilding engineer in Newport News, Virginia).
Patrick Henry Roane was the 3x great-grandson of Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia and Revolutionary War Patriot.
Regiment: 128th USCT
Company: K
Rank: Private
Mustered-in Date and Place: 7 March 1865 at Beaufort, South Carolina
Mustered-out Date and Place: 27 May 1865 died in service
Regiment: 34th USCT
Company: H
Rank: Private
Mustered-in Date and Place: 1 June 1863 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out Date and Place: Died
Regiment: 21st United States Colored Troops
Company: C
Rank: Corporal
Mustered-in date and place: 11 May 1863 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 25 April 1866 at Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Regiment: 34th USCT
Company: F
Rank: Private
Mustered-in Date and Place: 18 April 1863 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out Date and Place: 9 September 1864 at Magnolia, Florida, United States
Regiment: 128th USCT
Company: F
Rank: Private
Mustered-in Date and Place: 27 March 1865
Mustered-out Date and Place: 10 October 1866 at Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Regiment: 2nd South Carolina Colored Infantry; 34th United States Colored Troops
Company: C
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date: 20 March 1863
Mustered-out date and place: 22 February 1864 in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Julia Ella Bates (6 May 1876-16 December 1901), the daughter of David "Davy" Bates (1853-1920) and Ella Young (1844-1914) of Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States, was born on 6 May 1876 in Varina, Virginia.
She married Leonard Wilson Roane on 1 April 1896 in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia. They were the parents of two daughters Susan "Susie" Julia Roane and Ella Bates Roane.
Julia (Bates) Roane died on 16 December 1901.
Leonard Wilson Roane (8 September 1874-21 December 1912), the son of Patrick Henry Roane, Sr. and Susan Price, was born on 18 September 1874 in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States. He married Julia Ella Bates on 1 April 1896 in Varina. They were the parents of two daughters Susan "Susie" Julia Roane and Ella Bates Roane. He later married Abigail "Abbie" Smith.
Leonard worked as a shipbuilding engineer in Newport News, Virginia, where he died on 21 December 1912.
He was the 4x great-grandson of Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia and Revolutionary War Patriot.
Lewis Matthews (1824-<1910), the son of his enslaver Drury Cook Matthews and the enslaved Darkiss (Dorcas), was born in 1824 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. He married Martha Bottom who was born a free woman of color in 1843 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Martha died in Pickens, Edgefield County, South Carolina between 1881 and 1890. Lewis and Martha Matthews were the parents of a large family.
Mollie was raised by John Sharp and his 3 daughters. The Sharps were a white family who lived near Burke County, Georgia. She was given away when she was born in 1871 because she was of mixed ethnicity. She was the wife of Tasso Hopkins, a formerly enslaved man..
Oscar J. Thompson, Sr. (5 March 1881-11 August 1945) was one of five children born to the Reverend Logan L. and Lavinia Corley-Thompson on 5 March 1881 in the Skillet community outside of Salley, Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. At a young age, he joined Smyrna Baptist Church where he was ordained as a deacon. Like his https://iaamcfh.omeka.net/admin/item/155/edit#parents, Oscar was a sharecropper. Briefly, he lived with his brother Robert Thompson and his family until he was able to support himself. Later, he married Lessie Felder.
Oscar and his family continued to sharecrop for several years. While working, he saved his money with the goal of becoming a landowner. On December 9, 1915, Oscar purchased 92 acres from David Link of Deland, Florida, United States.
Oscar was full-fledged entrepreneur. In agriculture, he cultivated his farm into a full-scale operation that garnered local acclaim. The local newspaper lauded his three-year crop rotation system. To further his knowledge in agriculture, Oscar joined a group of local African-American farmers on a field trip to Coker Pedigreed Farm in Hartsville, South Carolina “to study and observe seed breeding and other farm practices”.
Oscar died on 11 August 1945 at the age of 64. Four years later, his wife Lessie died on 21 September 1949 at the age of 56.
Salina (Newton) Mears (3 May 1831-3 January 1905) was born in the Beaufort District, South Carolina, United States. Her mother was Kitty Newton, who was the daughter of Kitty Newton, Sr. The Newton family were Free People of Color with ancestry dating back to 1790.
The photograph also showcases Margaret Motes' compilation of the Free Blacks and Mulattos in South Carolina, 1850 Census, in which the Newton family is listed.
Portrait of Vilmont and Julianna Schexnayder from Patterson, Saint Mary's Parish, Lousiana, United States. Photograph taken by unknown photographer in the 1800s.
Julianne and her parents, Paul and Harriet, were enslaved by the brothers Octave and Numa Cornay of the Calumet Plantation. The plantation was in Patterson, St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana and was a large sugar mill. During the Civil War, Julianne went with the Cornays to Lafayette, Louisiana, where she had one son by a man she was not married to but had a "shacking" relationship to breed children. After the Civil war, Julianne returned to Patterson, St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana and was a laundress. She met and married Vilmont Schexnayder on 4 January 1883 in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, United States. Julianne had at least 15 children, 14 of them with Vilmont Schexnayder.
Regiment: 103rd USCT
Company: F
Rank: Private
Mustered-in Date and Place: 28 February 1865 at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out Date and Place: 17 April 1866 at Augusta, Georgia, United States
Regiment: 34th USCT
Company: D
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 24 March 1863 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 28 February 1866 at Jacksonville, Florida, United States
