Baldwin County, Ga.
African-Americans

Pictured: Dr. B. J. Simmons (left) Rev. Wilkes Flagg (right)
BIOGRAPHIES
Ludie Clay Andrews
Ernie Eugene Butts
John Warren Davis
Sallie Ellis Davis
Rev. July DeSauseaure
Wilkes Flagg (above photo) 
Floyd Griffin, 
Lucy Craft Laney
Sam Marlow, Hero
Ruth Hartley Mosley
Sandy Parks Union Soldier
Rev. Charles Henry Phillips
Dr. B.J. Simmons (above photo)
Bob Steele
Steele - Cooper Family
Joseph F. Young, Michigan State Representative
Business Men
Baldwin High School- Class of '76
SLAVES/FREE PERSON OF COLOR RECORDS
Free Persons of Color 1820-1860  Federal Census
Slave Owners in 1850
Slave Owners in 1860
Slaves of John Moran 1833
Slave Records & Freedman Record  of John Martin
Dave, slave of William Whitaker sold to H. West 1810
Slaves of William Whitaker 1837
Court Petitions 
Slave Records of John Galphin and Thomas Galphin Holmes Rock Landing 1789, 1790
Slaves in Early Church Membership Hopewell Church
Milledgeville and Baldwin County Records at Afrigeneas.com  (search)
Freedman's Bureau
The  Freedman's Bureau was located in the Masonic Building. Headed by General Oliver O. Howard, the bureau served Baldwin, Putnam and Jasper counties. First agents were Thomas W.  Wright, J. D. Rogers and Matthew R. Bell.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
Carrie Mason              Ferebe Rogers
BOOKS

Dr. Charles Henry Phillips "From the Farm to the Bishopric."
Dr. Phillips talks about growing up  Milledgeville,  " his experiences on the farm where he was born, in college where he won numerous degrees and in ecclesiastical life, where he has won for himself many pastorates and many honors. There are interesting notes on his four trips to Europe as a delegate to conferences. " Pub. 1932.

Dr. Charles Henry Phillips History of The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America, published in 1925 is online at http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/phillips/phillips.html#fp2.
Garland, Emily Allen, Giving a Voice to the Ancestors
Historical book about Baldwin & Hancock Racial Mix Families: Ingram, Little, Fraley, Ellis, Allen, Butts, etc.)

Adele Logan Alexander, Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879 (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1991).
MILITARY

Charles Batton, Union Navy Sailor, Civil War

 Fred Smith, Union Navy Sailor, Civil War

Allen Brantley aka Allen Blunt  received a federal pension  for his work with Sherman's troops during the March to the Sea.  He was in Co. I, 103 Reg USC Inf. Pension as invalid March 31, 1898. His widow filed June 20, 1932. 

Military Companies

Harrisburg Blues was an African American military company organized in 1872 at Midway with O. T. Adams as captain.Union and Recorder 18 Dec. 1877.

Middle Georgia Volunteers was a African American military company organized in Milledgeville in 1877 or 1878. Commanded by Capt. Bob Collins. A Flag was presented to them at the State House Aug. 2, 1878 by Miss Ada R. Lee response by J. S. Mason. Feb 3, 1880 Alfred Lee was the Capt. when he died and was buried with military honors. Simon Jones was a member in 1881 when he died. Union Recorder 12 Feb 1878; 30th July, 1878; 06 Aug. 1878 ; 03 Feb. 1880; 02 Aug 1881 

Buffalo Soldiers
CEMETERIES
Baldwin County Cemeteries (link)

CHURCHES

SCHOOLS
Baldwin County Schools
The Eddy School and Sallie Ellis Davis
 
Colored Odd Fellows 1889
RESEARCH
AfriGeneasis a site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general.

Christine's Genealogy Website

Cyndi's List of Sites

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