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Kingstree, S.C. to Galveston, TX Transportation Request Memorial

African American Kingstree-Williamsburg County South Carolina Research Group
& The Town of Kingstree invite you to the Dedication and Unveiling of the
Kingstree, South Carolina to Galveston, Texas Transportation Request Memorial

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 1:30 pm
Kingstree Train Depot
101 East Main Street, Kingstree, South Carolina

The unveiling program will include Kingstree Town and South Carolina State Elected Officials,
Williamsburgh County Historical Society Representatives, Clergy and Living Memorial Descendants

On January 15, 1867, a transportation request was made to Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, Commissioner of The Freedmen’s Bureau, to transport 435 Freed men, women and children from Kingstree in Williamsburg County, South Carolina to Charleston, South Carolina then on to Galveston, Texas. The journey was made by ship and these formerly enslaved people were ultimately transported to Falls County, Texas to work under Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts. African American Kingstree-Williamsburg County South Carolina Research Group & The Town of Kingstree invite you to the Dedication and Unveiling of the Kingstree, South Carolina to Galveston, Texas Transportation Request Memorial Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 1:30 pm Kingstree Train Depot 101 East Main Street, Kingstree, South Carolina The unveiling program will include Kingstree Town and South Carolina State Elected Officials, Williamsburgh County Historical Society Representatives, Clergy and Living Memorial Descendants A reception will follow offering the opportunity to connect with members of the African American Kingstree-Williamsburg County South Carolina Research Group, View the Transportation Request List and Descendant Family History Research, and DNA Test Surnames on the Transportation Request List include: Bradley Brockington Brown Burgess Burroughs Cockfield Cooper David Dozier Embry Evans Fisher Ford Fulmore Fulton Gamble Gaskin Graves Hanna Hudson Ingram Israel Jackson James Jenkins Jones Kidding Kinder Lee Leferage Liman Manigault McCleary McCullough McCutchen Mouzon Nesmith Oliver Pendergrass Pringle Robertson Scarborough Scott Shaw Singletary Smith Staggers Tisdale Wane Washington Watson White Wilson Witherspoon The 435 names on this list of people destined for Texas directly connect to families still living in Williamsburg County, Texas and other cities and towns – many of whom have connected through DNA Testing and Research This Memorial is part of the Lost Stories Memorial Series by Black Pearls of Genealogy
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1867 Freedmen’s Bureau
Kingstree, S.C. to Galveston, TX Transportation Request
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SOURCE: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 : NARA, RG105, M869

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