Department of History & Government
Southern Claims Commission
SCC Claim of Clarinda Porter – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 18544.
Description:
This claim was filed by Porter to the SCC. It includes several documents recounting the items that were taken from her by Union soldiers during the Civil War. It also includes testimonies by other freedpeople in the county…
Date: December, 1874
SCC Claim of Eliza James – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21427
Description:
Claim failed by James. The first document shows that she acquired cattle, made syrup, and grew bushels of crops…
Date: December, 1874
SCC of Frances Brown – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 20638
Description:
Claim filed by Brown. Like the others, this claim is made up of several documents including a listing of the items taken, their value, and testimonies of Brown and her witnesses….
Date: December 13, 1878
SCC of Jane Holmes – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 20656
Description:
Claim filed by Holmes. She lists aniumals, crops, honey, kitchen furniture, and bedding quilt in her claim. Like other claimants, she gives detailed descriptions of the items and has several witnesses.
Date: June – August, 1873
SCC Claim of Lucy McIver – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21418.
Description:
Claim of McIver. This case shows how she acquired and raised cattle, turkeys, and hogs and grew crops. She also lists cooking utensils in her claim …
Date: December 20, 1875
SCC Claim of Lydia Baker – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21415
Description:
Claim of Baker. The case shows how she acquired hogs and chickens, and grew bushels of corn. She also lists a jar of lard and clothing in her claim. Baker was over 70 years old when she filed the claim…
Date: December 20, 1875
SCC of Nancy Bacon – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21406.
Description:
Claim of Bacon. She was a widow who inherited the goods from her husband. These items included cows, hogs, and silever
Date: December 1874
SCC of Patsey Campbell – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21475
Description:
Claim of Campbell. In the claim, Campbell lists 1 horse and an oven. She discussed how her father, who had rheumatism, helped her acquire the property…
Date: December 20, 1875
SCC of Rachel Norman – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21416
Description:
Claim of Norman. The claim lists cattle, chickens, corn, and rice. She states that she cooked and washed clothes for Union soldiers …
Date: December 1874
SCC of Scipio Bacon – Liberty County, GA
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21473
Description:
Susan Bennett, the widow of Scipio, filed the claim for herself and their children. She lists bushels of corn and rice, and hogs.
Date: December 1874
SCC of Silvy Baker – Liberty County
Southern Claims Commission – No. 21451.
Description:
Baker recounts how she and her husband acquired a horse, buggy, harness, fowls, a sow, and grew corn….
Date: December 4, 1876