Indian Freedman Genealogy Serve as Guides to Black Family History . This article highlights the family of Lewis Johnson, Cherokee Freedmen, and gives their Dawes Testimony to illustrate the Freedmen interviews. A partial list of Choctaw Freedmen former black slaves of the Choctaws, in Indian Territory. Aaron Hurvey Remembers Life as a Civil War Soldier . A reprint of an article from the Arkansas Times, 1989.
Article depicts the role of black civil war soldiers.
Using Last Wills for Genealogical and Historical Data . With a will contributed by Arthur Mullen of Ft. Smith Arkansas, this articles shows the value of wills when researching African ancestors, where slaves are frequently listed by name. Sebastian County Arkansas - Black Population 1870 . This is an enumeration of the black citizens of Ft.