Summer, Monday, Cuffee, Mike & Ned, Screven County 1866

A Labor Contract between Hope Brannen and 'Summer, Monday and Cuffee freedmen formerly property of Hope Brannen and Mike freedman formerly property of M L Boykin, and Ned  freedman formerly property of M Aldridge of South Carolina' ,,,,,,, and to 'deport themselves humbly and respectfully to the said Hope Brannen and family' This contract ran from Feb. 1 1866 to Dec. 31 1866. 
Hope Brannen also agreed to furnish rations to the men and 3 women unnamed and nine children of the freedmen, Summer, Monday and Mike.

Further Information
Hope Brannen 1844-1894 (son of Hope Brannen 1799-1862 & Sophia E Humphries)
Home in 1870 Screven, Georgia, wife Francis (Whetstone), children Clifford & Loulalia
Screven County is bordered by Effingham, Bulloch, Jenkins & Burke Counties, Georgia and Allendale & Hampton Counties, South Carolina
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This research was undertaken as a contribution to the #SlaveNameRollProject
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Sources
US Federal Census 1850 Slave Schedules ( Hope Brannen Senior, Screven County)
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S7Y-XT?mode=g&i=20&cc=1420440
Labor Contract 1866
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GF-PCN1?i=828&cc=2331267
US Federal Census 1870 Hope Brannen
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3P-Y71