The end of the Civil War brought with it the doubling of Beaufort's black population from 638 in 1860 to 1,242 in 1870, about half of the total population. Growth was fueled by the influx of Freedmen from the surrounding county.
Heads of households have been arranged in alphabetical order. When more research revealed other family records, that information was added. Unless noted, marriages occurred in Carteret County.
▪ AMBROSE, DAVID 36, with Minerva 35, Charity 12, and 1-year-old Ella.
Born about 1834, slave David Ambrose married slave Minerva Hasket in 1855; retroactively recorded August 7, 1866.
▪ ANDERSON, GEORGE (farm laborer) 35, Harriet 28.
By 1880, George was a widower with Elias 15, Lavenia 12, Isabella 9, Jacob 6, and 3-year-old son Castilla Anderson. By 1900, 65-year-old George was with new wife Mary E. 40, and children Alice, Jake, Castillie, James, John, Rosa, Lucy, and Lulu Anderson, with 1-year-old grandson Albert Quinn. . . .
