You might try contacting the SC Archives via e-mail with this question. Yvonne In a message dated 12/29/2003 6:02:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Was there any documentation after the Civil War for former > slaves to register for any reason in Colleton/Barnwell/Orangeburg > Counties? > > Does anyone have a suggestion of a reference/resource for researching > Mestizo/Mulatto persons of color, both free persons and slaves circa > 1850 > up to and after the Civil War in these counties? > > Thank you. >