Deposition
[John Mills]
Dublin Core
Title
Deposition
[John Mills]
[John Mills]
John Mills was nineteen years old, 5’7” tall, from St. Augustine, FL when he mustered into the United States Colored Troops, 33rd Regiment, Company F on November 12, 1862 in Beaufort, SC as a Sergeant. His wife was Selina Mills. He was reduced to ranks then deserted August 04, 1863 and died a deserter August 23, 1863 on Coosaw Island, South Carolina and was buried there.
Subject
Johnson relied on other community members to corroborate his testimony and/or add new information to which he did not have access or could not remember. In this way, Johnson potentially relived traumatic experiences of slavery, divorce, war, and loss:
“I know he enlisted from the young men that growed up with him at St. Augustine, that is the way I came to know the name of the company that he went in and the name that he went under.”
“I know he enlisted from the young men that growed up with him at St. Augustine, that is the way I came to know the name of the company that he went in and the name that he went under.”
Description
Mandatory depositions
Creator
Peter Johnson
Father
Source
University of North Florida Special Collections, Jacksonville, FL
Publisher
Flagler College
Date
06/06/1893
Contributor
Diana Blood,
Lewis Blood,
James Brown,
Bristow (?) Eddy,
Domingo "Mingo"? Norman,
Mary F------ (?),
Abram Lancaster,
John Williams,
Frank Johnson,
John Rivers,
Benjamin Martin,
William Benjamin,
Jack Toomer,
Toby McKnight,
Frederick Fripp (?),
Edmond Washington
Lewis Blood,
James Brown,
Bristow (?) Eddy,
Domingo "Mingo"? Norman,
Mary F------ (?),
Abram Lancaster,
John Williams,
Frank Johnson,
John Rivers,
Benjamin Martin,
William Benjamin,
Jack Toomer,
Toby McKnight,
Frederick Fripp (?),
Edmond Washington
Identifier
Box 4, Folder 13
Citation
Peter Johnson and Father, “Deposition
[John Mills],” Resilience: Black Heritage in St. Augustine, accessed March 28, 2024, https://blackheritagestaugustine.omeka.net/items/show/53.
[John Mills],” Resilience: Black Heritage in St. Augustine, accessed March 28, 2024, https://blackheritagestaugustine.omeka.net/items/show/53.