Frank Sully | HistoryForge

Frank Sully worked as “Farm Laborer” in 1870. He lived at 1870-355 [St. Rosalie Plantation] in Plaquemines Parish, West Bank in 1870.

Census sources: 1870 census

Also recorded as	Frank Sellins
Born	About 1838
Race	Black
Sex	Male
Person ID	7040

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1870	Sully, Frank		1870-355 [St. Rosalie Plantation]	32	Black	Virginia		Farm Laborer

Relatives in 1870 US Census

Name	Address	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Sully, Nancy	1870-355 [St. Rosalie Plantation]	30	Black	Louisiana	Farm Laborer
Sully, Douderne	1870-355 [St. Rosalie Plantation]	2	Black	Louisiana	None
Sully, Harriet	1870-355 [St. Rosalie Plantation]	1	Black	Louisiana	None

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The name, "Frank Sellins" appears on the Freedman's Bureau Records for St. Rosalie Plantation in 1867. It describes a Frank with two dependents. $15 per month for rolling / $1.00 per day and 50 cents per watch (?) also two suits of clothes . No age or other information provided. However, on the same document, there is a "John Sellens", no dependents, $12 per month for rolling / $1.00 per day (?) and 50 cents per watch (?) also two suits of clothes; in the 1870 Census, there is a Frank Sully and a John Sully, further corroborating an alternative last name spelling for both Frank and John Sully/Sellins.

St. Rosalie Plantation, 1867, U.S. Freedmen's Bureau Records (1865-1878), Louisiana (M1905), Plantation Department, Roll 046, Labor Contracts, 1866-1868, Plaquemines Parish.