I have info on the following from the Charleston Orphan
House Records:

ELLIS, JOSEPH SAMUEL. Admitted September 30, 1852 aged nine
years and
ten months by ELIZABETH ELLIS, mother, and Poor House.
Indentures
expired  September 30, 1864. (Q-65) Delivered to his mother
Feb. 1855.
(ROC, 1821) Religion: Episcopal.  Mother lived in Bogard
Street, near
corner of Rutledge Avenue. (AtoA)

ELLIS, JOSEPH S. Admitted October 4, 1855 aged twelve years
by ELIZABETH
ELLIS, mother.  Indentures expired  September 30, 1864.
(S-58) Delivered
to his mother Feb. 20, 1857. (ROB, 1856)

re: Pgs. 142-143;
History and Records of the Charleston Orphan House 1790 -
1860;
by Susan L King.
SCMAR; 929.38 Charleston, Vol. 1.
Located in the South Carolina Historical Society, Chas, SC.

Janet Nielson Jilote

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