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So I finally got the #SlaveRolls index up for anyone to use. Civil War historians who study a specific region or place can now easily zero in on rolls from that area. @Patriot_Pat1 and I worked hard to get these indexed so we hope you find it useful.
adamhdomby.com/slaverolls
adamhdomby.com/slaverolls
It is not a perfect dataset yet (and we hope to add features in the future) but it will help historians find useful documents so it is time to let folks use it. We look forward to hearing what you find. It's in excel for now but we hope to create a standalone site eventually.
I suspect some public history folks will find this useful for finding information about specific history sites. @PetersburgNPS @RichmondNPS @ChickamaugaNPS @GulfIslandsNPS @FtSumterNPS @FortPulaskiNPS @HistoricChas may find some interesting information here.
Today’s #SlaveRolls thread looks at Nathan Bedford Forrest. While indexing @Patriot_Pat1 found roll 2476 listing laborers employed by that Forrest's Cavalry in October 1863. (Patrick collaborated on the research but most of the interpretation below is my own so don't blame him) 
Both enslaved persons and free persons (probably whites) are listed. This roll is for a unit which are pretty rare in the #slaveroll. General Forrest owned all six of the slaves listed on the roll who were working as teamsters. So his unit was paying Forrest for their labor.
As always, we like to list the names of the enslaved persons found on the roll: Ike, Antony, Henry, Ben, and Dan. But let's talk a bit about Forrest's ties to slavery before the war (as Forrest and his monuments have been in the news lately. Let us see who these monuments honor)
