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William Birnie was the son of Clotworthy and Harriet Birnie of Washington, DC. He served as an agent for the Freedmen's Bureau after the American Civil War. Frances "Fanny" Seward references meeting him in her 1866 diary.

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William Birnie was the son of Clotworthy and Harriet Birnie of Washington, DC. He served as an agent for the Freedmen's Bureau after the American Civil War. Frances "Fanny" Seward references meeting him in her 1866 diary.

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Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Records of the Assistant Commissioner For the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870; NARA Series Number: M843; NARA Reel Number: 5; NARA Record Group Number: 105; NARA Record Group Name: Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880; Collection Title: North Carolina Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records 1862-1870 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021.
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https://www.oakhillcemeterydc.org/app/themes/oakhill/assets/records/37.pdf
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Oak Hill Cemetery Records - Oak Hill Cemetery
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William Birnie - Find A Grave
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