Box 23 - Rosewood Massacre

Box 23 contains materials from the Rosewood Massacre Collection dating from 1994–1995 and consists of 65 folders arranged alphabetically by claimant surname. The folders primarily consist of individual claim files documenting the Rosewood Claims Bill process and include legal, personal, and supporting documentation submitted by survivors and descendants.

This box includes files for individuals such as Ousley, Evelyn; Ousley, Keri; Ousley, Benea; Norton, Irene Logan; Vanessat, Nelson; Murphy, Brenda; the Mosley Family; Morse, Kathy; Mitchell, Susan Melissa; Miller, Mattie; Miller, Cathleen Evan; Miles, Margaret; Truitt, Robert; Twiggs, Natasha; Teart, Miriam; Teart, Lavonne; Teart, Darryl Vincent; Teart, Keith Leroy; Taylor, Wilbert Leon; Smith, Willie E.; Smith, Hubert; Smith, Dorothy; Smith, Arlene; Singleton, Carl; and Scott family members including Robert Lee Scott, Willie Curtis Scott, Marilyn L. Doctor Scott, Gretchen Scott, Leroy Scott, Joe Eddie Scott, Earnestine Scott, Charlie Scott, and Clifford Scott, among others.

Records found within these folders include, but are not limited to, correspondence between claimants and representatives such as Robert A. Butterworth, Gregory Durden, Frank M. Beisler, and Guy David Robinson; Rosewood Claims Bill checklists, notes, and claims information forms; property affidavits; legal notices; handwritten notes; transmittal reports; fax cover sheets; envelopes; family trees; obituaries; vital records such as birth and death certificates; and additional supporting documentation used in the claims process.

Collectively, these materials document the individualized claims and verification process for Rosewood survivors and descendants, illustrating the legal, administrative, and evidentiary requirements necessary to support compensation claims while preserving personal and family histories.

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