Newberry County, South Carolina
1795 - 1925 Passport Application

U. S. Passport Applications, 1795-1905; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1372, 694 rolls); General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives, Washington, D.C.  Passport Applications, January 2, 1906-March 31, 1925; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1490, 2740 rolls); General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Registers and Indexes for Passport Applications, 1810-1906; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1371, rolls 1-3, 13); General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Emergency Passport Applications (Passports Issued Abroad), 1877-1907; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1834, 56 rolls); General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Passports issued March 4-5, 1919 (numbers 67500-67749) are missing from the NARA collection .

About U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

The U.S. government has issued passports to American citizens since 1789, through different agencies throughout the years. Passports were not required of U.S. citizens for foreign travel until World War I and passports were required for a short time during the Civil War (Aug. 19, 1861-Mar. 17, 1862). An Executive Order given in 1915, and then later an act of Congress given in 1918, established the passport requirement for citizens traveling abroad lapsing during World War I through treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary in 1921. In 1941, with the onset of World War II, the Congressional act of 1918 was reinstated. U.S. citizens have been required to carry a passport for foreign travel ever since and now, when going anywhere outside the U.S. (includes cruise ships).

This database contains passport applications from 1795-1925, including emergency passport applications (passports issued abroad) from 1877-1907. It also contains passport application registers for 1810-1817, 1830-1831, and 1834-1906.

What you may find on a Passport Applications:

Name of applicant, birth date/age, birthplace, residence, date of application or issuance of passport, fathers and/or husbands name, fathers and/or husbands birth date or age, fathers and/or husbands birthplace, fathers and/or husbands residence, wife's name, date and place of immigration to the U.S., years in which have resided in the U.S., naturalization date and place, occupation, and physical characteristics.

Some passport applications include a photo of the applicant. To receive a U.S. passport, a person had to submit proof of U.S. Citizenship, usually a letter, affidavits of witnesses, and certificates from clerks or notaries. Sometimes these other documents are included as part of the application.

A variety of passport application forms were used throughout the years. By 1888 there were separate application forms for native citizens, naturalized citizens, and derivative citizens so information on passports may vary.

 

Name

Occupation

Birth Date

Birth Location

Parents/b. place

birth  dt.

Passport Issue Date

Travel destination

Additional info

Ruby Goggans Brown

housewife

31-Jul-1873

Newberry, SC

Jno. C. Goggans Newberry/12-Jun-1803

Newberry Co., SC3/13/1920

Cuba


William Thomas Brown

insurance

10-Sep-1884

Newberry, SC

John B. Brown/expired

Newberry Co., SC 3/13/1920

Cuba


John Wooten Carson

minister of gospel

3-Aug-1873

Gastonia, North Carolina

native of U.S.

Newberry Co., SC 5/5/1913

6mths abroad

age 40y, hgt. 5' 10"; verfication of passport info by Eugene S. Wooton

Howard Bartow Dominick

Student @ Clemson College

4-Oct-1903

Newberry, SC

Henry Boinest Dominick Newberry Co./resides in Columbia

Greenville Co., SC, 04/08/1924

France to attend school; leave from NY to board the Paris, Franch Lin on Jun 11, 1924

Residence: Columbia, SC

Thomas C. Duckett

railroad postal clerk

7-Sep-1877

Whitmire, Newberry Co., SC

John C. Duckett Newberry/deceased

Dist. Of Columbia, Washington, 02/18/1918

England, France - Army postal service, leaving for 18mths

Residence: Columbia, SC

J. K. Gilder Jr.

doctor

26-Mar-1882

Newberry, SC

native of U.S.

Baltimore Co., Maryland 5/11/1906

2yrs abroad

age 24y, hgt 5' 9 3/4"; verfication of passport info. By Ernest Lee Davis

Elmer Berley Hallman

teaching

10-Aug-1885

Pomaria, SC

Samuel T. Hallman Lexington Co., SC

Greenville Co., SC, 07/29/1918

France/Y.M.C.A. Work for 2 yrs., leaving Jul 1918

Residence: Spartanburg; never been outside the US

Wilbur Cyraniua Hipp

seaman

19-Nov-1872

Pomaria, SC

native of U.S./resides abroad as seaman

Glasgow, Scotland, 02/29/1916

Gt. Britain & Ireland (temp. residence); 2yrs

Last left United States Sep. 1912; residence: Pomaria, SC

Rhoda Caroline Kilgore

single, teaching in Brazil 1914-1918

27-Oct-1884

Newberry, SC

Andrew J. Kilgore

Newberry

New York Co., NY 17-Dec-1920


plans to return to Brazil, departing Feb 9, 1921

Rhods Caroline Kilgore

teacher/missionary

27-Oct-1884

Newberry, SC

father deceased

13-Jun-1919

Pornasbuco, Brazil

last left US 15-Sep-1912

Gertrude Simpson Leonard

missionary

10-Jan-1876

Prosperity, SC

husband Grover Clement Leonard b. Ohio/now resides at Mublenberg Mission, Monrovia, Liberia, W. Africa

Newberry Co., SC, 01/20/1919

Liberia, Africa; leave NY Jan 14, 1919 on S.S. Rochambea??

Residence: Prosperity, SC; “I hope to join my husband engaged in missionary work of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, Africa. I shall be accompaned by our little daughter, Frances Leonard.”; has resided outside the United States from Jan 1912-April 1914 while in Liberia Africa.

Gertrude Simpson Leonard

duplicate

10-Jan-1876

Prosperity, SC


2-Apr-1905


Residence: Prosperity, SC; duplicate passport

Frances Baxter McCaughrin

none listed

30-Sep-1875

Newberry, SC

Robert Lusk McCaughrin Chester Co., SC/deceased

Newberry Co., SC 5/8/1924

Touring France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland; 6mths

Sailing on Mauratinia on Jul 2, 1924

Lucey Williams McCaughrin

teacher/unmarried

5-Feb-1877

Newberry, SC

Robert Lusk McCaughrin Chester Co., SC/deceased

Cuyahoga Co., Ohio 5/8/1924

Touring France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland; 2mths

Sailing on Mauratinia on Jul 2, 1924

Robert Moorman

lawyer

14-Nov-1873

Newberry, SC

father deceased, hurt/born in said state in 1842

Richland Co., SC 06/03/1924

Leaving Jul 10, 1924 on the Clevland for England, Scotland, Holland, Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Italy, Switzerland, Belguim, France – all pleaure trips

Residence: Columbia, SC; leaving w/wife Celeste; never resided outside of United States

Leonard V. Nance

baseball

8-Aug-1894

Newberry Co., SC

John W. Nance

Newberry Co., SC/deceased

Hillsboro Co., Florida 10/10/1919

Leaving from Key West to board the P. & O. Steamship Line on Oct 6, 1916 for Cuba

Residence: Prosperity, SC

William M. Rutherford

farmer

16-Mar-1865

Newberry, SC

native of U.S.

27-Feb-1906

Mounavia, Liberia

accompanied by wife, Elizabeth Rutherford, ch. Bernard, b. Newberry Aug 23, 1990 & Elbeth  b. Mounavia, Liberia Jul 23, 1898; left US Mar 7, 1896

James A. B. Scherer

college president

22-May-1870

Salesburg, NC

loyal citizen of U.S.

7-May-1907

2yrs abroad

37yr, hgt 5' 8 1/4"

James A. B. Scherer


22-May-1870

Salesburg, NC


7-May-1907


Residence: Newberry, SC

Geo. M. Sexton

minister of gospel

1-Jan-1873

Or Near Cross Anchor, SC

dead

Newberry Co., SC 1-Oct-1918

France


Thomas Wiley Sloan

clergyman

20-Nov-1864

Newberry, SC

father native of U.S.

Greenville Co., SC 23-Jul-1908

3mths abroad

Residence: Greenville, SC; age 40yr, 6' tall

Thos. Wylie Sloan


20-Nov-1864

Newberry Co., SC


Greenville Co., SC 13-May-1914

6 mths

49 yrs., 5' 11 1/2”

Gilbert P. Voigt

teaching

3-May-1886

Newberry, SC

native of U.S.

Newberry Co., SC 12-May-1909

10mths

23yrs, hgt 5' 9"; Verif. of passport info. by John W. Chapman May 10, 1909

Gilbert Paul Voigt

teaching

3-May-1886

Newberry, SC

native of U.S.

Newberry Co., SC 1-Mar-1911

6mths

24yrs, hgt 5' 9"

Malvina S. Waring

none stated

12-Nov-1842

Newberry, SC

native of U.S.

Richland Co., SC 

20- Oct-1894

6mths

Residence: Columbia, SC; traveling with lady friend; age 52yrs, 5' 5 1/2”; applicate requested passport sent to Mrs. Clark Waring 158 Halsey St. Brooklyn NY

Sarah Linda Welch

none stated

13-Oct-1880

Newberry, SC

Alex. C. Welch

Newberry Co., SC/deceased

Newberry Co., SC 8-May-1924

6mths abroad; leaving NY on the Mauratinia, Jul 2, 1925 touring France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland

Residence: Columbia, SC

Christia Youngblood


none stated

29-Jun-1882

Edgefield County, SC

F. L. Youngblood

 Atlanta, GA/deceased

Fulton Co., GA 31-Aug-1920

6mths, Cuba


Residence: Newberry, SC


 


 
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