A Guide to the Nancy Guthridge Free Negro Certificates, 1834-1856
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 30892
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Preferred Citation
Nancy Guthridge Free Negro Certificates, 1834-1856. Accession 30892, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mae O. Bunch, Detroit, Michigan, 6 August 1980.
Biographical/Historical Information
Free negress of Louisa and later Halifax County, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
This Accession consists of five free Negro certificates relating to slaves emancipated in 1834 by the will of Nathaniel Bunch of Louisa County, Virginia. Nancy, formerly Nancy Stewart, now Gurthridge, removed to Halifax County, Virginia in 1836, where she and her sons were registered in 1856.