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Use microfilm, Lancaster County, Reel 337.
Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 1803-1860. Lancaster County Reel 337. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Original volume transferred from Lancaster County Circuit Court Clerk's Office. Volume microfilmed by LVA-ISB.
Lancaster County was formed in 1651 from Northumberland and York Counties.
An act passed by the Virginia legislature in 1803 required every free negro or mulatto to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk. The register listed the age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by the law.
The volume covers the years 1803-1860.
Chronological.