Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Alleghany County (Va.) Reel 17.

Preferred Citation

Alleghany County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1855-1856, Alleghany County (Va.) Reel 17. Local government records collection, Alleghany County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This microfilm was created by the Virginia State Library's (now the Library of Virginia) Archives Division from the original court records found in the Alleghany County (Va.) Circuit Court Clerk's Office. The microfilm copy of these records was generated by The Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Branch on 9 January 1980.

Historical Information

Alleghany County was formed in 1822 from Bath, Botetourt, and Monroe (West Virginia) counties. An additional part of Bath was added in 1823 and an additional part of Monroe in 1843.

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.

Scope and Content

Register of Free Negroes, 1855-1856, of Alleghany County records the registration number, age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, and in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law. There is no index.

Arrangement

Chronological by registration date.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Alleghany County (Va.). Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• African Americans--Virginia--Alleghany County.
• African Americans--Virginia.
• Free African Americans--Virginia--Alleghany County.

Geographical Names:

• Alleghany County--History--19th Century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Alleghany County.
• Registers (lists)--Virginia--Alleghany County.