A Guide to the Loudoun County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1844-1861 Loudoun County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1844-1861
Loudoun County (Va.) Reel 135
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Microfilm reel number: Loudoun County (Va.) Reel 135
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Loudoun County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1844-1861, Loudoun County (Va.) Reel 135, Local government records collection,
Loudoun County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
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Loudoun County was formed in 1757 from Fairfax County.
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.
Register of Free Negroes, 1844-1861, of Loudoun County lists the registration number, age, name, color, stature, marks or
scars, in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. In many cases, the clerk noted the date
that a copy of the registration was made and sealed for the registered individual. Some clerks recorded additional information
not required by law. There is an index that begins at the front of the volume and continues at the end of the volume.