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Portsmouth (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1859-1861. Local government records collection, Portsmouth Court Records. The
Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from the City of Portsmouth.
Portsmouth was located in Norfolk County, which is now extinct. It was named by its founder, William Crawford, for the English
seaport and was established in 1752. Portsmouth was incorporated as a town in 1836 and as a city in 1858.
Portsmouth (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1859-1861. The collection is comprised of a Free Negro Delinquent Tax List,
1859-1861, listing free negroes who were charged with failing to pay taxes for those years; and an indenture of three free
negro children from the Overseers of the Poor.