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A Guide to Henrico County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1831-1865 Henrico County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1831-1865 1156193-1156197

A Guide to Henrico County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1831-1865

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Library of Virginia
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1156193-1156197
Title
previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit ( previous hit Va  next hit.) previous hit Registers  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes  next hit, 1831-1865
Physical Characteristics
5 v. and 1 microfilm reel
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit ( previous hit Va  next hit.) Reel 113.

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previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit ( previous hit Va  next hit.) previous hit Registers  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes  next hit, 1831-1865. previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit ( previous hit Va  next hit.) Reel 113. Local government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Historical Information

previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for Henry, Prince of Wales, the oldest son of James I. It was one of the eight original shires established in 1634.

An act passed by the Virginia Legislature in 1803 required every previous hit free  next hit previous hit negro  next hit or previous hit mulatto  next hit to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the previous hit county  next hit clerk.

Recognized in 1634 as an original shire. All previous hit county  next hit court records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing. Many records were destroyed by British troops during the Revolutionary War. Post–Revolutionary War previous hit county  next hit court records exist. Almost all circuit superior court of law and chancery and circuit court records were destroyed by fire during the evacuation of Richmond on April 3, 1865, during the Civil War. The previous hit county  next hit’s circuit court held its sessions at the state courthouse in Richmond.

Scope and Content

previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit ( previous hit Va  next hit.) previous hit Registers  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes  next hit are four volumes of previous hit registers  next hit and one index volume covering the years 1831-1865. Listed are the age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born previous hit free  next hit. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.

previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional previous hit Henrico  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.

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Contents List

1156193
previous hit Register  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes  next hit, 1831-1844
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1156197
previous hit Register  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes  next hit, 1844-1852
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1156194
previous hit Register  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes  next hit, 1852-1863
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1156195
Index to previous hit Register  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes  next hit, 1852-1863
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1156196
previous hit Register  next hit of previous hit Free  next hit previous hit Negroes , 1863-1865
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