Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Lunenburg County (Va.) List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes registered in the County of Lunenburg, 1818-1850. Lunenburg County Reel 20, Local Government Records Collection , The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in the Lunenburg County courthouse on April 19, 1949 and was purchased by the Library of Virginia.

Historical Information

Lunenburg County was formed in 1745 from Brunswick County. Part of Charlotte County was added in 1777.

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

A List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes registered in the County of Lunenburg, 1818-1850, is actually a free negro register that records the age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Although it is noted at the beginning of this register that it began in 1815, the date of the first registration was 1818. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law.

The register is located in the last 21 pages of Lunenburg County Will Book 5 (1800-1802).

Arrangement

Chronological by registration date.

Related Material

Additional Lunenburg County Free Negro and Slave Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Separated Material

The original Will Book 5 (1800-1802) that includes the List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes registered in the County of Lunenburg is located at the Lunenburg County Courthouse.

Access Terms

• African Americans--Virginia--Lunenburg County.
• African Americans--Virginia.
• Free African Americans--Virginia--Lunenburg County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Lunenburg County.
• Lunenburg County (Va.). Circuit Court.
• Lunenburg County--History--19th Century.
• Registers (lists)--Virginia--Lunenburg County.

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