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A Guide to the Rockbridge County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1805-1831 Rockbridge County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1805-1831 Rockbridge County Reel 157

A Guide to the Rockbridge County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1805-1831

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previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit Reel 157
Title
previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1805-1831
Physical Characteristics
1 vol., (92 p.)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1805-1831. previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit Reel 157, Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

The original volume is housed at the College of William and Mary Earl Gregg Swem Library (Collection Number Mss. MsV Lev13) and lent to the Library of Virginia for microfilming. The volume was microfilmed in 2005 by OCLC Preservation Service Centers for the Library of Virginia.

Historical Information

previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit was formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt previous hit Counties  next hit. An additional part of Botetourt was added in 1785.

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 previous hit county  next hit clerk.

Scope and Content

previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1805-1831, lists the age, name, color, stature, marks or scars in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law. If a free person was emancipated, the name of the emancipator is given and in what previous hit county  next hit and court this took place. If a person was born free, occasionally the mother's name is given. There is no index.

At the back of the volume is a Register of Boats, 1811-1828, kept as required by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia entitled "An act regulating the navigation of James River above the falls of said river." The register records the date registered, the proprietor of the boat, the residence of the proprietor, and the number (of boats?).

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit Free Negro and Slave Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit County and City Records on Microfilm."

Access Terms

  • African Americans--Virginia-- previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Boats and boating--Virginia-- previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Free African Americans--Virginia-- previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Registers (lists)--Virginia-- previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--History--19th century.
  • previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). Circuit Court
  • Slaveholders--Virginia-- previous hit Rockbridge  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Rockbridge County (Va.)--History--19th century.
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