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A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1850-1865 Lunenburg County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1850-1865 Lunenburg County (Va.) Reels 376 or 381/ Barcode number 1176863

A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1850-1865

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LVA reel number previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reels 376 or 381/ Barcode number 1176863


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LVA reel number
previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reels 376 or 381/ Barcode number 1176863
Title
previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Register of Free Negroes 1850-1865
Physical Characteristics
1 v. and 2 microfilm reels
Creator
previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 376 or 381.

Preferred Citation

previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1850-1865, previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 376 or 381, Local government records collection, previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item was microfilmed by the Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Division. The volume came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers under the accession number 43095.

Historical Information

previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit was formed in 1745 from Brunswick previous hit County  next hit. Part of Charlotte previous hit County  next hit 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 previous hit county  next hit clerk.

Scope and Content

previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1850-1865, 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 such as a parent's name. There is an index at the beginning of the register that lists in alphabetical order by surname the names of registered free persons and the page number where their registration information can be found. Also titled previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Register for Free Negroes.

Arrangement

Chronological by registration date.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Lunenburg  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" found on the Library of Virginia web site.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans--Virginia-- previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • African Americans--Virginia.
  • Free African Americans--Virginia-- previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit--History--19th Century.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Registers (lists)--Virginia-- previous hit Lunenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Lunenburg County--History--19th Century.
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