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A Guide to the Mecklenburg County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865 Mecklenburg County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865 Mecklenburg County (Va.) Reel 52

A Guide to the Mecklenburg County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865

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Microfilm reel number: previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 52


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Microfilm reel number
previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 52
Title
previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865
Physical Characteristics
1 microfilm reel (2 vols.)
Collector
previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865. previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Reel 52, Local Government Records Collection, previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah at the courthouse in previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County .

Historical Information

previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit was formed from Lunenburg previous hit County  next hit in 1764.

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

Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865, of previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit list the registration number, age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, and in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law. Volume 1 covers the years 1809-1841 and Volume 2 covers 1841-1865. Each volume has a separate index at the beginning of the volume.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

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

    • Subjects:

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

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--History--19th century.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Free negro and slave records--Virginia-- previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Registers (lists)--Virginia-- previous hit Mecklenburg  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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