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Preferred Citation

Fauquier County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865. Fauquier County (Va.) Reel 115, Local Government Records Collection, Fauquier County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 43136. The original volume was lent to the Library of Virginia for microfilming by the Virginia Historical Society and was returned upon completion.

Historical Information

Fauquier County was formed in 1759 from Prince William County.

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

Fauquier County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865, lists the registration number, name of free negro or mulatto together with any apparent marks or scars on his or her face, head or hands, date of registration, age, stature, color, and how 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 county and court this took place. If a person was born free, occasionally the mother's name is given. There is an index at the end of the volume.

Arrangement

Chronological by registration date.

Related Material

The original volume is held by the Virginia Historical Society (Call Number Mss4 F2742 a 2).

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Fauquier County (Va.). Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• African Americans -- Virginia -- Fauquier County.
• Free African Americans -- Virginia -- Fauquier County.

Geographical Names:

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

Genre and Form Terms:

• Free negro and slave records -- Virginia -- Fauquier County.
• Local government records -- Virginia -- Fauquier County.
• Registers (lists) -- Virginia -- Fauquier County.

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