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A Guide to the Smyth County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1859-1861 Smyth County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1859-1861 1138035

A Guide to the Smyth County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1859-1861

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1138035
Title
previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1859-1861.
Physical Characteristics
4 p.
Collector
previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 18591861. Local government records collection, previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County .

Historical Information

previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named in 1843 for Alexander previous hit Smyth  next hit, a former congressman from Virginia who had died in 1830 while efforts were underway to create the new previous hit county  next hit. The previous hit county  next hit was formed from Washington and Wythe previous hit Counties  next hit.

Scope and Content

previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1859-1861 and undated, consist of a list of free negroes, part of a petition to remain in the commonwealth, and a note about a free negro registration.

List of Free Negroes in the Northern District, 1859. The list was compiled by the Commissioner of the Revenue for tax purposes. It documents the name, gender, age, and occupation of 38 free African Americans living in the Northern District of previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit in 1859.

The petition to remain in the commonwealth is only partial and consists of lists of signatures. Written on the reverse is the docketing petition Commonwealth vs. Cross; 7 March 1859 application continued until next court; 6 March 1861 leave given to remain in previous hit county  next hit.

The note about a free negro registration is undated and from a J. Garrett concerning the registrations of two women named Susan Elizabeth and Susan Bowles.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

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

    • Subjects:

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

    • Geographical Names:

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

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Free negro and slave records--Virginia-- previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Free papers--Virginia-- previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Lists--Virginia-- previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Tax and fiscal records--Virginia-- previous hit Smyth  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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