A Guide to the Halifax County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes,, 1802-1831
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Microfilm reel number 83a
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Use microfilm copy, Halifax County (Va.) Reel 83a.
Preferred Citation
Halifax County (Va.) Reel 83a, Local government records collection, Halifax County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
The microfilm copy of these records was generated by The Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Branch.
Historical Information
Halifax County was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg 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
Registers of Free Negroes, 1802-1853, of Halifax County lists the registration number, 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. There is no index.
Arrangement
Chronological by registration date.
Index Terms
- Halifax County (Va.). Circuit Court.
- African Americans--Virginia--Halifax County.
- African Americans--Virginia.
- Free African Americans--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Halifax County--History--19th century.
- Free negro and slave records--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Registers (lists)--Virginia--Halifax County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Halifax County--History--19th century.