Arlington Co. "Free Negro Register", 1797-1841

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Physical description	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	Name of mother	Additional information
Congo				14	1806-03-28	43	Male	Dark Mulatto			Scar over his right eye	emancipated by deed		Charles Clark					Charles Clark wrote abolitionist-toned deed emancipating Congo
William				15	1806-03-28	38	Male	Dark Complection	5	0.75	Small scar over his right Cheak bone a tolerable full face lost one of his fore teath. Speaks tolerable fine.

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Physical description	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	Name of mother	Additional information
Nancy				16	1806-03-22	27	Female	Dark mulatto	5	4.5	Open countenance, has two [hare molds] one on each side of her cheek
Bet				17	1806-03-22	49	Female	bright mulatto	5	5.25	Bright, slender, lost two of her upper teeth and two of her lower teeth	emancipated	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	John Potts Jun.					Emancipated by John Potts and assigned indenture to him for 7 years.

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Physical description	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	Name of mother	Additional information
Rachel				18	1806-03-22	25	Female	Mulatto	5	2	Very bright, dark eyes, scar on her left [breast]? from a burn, several small scars underneath her right jaw
Mary		Lansdale		19	1806-03-25	22	Female	mulatto	5	5.25	Bright, slender, large scar on the underside of her right elbow from a burn, straight black hair.	born free/free born					Charles County, Maryland		Received sum of money (100 pounds, Maryland currency), courtesy of John B. Turner, by order of the Orphans Court of Charles County. John Watts testified to her born free status and personal history.

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Physical description	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	Name of mother	Additional information
Sylvia				20	1806-03-25	36	Female		5	1	Large lips, with a scar on the upper lip								Seems to have spent 7 years in servitude previously. See previous page for further details.

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Physical description	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	Name of mother	Additional information
Betty		Handless		21	1809-08-22	53	Female	Tawny	5	7.5	Sprained little finger on right hand, and a small lump on her left hand due to tendon issues ('drawn sinew')	born free/free born					Fairfax County, Virginia	Betty Cole	Benjamin Baden and William Rhodes testifying to Betty's born free status.

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