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Arlington Co. "Free Negro Register", 1847-1861

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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 Magruder 1 1847-07-21 35 Dark 5 3 A scar on the first joint of the forefinger of the right hand born free/free born
Henry Tate Chase 2 1847-07-21 30 Bright mulatto 5 7.25 A small scar on the back of the right hand emancipated by deed Alexandria John C. Herbert
Ann Turner 3 1847-07-21 50 Dark mulatto 5 9.25 The right hand contracted and drawn away by a burn, and the little finger on that permanently crooked, and the little finger on the left hand also injured and crooked, and a small incision on the top of the left ear born free/free born
Cassanova Tate 4 1847-07-21 48 Bright mulatto 5 5.75 small scar on the chin born free/free born
Susanna Webster 5 1847-07-21 55 Bright mulatto 5 0.75 A small scar on the first knuckle of the thumb of the right hand. Cross eyed born free/free born
Francis Ann Lane 6 1847-07-21 33 darkish mulatto 5 3.5 small slender scar on the right hand between the thumb and forefinger extending towards the back of the hand born free/free born
Laurinda Handless 7 1847-07-21 18 darkish mulatto 5 1.25 marks of the smallpox on the face born free/free born
Cecilia Jackson 8 1847-07-21 35 dark mulatto 5 3 two slender scars on the right arm below the elbow running transversely to each other born free/free born
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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
John Myers 9 1847-07-21 27 Male Bright 5 10.125 Scar on right hand tending from the first joint of the little finger to the middle of the back of the hand and a scar on the instep of the left foot born free/free born He was born free as appears by the oath of Joshua Bradley
Milly Bennett 10 1847-07-21 60 Female Blacklish 5 1.75 Mole back of the left ear emancipated by deed John C Herbert She was emancipated by John C Herbert by deed recorded in the Circuit Court of Alexa in deed book K, Pa 333 identified by Robert W Hunter
Ann Hamilton 11 1847-07-21 37 Female Bright 5 3.5 Two scars, one very long on the left side of the neck emancipated by deed John C Herbert She was emancipated by John C Herbert by deed recorded in the Circuit Court of Alexa in deed book K, Pa 333 identified by Robert W Hunter. She was emancipated in the same was as Milly Bennett
Harriet Washington 12 1847-07-21 33 Female Bright 5 3.75 Long scar extending down the right cheek next to the ear from the center of the ear to a line even with the corner of the mouth emancipated by deed John C Herbert She was emancipated by deed recorded in the Circuit Court of Alexa in deed book K, Pa 333 identified by Robert W Hunger. Note: Emancipated as above
Julia Noland 13 1847-07-21 29 Female Brown 5 1.25 Black small spot just above the corner of the left eye born free/free born She was born free as appears upon the oath of George Bryan
Elizabeth King 14 1847-07-21 26 Female Brown 5 0.875 Small dark indentation at the right corner of the right eye born free/free born She was born free upon the oath of George Bryan
Benjamin Bennett 15 1847-07-21 24 Male Brown 5 9.75 Small scar across the forehead, on the left side near the edge of the hair and a scar on the ball of the left thumb born free/free born hew was born free upon the evidence of George Bryan
Wm Thomas Chinn 16 1847-07-21 15 Male Brown 5 5.75 Faint small scar near the middle of the forehead emancipated by deed John C Herbert He was emancipated by John C Herbert by deed recorded in the Circuit Court of Alexa in deed book K, Pa 333 identified by Robert W Hunter
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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
Georgianna Virginia Chinn 17 1847-07-22 13 Female Bright mulatto 5 3 None born free/free born
John Bigsby 18 1847-07-22 15 Male Black 5 Small fresh scar just above the lower knee ankle of the middle finger of the left hand, on the back of the finger born free/free born He was born free upon the evidence of Margaret Bangs
Sarah Lancaster Moore 19 1847-07-22 44 Female Dark 5 2 Very faint scar on the back of her right wrist born free/free born She was born free as appears by former register delivered
Eliza Tate 20 1847-07-24 60 Female Brown 4 9.75 Scar on the top of the nose born free/free born
Hary Johnson 21 1847-07-24 51 Male Brown 5 0.375 Small mark on the right cheek just below the eye born free/free born
Eliza Green 22 1847-07-24 36 Female Dark 5 2.625 Small slender slightly curved and scarcely perceptible scar on the right cheek and a black mole in the middle of the forehead emancipated Lucinda Walton She emancipated by Lucinda Walton upon the evidence of Robt Jamieson
Prince Hamilton 23 1847-07-24 50 Male Brownish black 5 6.625 Faint scar on the forehead above the right eye with the first and second fingers injured and disfigured at their ends by frost-right hand emancipated by deed Wm C Gardner He was emancipated by Wm C Gardner by deed recorded in Alexa Circuit Court, DG, evidence of Saml Bartle
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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
Harriet Cupid 24 1847-07-26 16 Female Dark mulatto 5 1.5 Small black mole in the palm of the right hand born free/free born Linney Cupid She was born free as appears by the oath of Wm C Reynolds
Catharine Cupid 25 1847-07-26 14 Female Dark mulatto 5 1.5 Scar just below the left temples born free/free born Linney Cupid She was born free as appears by the oath of Wm C Reynolds
Linney Cupid 26 1847-07-26 50 Female Bright mulatto 5 0.75 Small scar on the right side of the face about the lower jawbone and a mole on the cheek where the right nostril joins the cheek born free/free born
Andew Butler 27 1847-07-26 23 Male Brownish black 5 3.5 Scar on the left eyebrow and several small scars on the left side of the face born free/free born He was born free upon the oath of Saml Miller who swears he was born after the death of Mrs Olivia Stone
Joshua Taylor 28 1847-07-26 50 Male Brownish black 5 4.875 Bald head from the front to the crown emancipated by will Olivia Stone He was emancipated by Olivia Stone by her will
Celia Henry 29 1847-07-26 43 Female Brownish black 5 2.875 Scar on the side of the left wrist emancipated by will Olivia Stone She was emancipated by Olivia Stone by her will recorded in Fairfax County
Lucy Ann Jones Henry 30 1847-07-26 21 Female Black 5 2.625 Small scar on the back of the third finger of the right hand born free/free born Celia Henry She was born free by the above will of Olivia Stone
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