Surry Co. "Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes", 1803-1847

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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
David		Gardner	Davy	35	1805-07-24	29	Male	rather more bright than otherwise	5	7.25	pretty stout made, has a large flat nose, thick lips	emancipated by deed	Surry County	George Gardner					Emancipated under the name of Davy the twenty sixth day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety
Henry		Debrix		36	1805-07-24	23	Male	mulatto of a bright complexion	5	0.25	a projecting mouth and is cross eyed	born free/free born							Son of John Debrix a free negro of the county of Surry
Sue				37	1805-07-25		Female	a bright complexion	5	3.25	broad face and thick lips, has large cheek bones and lost several of her foreteeth both upper and lower	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Elvire Wesson					Deed of emancipation dated twenty third day of July

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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
James		Taylor		38	1805-08-26	22	Male	complexion rather more bright than otherwise	5	7.25	has a scar on his right cheek near the corner of his mouth, and an impediment in his speech	born free/free born					Surry County
Richard		Clayton	Dick	39	1805-08-28	36	Male	dark complexion	5	6.5	pretty stout made	emancipated by deed	Surry County	John Warren					deed of emancipation bearing the date the first day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety five
Moses				40	1805-11-25	37	Male	bright complexion	5	6	stout made, rather inclined to be knock knee'd	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Thomas Clay					deed of emancipation which bears the date the the twenty-eighth day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety six and duly carried to record the twenty-sixth day June

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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
Charlotte				41	1805-12-17		Female	bright complexion	5	1.5	full visage, the thumb of her left hand is stiff at the first joint above the nail	emancipated by deed		John Moring					deed of emancipation bearing the date the twenty third day of July 1805
Hannah		Clayton		42	1805-12-17		Female	rather of a bright complexion	5	0.75	has a scar on the outward part of the left wrist occasioned by a rupture	emancipated by deed		John Moring					deed of emancipation bearing the date the twenty third day of July 1805
Clythe		Spratley		43	1805-03-03	29					stout made, has pretty long hair for a negro	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Benjamin Spratley		0000-07-01			deed of emancipation bearing the date the twenty-eighth day of October one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three; registration renewed June 26th 1810

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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
Charles		Sebrell		44	1806-03-12	36	Male	Mulatto	5	5.75	Stout and well made, short hair for a mulatto, has lost two of his foreteeth (one upper and one under) has a scar a little above the outward corner of his left eye, has lost the first joint of the forefinger of the right hand	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Thomas Peter					Deed of Emancipation dated: February 25, 1805; Registration renewed September 17th 1819
Abel		Rush		45	1806-03-21	43	Male		5	6	Stoutly made, his hair points in the center of his forehead and has a small appearance of a rupture having been in his left hand, a little grey, and has a large nose	emancipated by deed	Surry County	John White					Deed of Emancipation dated: February 24, 1806; Registration renewed Apl 21 1817
Mary		Jonathan		46	1806-03-24	29	Female	Bright complexion	5	0.5	Short hair, has a small mole near the corner of her left eye	emancipated by will	Surry County	Robert Jonathan					Renewed: July 24th 1810, Dec 25 1815, 22nd March 1819, and 23rd April 1825; Relict of Robert Jonathan

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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
Daphney		Johnson		47	1806-03-25	36	Female	complexion more bright than otherwise	4	11	Flat nose & full lips	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Richard Rowell
Sam		Trusty		48	1806-03-25	55	Male		5	7.25	Pretty straight and well-formed, thick lips, a large flat nose, and the sight of his right eye is considerably injured if not totally lost	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Richard Rowell
Lucy		Trusty		49	1806-03-25		Female	complexion more bright than otherwise	5	3.5	Has thick lips, broad face across the eyes	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Mary Alexander
Judy		Spratley		50	1806-03-26	23	Female	bright complexion	5	2	Has a large flat nose and full lips	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Benjamin Spratley

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