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
Lydia		Garnes		83	1808-07-26	28	Female	Darker than ordinary for a Mulatto	4	11	Has a scar of the size of an English shilling on her right arm below the elbow produced as she asserts by a burn she received	born free/free born					Surry County		Was born of a free Mulatto woman of this county; registration renewed July 24th 1810; Decr 28th 1813; 25th Apr 1817
Molly		Gardner		83	1808-10-26	38	Female	Bright	5	3		emancipated by deed	Surry County	George Gardner					Deed date: 1790-01-26

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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
Moses		Bailey		84	1808-12-27	31	Male	Dark	5	5	Has short hair, is well formed and has a scar on his left cheek and another small one on his forehead	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Doctor Anselm Bailey
Billy		Buck	Billy Gilchrist	85	1809-01-23	21	Male	Bright	5	8.25	Straight & spare made, rather bow-legged, has high cheek bones	emancipated by will	Surry County	James Gilchrist		XXXX-04-03			Will date: 1792-02-28

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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
Ben		Gilchrist		86	1809-01-23	44	Male	Bright	5	4.5	Pretty stout made, crouced legs, has lost some of his fore-teeth	emancipated by will	Surry County	James Gilchrist		XXXX-10-24			Will recorded: 1792-02-28; Registration renewed Dec 22 1817
Sam		Bailey		87	1809-01-24	36	Male	Dark	5	8	Stout made, full face with eyes rather small, his thumb to the right hand is stiffened	emancipated by deed	Surry County	Samuel Bailey		XXXX-11-XX			Deed date: 1782-08-27
Philip		Bailey		88	1809-02-28	22	Male	Bright	5	7	Has had the misfortune to lose his left eye, and has thick lips	born free/free born						Edy Bailey, who was emancipated by Samuel Bailey

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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
Robert		Green		89	1809-02-28		Male	Bright	5	6	Pretty stout made	born free/free born						Hannah Green	Son of Hannah Green, who was emancipated by Samuel Bailey
Clary		Jones		90	1809-06-02	30	Female	Bright	5	2.5	Has two scars on her left hand near the first joint of her forefinger					XXXX-03-24		Lydia Banks	A Mulatto woman, a daughter of John and Lydia Banks
Billy		Banks		91	1809-06-02	22	Male	Yellow	5	6	Thick lips, has a large nose, his hair grows low in his forehead, and has a scar on the back of his left hand near his wrist								Son of Benjamin Banks of Surry County

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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
Randolph		Valentine		92	1809-06-16	20	Male	Yellow	5	8.25	Has long bushy hair, thick upper lip	born free/free born					Surry County	Martha Valentine	Son of Martha Valentine, a free Mulatto woman of Surry County
Joseph		Byrd		93	1809-06-16	30	Male	Bright	5	6.75	Has an enlargement of the left wrist, occasioned by fracture of the bone, pretty stout and well made	born free/free born					Surry County

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