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Petersburg City "Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes", 1819-1833

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First Name Middle Name Last Name Alias Registration number Date of registration Date of certification Age Gender Color Stature Marks or scars Eye color Description of hair Speech Name of mother Color of mother Free status of mother Name of father Free status of father Name of spouse Free status of spouse Name of children Free status (how emancipated / born free) Where emancipated Who emancipated Place of birth Date of birth Previous place of registration Notes
Nancy Kemp Taylor 945 1819 Jan 28 14 Female Light complexion 5' a small black mole near the lower part of her right ear on her cheek & a scar just above her right [hand] straight black hair Nancy Kemp Jasper by disire of her mother is registered
Peggy Churchill 946 1819 Jan 28 15 Female Light complexion [under] 5' a small mole on the left side of her neck hazle was proved before me by the oath of Ellen Johnson to have been born free but untill I could be assured that she is not under Indentures to any person I do not consider it proper to to register her as a free woman
Joseph E. Cocke 947 1819 Feb 6 40 Male Brown complexion 5' 10" has a scar on the outer part of his left arm near the shoulder, some small pits on the top near point of his nose Emancipated Henrico County George Blakey Permitted to remain in the Commonwealth by an order of the Hustings Court of the Town of Petersburg
William Cornwell 948 1819 Feb 20 32 Male Brown complexion 5' 8" has small crese or [strike] in his cheeks each side & near & opposite his mouth Born free Isle of Wight Isle of Wight
William Cornwell 1823 May
William Cornwell 1828 Sep 17 41 5' 8" small scar on right cheek near the corner of eye and one on right wrist
William Cornwell 1830 June 30 43
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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
William Cary 949 1819-02-22 24 Male brown complection 5 10 has a small pit near the side of his right eye & the last joint of his little finger on the left hand has been injured born free/free born Town of Petersburg Follows the business of rough stone mason & bricklayer. Re entered Septr 29nd 1819
Archer M Chavis 950 1819-02-22 21 Male brown complection 5 7 rather spare made has a scar on the upper part of his right arm a little below the elbow joint born free/free born Town of Petersburg Has lately followed the business of stone mason & bricklayer. Note: look back to No. 736 in former book for former Registry by his mother
George Cook 951 1819-02-22 21 Male dark brown complection 5 7 strait & spare made has a large brown scar or mark on the side near opposite of Calf of his right leg born free/free born Town of Petersburg Note: Look back to #892 in former book - registered by his mother. A Copy of this forwarded entered to A [Crawford] of Columbia S Carolina who inclosed one dollar note to pay the expense stating that said Cook is now there & his papers much worn. The charge for the above copy & pd. postage of the letter [referred] is C S Cutts after [disc] on the note leave a [sml] Balance due
John Claiborne 952 1818-02-22 21 Male light brown complection 5 4.5 a little freckled, has a slight impression of a scar under his left eye & has holes in his Ears rather long black curled hair born free/free born Town of Petersburg By trade stone mason & Bricklayer. [Date is likely clerk's typo]
Robert Brown 953 1819-02-22 22 Male dark brown complection 5 2 rather stout & well made has a scar about an inch from the corner of his right eye & a small pit under his left eye about one inch below it born free/free born Town of Petersburg by trade Sone Mason & Bricklayer
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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 954 1819-02-23 46 Male dark brown complection 5 0.75 has lost his left eye and one of his front upper teeth, has been wounded on the end of his middle finger of the left hand emancipated by deed Amelia County [Bee] Crawley Emancipated in 1787; By trade a Rock Blower
George Scott 955 1819-03-11 22 Male brown complection 5 9 no outward visible mark [illegible] & his cheek bones rather high other Southampton County Col. Samuel Kelly Southampton County Formerly held as a slave by the Estate of Col. Sam Kelly, but recovered his freedom in court. By trade, a sadler
Sylvia King 956 1819-03-22 20 Female light brown complection 5 3.5 has a brown, large mark on the underpart of her right arm just above the elbow joint born free/free born Town of Petersburg Reentered 2 Decr 1823, 21 May 1836, 20 Nov. 1848, 15 July 1851 by order of Court
Harris 957 1819-03-22 47 Male dark brown complection 5 10 has a very small mole on the outer part of his right eye brown, the hair upon all the top of his head getting thinner than anywhere else & apparently progressing toward getting bald emancipated Sussex County Thomas Williamson
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First Name Middle Name Last Name Alias Registration number Date of registration Date of certification Age Gender Color Height- Feet Height - Inches Marks or scars Eye color Description of hair Speech Free status Where emancipated Who emancipated Previous place of registration Date of birth Place of birth Name of mother Color of mother Free status of mother Name of father Free status of father Name of spouse Free status of spouse Name of children Name of clerk Additional information
Green Hill 958 1819-27-03 20 Male dark complection 5 5 dark mark on the upper part right side of his neck, a pit on the point of his nose & three pits just under his right cheek bone. Large scar on his right temple emancipated Petersburg Cyrus Hill [J. Grammer?] Emancipated in the Hustings Court of Petersburg in 1802. Reentered 31 Mch 1823 with additional note about a scar [added into the Marks/Scars column]
Tom 959 1819-27-03 39 Male dark brown complection 5 6 stout made has appearance of a scar upper edge of his Forehead on right side. Holes in his Ears emancipated Petersburg John C. & Edwd L. Pegram [J. Grammer?]
Sally Jones 960 1819-27-03 21 Female light brown complection 5 1 small mole over her left ear, bad teeth in the upper, front ones on left side missing. Mole on top of her right shoulder. born free/free born Isle of Wight County [J. Grammer?] Reentered 3 July 1822, 7 June 1831, 18 Sepr 1838, with a note about a mole [added into the Marks/Scars column]
Rebecca Jones 961 1819-27-03 19 Female brown complection 4 10.75 holes in her Ears. a scar opposite her left eye & a slight mark between her upper lip & chin extending round to left side of her mouth. born free/free born Isle of Wight County [J. Grammer?] Reentered 3 July 1822, 7 June 1831, 19 March 1838, 22 June 1844
Mary Ann Smith 962 1819-04-06 18 Female light brown complection 5 0.75 brown mark opposite her left eye, a pit on the upper part of the back of her right hand. long straight black born free/free born [J. Grammer?] Raised in the town of Petersburg, born free.
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