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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 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 Williams 1113 1821-06-23 55 Female brown 5 0.5 some pits of the small pox and her face pitted over with small brown moles. has a long small scar across the back of her left hand. emancipated by will Thomas Shore will and testament of Thomas Shore recorded in the County Court of Chesterfield
Peggy Williams 1114 1821-06-23 27 Female light brown 5 1 long straight black hair Grey eyes, a mole in her forehead nearly between her eye brows. mark of a burn on the inside of her left arm between the wrist and elbow and an open space between her front upper teeth. emancipated by will will and testament of Thomas Shore recorded in the County Court of Chesterfield in December 1800; renewed 23 April 1838; mole in her forehead the only mark noticed.
Lilly Ann Williams 1115 1821-06-23 19 Female brown 5 3.5 a large scar on the front part of her left shoulder and two small black moles on her left cheek one of them near the corner of her nose born free/free born Chesterfield
Catharine Cox 1116
Elizabeth Cox 1117
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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
Willam 1118 1821-06-23 4 Male Dark Brown Complection born free/free born
Goram 1119 1821-06-23 1 Male Dark Brown Scar immediately under his right nostril born free/free born
Roshis Burrdy 1120 1821-07-11 18 Female Brown Complection 5 5 Scar on the outer part of her left arm of elbow born free/free born
Edria Jorner 1121 1821-07-16 15 Female Dark Brown Complection 4 11 Dark mole on upper part of her Berarch mark born free/free born
Shadrich Joiner 1122 1821-07-16 12 Male Dark Brown Scar over all his breast from a burn has lost the ends of his two last fingers of the right hand 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
Blanche 1123 1821-07-20 22 Female dark brown 5 1 Scar on upper part of forehead born free/free born Dinwiddie County
John Martin 1124 1821-07-27 21 Male Light brown 5 7 Small spots or moles about his face born free/free born Dinwiddie County 1800-02-16 Dinwiddie County His occupation was as a barber
Solomon Brandon 1125 1821-08-08 22 Male Light brown 5 7 large mark on the outer side of his right leg born free/free born Chester county Chester county Was a shoemaker by trade
Rachel Coleman 1126 1821-08-22 20 Female Dark brown 5 2 small scratch under the middle of her bottom lip born free/free born Petersburg Petersburg
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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
Ruffus Bailey Ruffin 1127 1821-11-03 33 Male Dark brown 5 9 small scar on lower part of his left ear and on lower part of his left hand emancipated Surry county Anselm Bailey A shoemaker by trade
Polly Bowler 1128 1821-11-24 22 Female Light brown 5 3 Scar on left breast, black straight hair, has had holes in her ears that have closed up born free/free born Peteresburg Petersburg Wife of W.M Bowler of the city of Richmond
Mary Bell 1129 1821-11-24 55 Female Brown 5 2 Moles under her right eye, upper part of her nose, and just abover the left side of her mouth. Lost the teeth in the upper left and front of her mouth and the outer ones on the bottom.
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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
Louisa [Mirrige?] No. 1131 1831-06-13 19 Female brown complexion 5 2 No. 1131 Louisa. or Louisa [Mirrige?] a free woman of colour - near 5 feet 2 inches high (in shoes) 18 yrs. old 27th [illegible]. brown complexion has a scar on her under lip rather to the right side from the centre [Illegible] mole near the [Illegible] corner of her nose - born free in the town of Petersburg. No. entered. in former book. as daughter of Agness [Mirrige?]. Re- entered this 13th June 1831. Renwd Oct 19, 1850 by order of [Illegible] 18 Oct. '50 born free/free born
No 1131 Sally [Illegible]. A free woman of Colour. 5 feet 5 1/4 inches high (in shoes) 23 yrs old 1st Feb last. of brown complexion has two scars on under part of her right arm one very large. Emancipated by James the [Illegible] in the [Illegible]
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