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Both the registration system and the process of renewal was enforced differently in the various Virginia localities. Thus, the information found in these registers may differ from year to year and across localities.","The register books resulting from the administration of the 1793 and 1803 Act of Assembly are evidence of Virginia legislators' reaction to a quickly growing free Black and multiracial population in Virginia in the post Revolutionary War period. Acts such as these allowed white officials to police the activities and movement of free Black community members throughout the state thereby restricting their autonomy.","\"Free Negro\" Registrations","In 1793, the Virginia General Assembly specified that \"free Negroes or mulattoes\" were required to \"be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the town clerk, which shall specify age, name, color, status and by whom, and in what court emancipated.\" These entries often coincided with the creation of a loose certificate containing largely the same identifying information.","Documents in this record group differ from the bound volumes referred to as \"registers.\" These registration records typically appear in the form of certificates or handwritten statements recording the free status of a Black or multiracial person. They can include the free person's name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the person's freedom or emancipation, parents, former enslaver, place or date of emancipation. There are also affidavits that were given by individuals affirming a free person's status, as well as written descriptions of free people. In some cases, a person would not have a registration to submit to the court. Instead they produced some other form of identification proving their free status, for example, a deed of emancipation, a will, an apprenticeship indenture, or an affidavit of someone testifying to their character and status.","Locality History:  Goochland County was named for Sir William Gooch, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. It was formed from Henrico County in 1728.","\"Free Negro\" Registration Records, 1801-1861, were originally described as part of the Goochland County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, but were removed to the present Goochland County (Va.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons, to enhance the context between record types in June 2024.","The \"Register of Free Negroes\" 1804-1864 was originally described as Goochland County (Va.) Free Negro Register, 1804-1864, but was removed to the present Goochland County (Va.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons, to enhance the context between the record types.","These records have been processed, scanned, and indexed by L. Neuroth and other LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.","Encoded by G. Crawford, 2005; updated by M. Mason, June 2024","\nSee also:  Goochland County (Va.) 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It includes page numbers. Some entries include more detail such as type of hair or stature. In some instances, the clerk recorded information not required by law such as the name of the former enslaver, previous place of registration, or place of birth.","\"Free negro\" registrations, 1810-1861, are loose records containing the name of the free person, sometimes their age and a brief physical description, and whether this person was born free or was emancipated. Reference is sometimes made to a previous registration in another county. Occasionally the register number is given; this number corresponds to the entry number in the \"Free Negro Register,\" 1804-1864 kept by the clerk of court at the courthouse. 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The clerk recorded name, age, height, complexion, marks and scars, and in what court the person was emancipated or if the person was born free. There is no index. It includes page numbers. Some entries include more detail such as type of hair or stature. In some instances, the clerk recorded information not required by law such as the name of the former enslaver, previous place of registration, or place of birth.","\"Free negro\" registrations, 1810-1861, are loose records containing the name of the free person, sometimes their age and a brief physical description, and whether this person was born free or was emancipated. Reference is sometimes made to a previous registration in another county. Occasionally the register number is given; this number corresponds to the entry number in the \"Free Negro Register,\" 1804-1864 kept by the clerk of court at the courthouse. 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