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Certificates of importation, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that (s)he has not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that (s)he has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally  information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.","\"Lists of free negroes\" were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes.","Acts passed by the Virginia Legislature in 1793 and 1803 required every “free negro” or “mulatto” to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk. This collection contains records involved in the registration process. The registration language and process varied across localities, thus the information and type of records may differ. Registration records found in this collection include numbered certificates that recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the \nperson’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents. If \nemancipated, the emancipating owner, place, and date may be mentioned. There are affidavits that were given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","In 1806, the General Assembly moved to remove the free Black population from Virginia with a law that stated that any emancipated enslaved persons, freed after May 1, 1806, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit the right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish. Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court. Beginning in 1837, emancipated enslaved persons could petition the local courts for permission to remain.","An act passed by the Virginia legislature required that a register be kept by the clerk of court for every enslaved person held by any enslaver for his or her life only. See Revised Code of Virginia 1819, volume 1, p. 439, section 70; Code of Virginia 1849, chapter 103, section 8; and Code of Virginia 1860, chapter 103, section 14.","Recognized in 1634 as an original shire. All county court records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing. Many records were destroyed by British troops during the Revolutionary War. Post–Revolutionary War county court records exist. Almost all circuit superior court of law and chancery and circuit court records were destroyed by fire during the evacuation of Richmond on April 3, 1865, during the Civil War. The county’s circuit court held its sessions at the state courthouse in Richmond.","Additional Henrico County Enslaved and Free Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Henrico County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Henrico County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Digitial records may be found in the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection available at Virginia Memory.","Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.","Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865, consist of \"Applications for non-negro certification\" (1852-1853); \"Applications for registration as a free negro\"(1791-1858); \"Deeds of manumission or emancipation\" (1789-1810); \"Divisions of slaves as estate property\" (1818-1823, 1856); \"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations\"(1794-1865, undated); \"Free negro and mulatto tax records\" (1824-1864); \"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth\" (1817-1863); \"Runaway slave causes\" (1804-1864); \"Slave hire papers\" (1817-1819, 1847); \"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves\" (1824-1836); Miscellaneous enslaved records (1812-1817, 1851-1854); and Miscellaneous free negro papers\" (1816-1864).","\"Applications for non-negro certification,\" 1852-1853, consist of requests by John Scott Bailey (1852) and Braxton Smith (1853) to be declared not a Black person due to their white or Native American ancestries. Bailey's application includes affidavits.","\"Applications for registration as a free negro,\" 1791-1858, are petitions and applications made to the court for a person to be registered as a free Black person or free person of color in Henrico County. Occasionally proof of free status is included. There is usually a notation on the document as to the outcome of the application.","\"Deeds of manumission or emancipation,\" 1789-1810, record the name of the former enslaver, the name of the enslaved person, the date or age at which the enslaved person will be freed, the date the deed was written, and the date the deed was proved. The age of the enslaved person at the time the deed was written, a surname assigned to the freed enslaved person by the enslaver, and the enslaver's reason for emancipation are sometimes given.","Divisions of enslaved persons as estate property, 1818-1823, 1856, are records created by commissioners appointed by the court to divide enslaved persons between the heirs of a deceased person. Listed are the heirs, which enslaved persons they received from the estate, and sometimes the valuation of the enslaved individual.","\"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations,\" 1794-1865, undated, recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the  person’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents.  If emancipated, emancipating enslaver, place and date of emancipation, and prior registration are usually recorded. There may also be affidavits that were  given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In  addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of  registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","\"Free Negro and mulatto Tax records,\"1824-1864, were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes, and records the names of free adult Black persons and persons of color within a district, as well as children, place of abode, and trade or occupation for the adult males and females.","This collection include \"lists of free negroes,\" \"lists of delinquent free negro taxpayers\", and \"lists of free negroes offered for hire to pay off their delinquent taxes.\" Not every type of list exists for every year. The lists of delinquent taxpayers and free negroes offered for hire include names, usually the amount of tax delinquent, and sometimes to whom hired and the amount paid for the hire. Notations are also made if effects were found that could be seized and sold in order to pay off the tax owed. One list from 1851 indicates that some of the free Black persons on the delinquent tax lists were enslavers. The lists of free negroes include name, age, and occupation. Some lists indicate where a person was registered as a free person.","\"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth,\" 1817-1863, record the name of the petitioner, the circumstances of free status, and a request to remain in the county often  with accompanying  names of citizens who can testify  to the free status or who support  the request of the  petitioner to remain. Free registrations and other supporting documents may also be included.","\"Runaway slave causes,\" 1804-1864, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators and jailed, bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, newspaper clippings of \"runaway advertisements\", and other courses of action taken to determine who a enslaved person's enslaver was. The name of the enslaved person is included as is the enslaver's name if that could be determined.","\"Slave hire papers,\" 1817-1819, 1847, are records of private arrangements of slave hires.","\"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves,\" 1824-1836, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators whose enslavers could not be found who were then assigned a value and sold by the court. Included are the name of the enslaved person, the assigned value, sometimes bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, and sometimes information about the purchaser.","Miscellaneous enslaved records, 1812-1854, include a list of enslaved persons bequeathed to Sarah Gunn in the will of her son James Gunn (1812); the memo of William Fulcher as agent for Andrew Smith about enslaved persons exported from Virginia (1813); Abel Upshur's certificate for transport of enslaved persons into the state (1817); a list of enslaved persons held for a term of years or for life (1851); and a list of enslaved persons belonging to the estate of John H. Washington (1854).","Miscellaneous free Black persons and free people of color papers, 1816-1864, include county claims related to Harry Davis, a free man who died after being erroneously taken up as a \"runaway\" (1816); a letter of character for Anthony Matthews to receive a business license (1818); a letter of character for William Lucas to get a shopkeeper's license (1822); an order concerning the hire of Hannah Richardson after being jailed as a \"runaway\" in order to pay her jail fees (1836); the hiring out of Livinia to pay her jail fees (1856); an advertisement by Robert Morse for the return of his lost free papers (1859); Mary Watson's summons for witnesses to prove her freedom (1859); bond of George Jones to leave the state within ten days (1860); and two notices of free Black persons hired out or sold into enslavement (1864).","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Henrico County (Va.) 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Certificates of importation, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that (s)he has not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that (s)he has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally  information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\"Lists of free negroes\" were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eActs passed by the Virginia Legislature in 1793 and 1803 required every “free negro” or “mulatto” to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk. This collection contains records involved in the registration process. The registration language and process varied across localities, thus the information and type of records may differ. Registration records found in this collection include numbered certificates that recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the \nperson’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents. If \nemancipated, the emancipating owner, place, and date may be mentioned. There are affidavits that were given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. 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It was one of the eight original shires established in 1634.","Beginning in 1778, enslavers who brought enslaved persons into Virginia were required to register the enslaved persons with the county court and sign an oath agreeing not to bring enslaved persons into the Commonwealth with the intent of selling them. Certificates of importation, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that (s)he has not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that (s)he has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally  information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.","\"Lists of free negroes\" were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes.","Acts passed by the Virginia Legislature in 1793 and 1803 required every “free negro” or “mulatto” to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk. This collection contains records involved in the registration process. The registration language and process varied across localities, thus the information and type of records may differ. Registration records found in this collection include numbered certificates that recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the \nperson’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents. If \nemancipated, the emancipating owner, place, and date may be mentioned. There are affidavits that were given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","In 1806, the General Assembly moved to remove the free Black population from Virginia with a law that stated that any emancipated enslaved persons, freed after May 1, 1806, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit the right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish. Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court. Beginning in 1837, emancipated enslaved persons could petition the local courts for permission to remain.","An act passed by the Virginia legislature required that a register be kept by the clerk of court for every enslaved person held by any enslaver for his or her life only. See Revised Code of Virginia 1819, volume 1, p. 439, section 70; Code of Virginia 1849, chapter 103, section 8; and Code of Virginia 1860, chapter 103, section 14.","Recognized in 1634 as an original shire. All county court records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing. Many records were destroyed by British troops during the Revolutionary War. Post–Revolutionary War county court records exist. Almost all circuit superior court of law and chancery and circuit court records were destroyed by fire during the evacuation of Richmond on April 3, 1865, during the Civil War. The county’s circuit court held its sessions at the state courthouse in Richmond."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHenrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865. Local government records collection, Henrico County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865. 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Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/lost/\"\u003eLost Records Localities Database\u003c/extref\u003e found at the Library of Virginia web site.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDigitial records may be found in the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan\"\u003eVirginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection \u003c/extref\u003e Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection available at Virginia Memory.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Henrico County Enslaved and Free Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Henrico County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Henrico County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Digitial records may be found in the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection available at Virginia Memory."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMaterials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. 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Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865, consist of \"Applications for non-negro certification\" (1852-1853); \"Applications for registration as a free negro\"(1791-1858); \"Deeds of manumission or emancipation\" (1789-1810); \"Divisions of slaves as estate property\" (1818-1823, 1856); \"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations\"(1794-1865, undated); \"Free negro and mulatto tax records\" (1824-1864); \"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth\" (1817-1863); \"Runaway slave causes\" (1804-1864); \"Slave hire papers\" (1817-1819, 1847); \"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves\" (1824-1836); Miscellaneous enslaved records (1812-1817, 1851-1854); and Miscellaneous free negro papers\" (1816-1864).\n\u003c/p\u003e\n     \n     ","\u003cp\u003e\"Applications for non-negro certification,\" 1852-1853, consist of requests by John Scott Bailey (1852) and Braxton Smith (1853) to be declared not a Black person due to their white or Native American ancestries. 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The age of the enslaved person at the time the deed was written, a surname assigned to the freed enslaved person by the enslaver, and the enslaver's reason for emancipation are sometimes given.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eDivisions of enslaved persons as estate property, 1818-1823, 1856, are records created by commissioners appointed by the court to divide enslaved persons between the heirs of a deceased person. Listed are the heirs, which enslaved persons they received from the estate, and sometimes the valuation of the enslaved individual.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e \"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations,\" 1794-1865, undated, recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the  person’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents.  If emancipated, emancipating enslaver, place and date of emancipation, and prior registration are usually recorded. There may also be affidavits that were  given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In  addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of  registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e \"Free Negro and mulatto Tax records,\"1824-1864, were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes, and records the names of free adult Black persons and persons of color within a district, as well as children, place of abode, and trade or occupation for the adult males and females.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n ","\u003cp\u003eThis collection include \"lists of free negroes,\" \"lists of delinquent free negro taxpayers\", and \"lists of free negroes offered for hire to pay off their delinquent taxes.\" Not every type of list exists for every year. The lists of delinquent taxpayers and free negroes offered for hire include names, usually the amount of tax delinquent, and sometimes to whom hired and the amount paid for the hire. Notations are also made if effects were found that could be seized and sold in order to pay off the tax owed. One list from 1851 indicates that some of the free Black persons on the delinquent tax lists were enslavers. The lists of free negroes include name, age, and occupation. Some lists indicate where a person was registered as a free person. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth,\" 1817-1863, record the name of the petitioner, the circumstances of free status, and a request to remain in the county often  with accompanying  names of citizens who can testify  to the free status or who support  the request of the  petitioner to remain. Free registrations and other supporting documents may also be included.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\"Runaway slave causes,\" 1804-1864, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators and jailed, bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, newspaper clippings of \"runaway advertisements\", and other courses of action taken to determine who a enslaved person's enslaver was. The name of the enslaved person is included as is the enslaver's name if that could be determined.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n     ","\u003cp\u003e\"Slave hire papers,\" 1817-1819, 1847, are records of private arrangements of slave hires.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n     ","\u003cp\u003e\"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves,\" 1824-1836, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators whose enslavers could not be found who were then assigned a value and sold by the court. Included are the name of the enslaved person, the assigned value, sometimes bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, and sometimes information about the purchaser.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous enslaved records, 1812-1854, include a list of enslaved persons bequeathed to Sarah Gunn in the will of her son James Gunn (1812); the memo of William Fulcher as agent for Andrew Smith about enslaved persons exported from Virginia (1813); Abel Upshur's certificate for transport of enslaved persons into the state (1817); a list of enslaved persons held for a term of years or for life (1851); and a list of enslaved persons belonging to the estate of John H. Washington (1854).\n\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous free Black persons and free people of color papers, 1816-1864, include county claims related to Harry Davis, a free man who died after being erroneously taken up as a \"runaway\" (1816); a letter of character for Anthony Matthews to receive a business license (1818); a letter of character for William Lucas to get a shopkeeper's license (1822); an order concerning the hire of Hannah Richardson after being jailed as a \"runaway\" in order to pay her jail fees (1836); the hiring out of Livinia to pay her jail fees (1856); an advertisement by Robert Morse for the return of his lost free papers (1859); Mary Watson's summons for witnesses to prove her freedom (1859); bond of George Jones to leave the state within ten days (1860); and two notices of free Black persons hired out or sold into enslavement (1864).\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.","Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865, consist of \"Applications for non-negro certification\" (1852-1853); \"Applications for registration as a free negro\"(1791-1858); \"Deeds of manumission or emancipation\" (1789-1810); \"Divisions of slaves as estate property\" (1818-1823, 1856); \"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations\"(1794-1865, undated); \"Free negro and mulatto tax records\" (1824-1864); \"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth\" (1817-1863); \"Runaway slave causes\" (1804-1864); \"Slave hire papers\" (1817-1819, 1847); \"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves\" (1824-1836); Miscellaneous enslaved records (1812-1817, 1851-1854); and Miscellaneous free negro papers\" (1816-1864).","\"Applications for non-negro certification,\" 1852-1853, consist of requests by John Scott Bailey (1852) and Braxton Smith (1853) to be declared not a Black person due to their white or Native American ancestries. Bailey's application includes affidavits.","\"Applications for registration as a free negro,\" 1791-1858, are petitions and applications made to the court for a person to be registered as a free Black person or free person of color in Henrico County. Occasionally proof of free status is included. There is usually a notation on the document as to the outcome of the application.","\"Deeds of manumission or emancipation,\" 1789-1810, record the name of the former enslaver, the name of the enslaved person, the date or age at which the enslaved person will be freed, the date the deed was written, and the date the deed was proved. The age of the enslaved person at the time the deed was written, a surname assigned to the freed enslaved person by the enslaver, and the enslaver's reason for emancipation are sometimes given.","Divisions of enslaved persons as estate property, 1818-1823, 1856, are records created by commissioners appointed by the court to divide enslaved persons between the heirs of a deceased person. Listed are the heirs, which enslaved persons they received from the estate, and sometimes the valuation of the enslaved individual.","\"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations,\" 1794-1865, undated, recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the  person’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents.  If emancipated, emancipating enslaver, place and date of emancipation, and prior registration are usually recorded. There may also be affidavits that were  given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In  addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of  registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","\"Free Negro and mulatto Tax records,\"1824-1864, were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes, and records the names of free adult Black persons and persons of color within a district, as well as children, place of abode, and trade or occupation for the adult males and females.","This collection include \"lists of free negroes,\" \"lists of delinquent free negro taxpayers\", and \"lists of free negroes offered for hire to pay off their delinquent taxes.\" Not every type of list exists for every year. The lists of delinquent taxpayers and free negroes offered for hire include names, usually the amount of tax delinquent, and sometimes to whom hired and the amount paid for the hire. Notations are also made if effects were found that could be seized and sold in order to pay off the tax owed. One list from 1851 indicates that some of the free Black persons on the delinquent tax lists were enslavers. The lists of free negroes include name, age, and occupation. Some lists indicate where a person was registered as a free person.","\"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth,\" 1817-1863, record the name of the petitioner, the circumstances of free status, and a request to remain in the county often  with accompanying  names of citizens who can testify  to the free status or who support  the request of the  petitioner to remain. Free registrations and other supporting documents may also be included.","\"Runaway slave causes,\" 1804-1864, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators and jailed, bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, newspaper clippings of \"runaway advertisements\", and other courses of action taken to determine who a enslaved person's enslaver was. The name of the enslaved person is included as is the enslaver's name if that could be determined.","\"Slave hire papers,\" 1817-1819, 1847, are records of private arrangements of slave hires.","\"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves,\" 1824-1836, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators whose enslavers could not be found who were then assigned a value and sold by the court. Included are the name of the enslaved person, the assigned value, sometimes bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, and sometimes information about the purchaser.","Miscellaneous enslaved records, 1812-1854, include a list of enslaved persons bequeathed to Sarah Gunn in the will of her son James Gunn (1812); the memo of William Fulcher as agent for Andrew Smith about enslaved persons exported from Virginia (1813); Abel Upshur's certificate for transport of enslaved persons into the state (1817); a list of enslaved persons held for a term of years or for life (1851); and a list of enslaved persons belonging to the estate of John H. Washington (1854).","Miscellaneous free Black persons and free people of color papers, 1816-1864, include county claims related to Harry Davis, a free man who died after being erroneously taken up as a \"runaway\" (1816); a letter of character for Anthony Matthews to receive a business license (1818); a letter of character for William Lucas to get a shopkeeper's license (1822); an order concerning the hire of Hannah Richardson after being jailed as a \"runaway\" in order to pay her jail fees (1836); the hiring out of Livinia to pay her jail fees (1856); an advertisement by Robert Morse for the return of his lost free papers (1859); Mary Watson's summons for witnesses to prove her freedom (1859); bond of George Jones to leave the state within ten days (1860); and two notices of free Black persons hired out or sold into enslavement (1864)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:25:16.129Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi02778","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02778","_root_":"vi_vi02778","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02778","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02778.xml","title_ssm":["Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865"],"title_tesim":["Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865"],"text":["Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865","1118451, 1160828, 1186850","1.5 cu. ft. (3 boxes)","There are no restrictions.","Arranged chronologically by record type.","Henrico County was named for Henry, Prince of Wales, the oldest son of James I. It was one of the eight original shires established in 1634.","Beginning in 1778, enslavers who brought enslaved persons into Virginia were required to register the enslaved persons with the county court and sign an oath agreeing not to bring enslaved persons into the Commonwealth with the intent of selling them. Certificates of importation, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that (s)he has not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that (s)he has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally  information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.","\"Lists of free negroes\" were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes.","Acts passed by the Virginia Legislature in 1793 and 1803 required every “free negro” or “mulatto” to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk. This collection contains records involved in the registration process. The registration language and process varied across localities, thus the information and type of records may differ. Registration records found in this collection include numbered certificates that recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the \nperson’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents. If \nemancipated, the emancipating owner, place, and date may be mentioned. There are affidavits that were given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","In 1806, the General Assembly moved to remove the free Black population from Virginia with a law that stated that any emancipated enslaved persons, freed after May 1, 1806, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit the right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish. Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court. Beginning in 1837, emancipated enslaved persons could petition the local courts for permission to remain.","An act passed by the Virginia legislature required that a register be kept by the clerk of court for every enslaved person held by any enslaver for his or her life only. See Revised Code of Virginia 1819, volume 1, p. 439, section 70; Code of Virginia 1849, chapter 103, section 8; and Code of Virginia 1860, chapter 103, section 14.","Recognized in 1634 as an original shire. All county court records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing. Many records were destroyed by British troops during the Revolutionary War. Post–Revolutionary War county court records exist. Almost all circuit superior court of law and chancery and circuit court records were destroyed by fire during the evacuation of Richmond on April 3, 1865, during the Civil War. The county’s circuit court held its sessions at the state courthouse in Richmond.","Additional Henrico County Enslaved and Free Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Henrico County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Henrico County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Database found at the Library of Virginia web site.","Digitial records may be found in the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digitial Collection available at Virginia Memory.","Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.","Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865, consist of \"Applications for non-negro certification\" (1852-1853); \"Applications for registration as a free negro\"(1791-1858); \"Deeds of manumission or emancipation\" (1789-1810); \"Divisions of slaves as estate property\" (1818-1823, 1856); \"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations\"(1794-1865, undated); \"Free negro and mulatto tax records\" (1824-1864); \"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth\" (1817-1863); \"Runaway slave causes\" (1804-1864); \"Slave hire papers\" (1817-1819, 1847); \"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves\" (1824-1836); Miscellaneous enslaved records (1812-1817, 1851-1854); and Miscellaneous free negro papers\" (1816-1864).","\"Applications for non-negro certification,\" 1852-1853, consist of requests by John Scott Bailey (1852) and Braxton Smith (1853) to be declared not a Black person due to their white or Native American ancestries. Bailey's application includes affidavits.","\"Applications for registration as a free negro,\" 1791-1858, are petitions and applications made to the court for a person to be registered as a free Black person or free person of color in Henrico County. Occasionally proof of free status is included. There is usually a notation on the document as to the outcome of the application.","\"Deeds of manumission or emancipation,\" 1789-1810, record the name of the former enslaver, the name of the enslaved person, the date or age at which the enslaved person will be freed, the date the deed was written, and the date the deed was proved. The age of the enslaved person at the time the deed was written, a surname assigned to the freed enslaved person by the enslaver, and the enslaver's reason for emancipation are sometimes given.","Divisions of enslaved persons as estate property, 1818-1823, 1856, are records created by commissioners appointed by the court to divide enslaved persons between the heirs of a deceased person. Listed are the heirs, which enslaved persons they received from the estate, and sometimes the valuation of the enslaved individual.","\"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations,\" 1794-1865, undated, recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the  person’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents.  If emancipated, emancipating enslaver, place and date of emancipation, and prior registration are usually recorded. There may also be affidavits that were  given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In  addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of  registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","\"Free Negro and mulatto Tax records,\"1824-1864, were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes, and records the names of free adult Black persons and persons of color within a district, as well as children, place of abode, and trade or occupation for the adult males and females.","This collection include \"lists of free negroes,\" \"lists of delinquent free negro taxpayers\", and \"lists of free negroes offered for hire to pay off their delinquent taxes.\" Not every type of list exists for every year. The lists of delinquent taxpayers and free negroes offered for hire include names, usually the amount of tax delinquent, and sometimes to whom hired and the amount paid for the hire. Notations are also made if effects were found that could be seized and sold in order to pay off the tax owed. One list from 1851 indicates that some of the free Black persons on the delinquent tax lists were enslavers. The lists of free negroes include name, age, and occupation. Some lists indicate where a person was registered as a free person.","\"Petitions to remain in the Commonwealth,\" 1817-1863, record the name of the petitioner, the circumstances of free status, and a request to remain in the county often  with accompanying  names of citizens who can testify  to the free status or who support  the request of the  petitioner to remain. Free registrations and other supporting documents may also be included.","\"Runaway slave causes,\" 1804-1864, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators and jailed, bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, newspaper clippings of \"runaway advertisements\", and other courses of action taken to determine who a enslaved person's enslaver was. The name of the enslaved person is included as is the enslaver's name if that could be determined.","\"Slave hire papers,\" 1817-1819, 1847, are records of private arrangements of slave hires.","\"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves,\" 1824-1836, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators whose enslavers could not be found who were then assigned a value and sold by the court. Included are the name of the enslaved person, the assigned value, sometimes bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, and sometimes information about the purchaser.","Miscellaneous enslaved records, 1812-1854, include a list of enslaved persons bequeathed to Sarah Gunn in the will of her son James Gunn (1812); the memo of William Fulcher as agent for Andrew Smith about enslaved persons exported from Virginia (1813); Abel Upshur's certificate for transport of enslaved persons into the state (1817); a list of enslaved persons held for a term of years or for life (1851); and a list of enslaved persons belonging to the estate of John H. Washington (1854).","Miscellaneous free Black persons and free people of color papers, 1816-1864, include county claims related to Harry Davis, a free man who died after being erroneously taken up as a \"runaway\" (1816); a letter of character for Anthony Matthews to receive a business license (1818); a letter of character for William Lucas to get a shopkeeper's license (1822); an order concerning the hire of Hannah Richardson after being jailed as a \"runaway\" in order to pay her jail fees (1836); the hiring out of Livinia to pay her jail fees (1856); an advertisement by Robert Morse for the return of his lost free papers (1859); Mary Watson's summons for witnesses to prove her freedom (1859); bond of George Jones to leave the state within ten days (1860); and two notices of free Black persons hired out or sold into enslavement (1864).","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Henrico County (Va.) 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Certificates of importation, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that (s)he has not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that (s)he has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally  information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\"Lists of free negroes\" were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eActs passed by the Virginia Legislature in 1793 and 1803 required every “free negro” or “mulatto” to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk. This collection contains records involved in the registration process. The registration language and process varied across localities, thus the information and type of records may differ. 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It was one of the eight original shires established in 1634.","Beginning in 1778, enslavers who brought enslaved persons into Virginia were required to register the enslaved persons with the county court and sign an oath agreeing not to bring enslaved persons into the Commonwealth with the intent of selling them. Certificates of importation, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that (s)he has not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that (s)he has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally  information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.","\"Lists of free negroes\" were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes.","Acts passed by the Virginia Legislature in 1793 and 1803 required every “free negro” or “mulatto” to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk. This collection contains records involved in the registration process. The registration language and process varied across localities, thus the information and type of records may differ. Registration records found in this collection include numbered certificates that recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the \nperson’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents. If \nemancipated, the emancipating owner, place, and date may be mentioned. There are affidavits that were given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","In 1806, the General Assembly moved to remove the free Black population from Virginia with a law that stated that any emancipated enslaved persons, freed after May 1, 1806, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit the right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish. Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court. Beginning in 1837, emancipated enslaved persons could petition the local courts for permission to remain.","An act passed by the Virginia legislature required that a register be kept by the clerk of court for every enslaved person held by any enslaver for his or her life only. See Revised Code of Virginia 1819, volume 1, p. 439, section 70; Code of Virginia 1849, chapter 103, section 8; and Code of Virginia 1860, chapter 103, section 14.","Recognized in 1634 as an original shire. All county court records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing. Many records were destroyed by British troops during the Revolutionary War. Post–Revolutionary War county court records exist. Almost all circuit superior court of law and chancery and circuit court records were destroyed by fire during the evacuation of Richmond on April 3, 1865, during the Civil War. The county’s circuit court held its sessions at the state courthouse in Richmond."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHenrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865. Local government records collection, Henrico County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Henrico County (Va.) Enslaved and Free Records, 1789-1865. 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Bailey's application includes affidavits.","\"Applications for registration as a free negro,\" 1791-1858, are petitions and applications made to the court for a person to be registered as a free Black person or free person of color in Henrico County. Occasionally proof of free status is included. There is usually a notation on the document as to the outcome of the application.","\"Deeds of manumission or emancipation,\" 1789-1810, record the name of the former enslaver, the name of the enslaved person, the date or age at which the enslaved person will be freed, the date the deed was written, and the date the deed was proved. The age of the enslaved person at the time the deed was written, a surname assigned to the freed enslaved person by the enslaver, and the enslaver's reason for emancipation are sometimes given.","Divisions of enslaved persons as estate property, 1818-1823, 1856, are records created by commissioners appointed by the court to divide enslaved persons between the heirs of a deceased person. Listed are the heirs, which enslaved persons they received from the estate, and sometimes the valuation of the enslaved individual.","\"Free Negro and Mulatto registrations,\" 1794-1865, undated, recorded the free person’s name, sometimes age, a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the  person’s freedom or emancipation. If born free, a reference is sometimes made to the parents.  If emancipated, emancipating enslaver, place and date of emancipation, and prior registration are usually recorded. There may also be affidavits that were  given by individuals affirming a free person’s status, as well as written descriptions of free persons. In  addition, there are registrations that are loose papers matching information found in the bound volumes of  registered “free negroes” kept in the court house.","\"Free Negro and mulatto Tax records,\"1824-1864, were compiled by the commissioner of the revenue for tax purposes, and records the names of free adult Black persons and persons of color within a district, as well as children, place of abode, and trade or occupation for the adult males and females.","This collection include \"lists of free negroes,\" \"lists of delinquent free negro taxpayers\", and \"lists of free negroes offered for hire to pay off their delinquent taxes.\" Not every type of list exists for every year. 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Free registrations and other supporting documents may also be included.","\"Runaway slave causes,\" 1804-1864, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators and jailed, bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, newspaper clippings of \"runaway advertisements\", and other courses of action taken to determine who a enslaved person's enslaver was. The name of the enslaved person is included as is the enslaver's name if that could be determined.","\"Slave hire papers,\" 1817-1819, 1847, are records of private arrangements of slave hires.","\"Valuations and sales of runaway slaves,\" 1824-1836, include information about persons taken up as self-liberators whose enslavers could not be found who were then assigned a value and sold by the court. Included are the name of the enslaved person, the assigned value, sometimes bills for advertisements placed in the newspaper, and sometimes information about the purchaser.","Miscellaneous enslaved records, 1812-1854, include a list of enslaved persons bequeathed to Sarah Gunn in the will of her son James Gunn (1812); the memo of William Fulcher as agent for Andrew Smith about enslaved persons exported from Virginia (1813); Abel Upshur's certificate for transport of enslaved persons into the state (1817); a list of enslaved persons held for a term of years or for life (1851); and a list of enslaved persons belonging to the estate of John H. 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