Westmoreland County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1817-1826, 1828-1861

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Use microfilm copy, Westmoreland County, Reel 100.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Westmoreland County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1817-1826, 1828-1861. Westmoreland County Reel 100, Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Westmoreland County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1817-1826, 1828-1861. Westmoreland County Reel 100, Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Registers of Free Negroes, 1817-1826, 1828-1861, of Westmoreland County. They list the age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law.

This volume includes additional information such as Record of Estrays, 1833-1836 and Record of Fines Imposed by Justices of the Peace and of Court, 1831.

Biographical / historical:

Westmoreland County was formed from Northumberland County in 1653. Part of King George County was added in 1777.

An act passed by the Virginia legislature in 1803 required every free negro or mulatto to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Westmoreland County.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical description:
3 vols., (178 p.)