Fredericksburg (Va.) Certificates and Registry of Free Negroes in the City of Fredericksburg, 1790-1862

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
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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Fredericksburg (Va.) Certificates and Registry of Free Negroes in the City of Fredericksburg, 1790-1862. Fredericksburg (Va.) Reel 103, Local government records collection. Fredericksburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Fredericksburg (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Fredericksburg (Va.) Certificates and Registry of Free Negroes in the City of Fredericksburg, 1790-1862. Fredericksburg (Va.) Reel 103, Local government records collection. Fredericksburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Fredericksburg (Va.) Certificates and Registry of Free Negroes in the City of Fredericksburg, 1790-1862, consists of wills, deeds of manumission and emancipation, discharges from servitude, affidavits and certificates of status as a free negro, registrations as free negroes, and a partial register of free negroes with registrations dated 1850-1862 circa. Some of the very first items in the collection are undated. A typed compiled index completed in 1977 preceeds the documents.

Biographical / historical:

Fredericksburg was established in 1728. Incorporated as a town in 1782, it was incorporated as a city in 1879 and is one of the independent cities of Virginia.

Acquisition information:
These items were microfilmed by the Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Division from a xerox copy of the originals held by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 microfilm reel