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Start Over Repository Library of Virginia Creator Surry County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects African American prisoners--Virginia--Surry County.

Surry County (Va.) Registers of Convicts, Vols. 1 and 2, 1872-1929

Surry County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Surry County (Va.) Registers of Convicts, 1872-1929 are records of persons convicted of felonies within the county. Volume 1 covers the period from 1872-1903 and numbers 21 pages. Information found with the register includes the name of the person convicted, the residence of the individual, his or her race or color (including white, black or colored, brown, yellow or mulatto), the individual's height, eye color, hair color, age and occupation, the nature of the offense, the court in which convicted, the date of conviction and whether a pardon was granted. There is an internal index to this volume which is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the convict, A-W. Volume 2 covers the period from 1904-1929 and numbers 7 pages. Based on a form, the entries follow the same format as the first volume. Instead of a court conviction, sometimes an individual was convicted by a Justice of the Peace.

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