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The Library of Virginia is one of the oldest agencies of Virginia government, founded in 1823 to preserve and provide access to the state's incomparable printed and manuscript holdings. Our collection, which has grown steadily through the years, is the most comprehensive resource in the world for the study of Virginia history, culture, and government.
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Start Over Repository Library of Virginia Subjects Freedmen--Virginia--New Kent County.
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New Kent County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866

New Kent County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866, includes a list of male freed negroes over the age of 16, 1866 January 12, that records the full names of freed African-Americans over the age of 16, names of their former owners or their current residence, and tax levied on the 257 former slaves. The list was gathered for the purpose of collecting a county levy. The collection also includes a copy of a circular mailed to clerk of New Kent County that explained how to implement the act to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.

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New Kent County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866

New Kent County (Va.) Circuit Court.

New Kent County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866, includes a list of male freed negroes over the age of 16, 1866 January 12, that records the full names of freed African-Americans over the age of 16, names of their former owners or their current residence, and tax levied on the 257 former slaves. The list was gathered for the purpose of collecting a county levy. The collection also includes a copy of a circular mailed to clerk of New Kent County that explained how to implement the act to legalize the marriages of colored persons now cohabiting as husband and wife.

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