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Frederick County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1795-1871

Frederick County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1795-1871, consist of free negro registrations, certifications and affidavits (1795-1864, n.d.); will of Nathaniel Mabry of Greensville County probably used to certify free negro status (1795); lists of free negroes (1851-1861); lists of free negroes returned for non-payment of taxes and/or offered for hire to pay their taxes (1850-1860); applications and petitions to remain in the state (1816-1850); free negro indentures (1805-1871); deeds of emancipation and manumission (1795-1836); certificates of non-importation of slaves (1795-1822); runaway slave matters (1822-1843); valuation and sale of runaway slaves (1824-1845); slave patrol commissions and claims (1820-1860, n.d.); and miscellaneous records (1761-1859).

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Barcode number 1117610:

Will of Nathaniel Mabry of Greensville Co. probably used to certify a free negro status, 1795; Lists of free negroes, 1851-1861; Lists of free negroes returned for non-payment of taxes and/or offered for hire to pay their taxes, 1850-1860; Application/petitions to remain in the state, 1816-1850; free negro indentures voluntary and Overseers of the Poor, 1805-1871; Deeds of emancipation/manumission, 1795-1836; Certifications of non-importation of slaves, 1795-1822; runaway slave matters, 1822-1843; valuation and slave of runaway slaves, 1824-1845; patrol commissions and claims, 1820-1860, n.d.; miscellaneous records, 1761-1859.

Barcode number 1138021:

Free negro registrations, certifications and affidavits, 1795-1864, n.d.

Barcode number 1138043:

Registrations and certificates of Free Negroes, 1832, 1849, 1856, 1860.

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