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Amelia County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1781

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Amelia County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1781, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that they have not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that the enslaver has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.

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Amelia County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1781 2 items

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Amelia County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1781, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that they have not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that the enslaver has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from.

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Amelia County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1736-1794 and undated.

Amelia County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1736-1794 and undated. Consists of lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1736-1794. Some list do not contain dates.

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Amelia County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1736-1794 and undated.

Amelia County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Amelia County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1736-1794 and undated. Consists of lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1736-1794. Some list do not contain dates.

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Amelia County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1816

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Amelia County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1816, consist of one petition submitted on behalf of 24 people. Petitions to remain are applications that formerly enslaved individuals submitted to state and local courts for permission to remain in Virginia with their free status. The petitions often include the formerly enslaved individual's name, their method of emancipation, name of their former enslaver, and whether the application/petition was successful or not. Petitions may also include affidavits signed mainly by white residents or witness statements again provided by white residents. Additional names of enslaved or free Black and multiracial individuals can be found in these records.

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Amelia County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1816 1 item

Amelia County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Amelia County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1816, consist of one petition submitted on behalf of 24 people. Petitions to remain are applications that formerly enslaved individuals submitted to state and local courts for permission to remain in Virginia with their free status. The petitions often include the formerly enslaved individual's name, their method of emancipation, name of their former enslaver, and whether the application/petition was successful or not. Petitions may also include affidavits signed mainly by white residents or witness statements again provided by white residents. Additional names of enslaved or free Black and multiracial individuals can be found in these records.

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