Albemarle County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1794, 1811-1818, 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.

This collection includes the following certificates:

1794, which verifies that Alexander Catlet brought Cuffey, Pat, Fanny, Letty, Lucy, Nancy, Walter, Celia, and Fruman (or Truman) to Virginia from an unnamed place;

1811, which verifies that Richard Franklin brought Jenny to Virginia from Maryland;

1811, which verifies that Nathaniel Wilson brought Mary to Virginia from Maryland;

1813, which verifies that Thomas Wells transported Watt, John, Peter, Jack, Tom, Davie, Sall, and Nancey from Maryland to Virginia;

1813, which verifies that Richard Franklin brought Diner to Virginia from Maryland;

1814, which verifies that John Wood transported Coots from Kentucky to Virginia;

1814, which verifies that Jacob Moon brought Isaac, Beckey, Keziah, and Eliza to Virginia from Tennessee;

1815, which verifies that Jacob Moon transported James, Black David, Lott, Belley (or Billey), Frankey, Doll, Fanney, and Mary from Tennessee to Virginia;

1815, which verifies that John R. Campbell brought Alley, Perry, David, Jim, Perry, and Jacob to Virginia from Maryland;

1818, which verifies that Thomas G. Watkins transported Jesse, Paul, Rachel, James, and Aime from Pennsylvania to Virginia;

1818, which verifies that Richard Moon brought Phill, George, Suckey, Amy, Mirah, and Esther, to Virginia from an unnamed place.