Free Blacks--Virginia--Rockbridge County
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Andrew Reid Record Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Lev13
Scope and Contents
Copy of a record book kept by Andrew Reid, clerk of Rockbridge County, Virginia, entitled "For the Registering of Free Negroes [of Rockbridge County] according to the Act . . . of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed January 25, 1803" which includes physical descriptions, ages, information on former owners and record of emancipation. The volume was also used as a registry of boats to comply with An act of the General Assembly of Virginia entitled "an act regulating the navigation of...
Dates:
1803-1828
Found in:
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