Amherst County "Free Negro Register", 1822-1864

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First Name Middle Name Last Name Alias Registration number Date of registration Age Gender Color Height- Feet Height - Inches Physical description Free status Where emancipated Who emancipated Previous place of registration Date of birth Place of birth Name of mother Additional information
Scippio 19 1826-01-31 80 Male 5 emancipated George Holloway
Richard Essex 20 1827-08-20 50 Black colour 5 10 emancipated by decree emancipated by decree of the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond district
Meredith Gibson 21 1827-08-20 30 Black colour 5 9 emancipated by decree emancipated by decree of the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond district
Jack Foster 22 1827-09-18 23 Male Mulatto 5 10 of spare stature born free/free born His grandmother (named Pricilla) had her right to freedom established together with her decendants by a decree of the Court of Amherst at June court 1817.
Ambrose Payne 23 1829-01-00 28 Male Mulatto 5 10 large wart over his left eye other Sarah His mother Sarah had her right to freedom established by the County Court of Amherst by a decree at June Court 1817
Cloe Payne 24 40 Female Mulatto 5 6 other Sarah Her mother Sarah had her right to freedom established by a decree of the Court of Amherst pronounced at June Court 1817
Lucinda Payne 25 18 Female Mulatto Cloe Payne
Mary Ann Payne 25 14 Female Cloe Payne
Sarah Jane 25 0 Female Cloe Payne Infant sucking child aged 4 months
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First Name Middle Name Last Name Alias Registration number Date of registration Age Gender Color Height- Feet Height - Inches Physical description Free status Where emancipated Who emancipated Previous place of registration Date of birth Place of birth Name of mother Additional information
Evelina Harris 26 1828-09-24 23 Female Mulatto 5 born free/free born Nancy Pinn wife of James Harris; daughter of Nancy Pinn, wife of James Pinn
Turner Pinn 27 1828-09-26 46 Male dark brown complexion 5 10 a scar over the right eye born free/free born
Saunders Pinn 28 1828-10-20 22 Male dark complexion 6 born free/free born
Patsey Williams 29 1828-10-20 36 Female rather a dark mulatto 5 a scar on the back of her right hand, seems to have been occasioned by a burn born free/free born wife of Henry Williams
Joice Pinn 30 1828-10-20 45 Female rather light complexion 5 stout built born free/free born wife of Turner Pinn
Zackariah Foster 31 1828-10-22 21 Male dark complexion 5 5 spare stature emancipated by decree whose right to freedom may be seen by reference to the records of Amherst County Court so herein a decree was made at June Court 1817 in a suit between Priscilla Ptf vs. Coppidge in relation to the plaintiffs title to freedom.
William Pinn 32 1828-10-27 23 Male dark complexion 6 0.5 spare stature born free/free born
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First Name Middle Name Last Name Alias Registration number Date of registration Age Gender Color Height- Feet Height - Inches Physical description Free status Where emancipated Who emancipated Previous place of registration Date of birth Place of birth Name of mother Additional information
Raleigh Pinn 33 1828-10-27 20 Male dark complexion 5 10 scar on his right cheek near his nose born free/free born fee pd
Nancy Scott 34 0000-11-00 14 Female dark brown complexion 5 small scar occassioned by a burn on the upper joint of the third finger of the left hand born free/free born
Sally Scott 35 1829-11-00 13 Female dark brown complexion 5 2 None born free/free born
Polly Pinn 36 0000-11-00 23 Female rather dark mulatto complexion 5 9 mole in the left hand near the wrist born free/free born
John Pinn 37 0000-11-00 21 Male dark brown complexion 5 11.5 small scar on the fore finger of the left hand- also on the middle finger of the same hand occassioned by cuts with a knife born free/free born
Martha Jane Pinn 38 1829-11-00 Female rather light complexion 5 2 stout build born free/free born
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First Name Middle Name Last Name Alias Registration number Date of registration Age Gender Color Height- Feet Height - Inches Physical description Free status Where emancipated Who emancipated Previous place of registration Date of birth Place of birth Name of mother Additional information
George Clark 39 1829-01-20 Male Light mulatto 5 10 straight hair/scar on the middle of his forehead born free/free born
Richard Tuppence 40 1829-08-14 25 Male Light complexion (nearly white) 5 6.5 light hair slightly curled / with a small scar above the left eye born free/free born
Squire Jackson 41 1829-08-22 44 Male 5 7 scar on the back of the left hand in the shape of a half moon also a scar above the left eye near the temple emancipated by will James Hopkins
Lucind Payne 42 1830 21 Female Dark mulatto 5 3 scar occassioned by a burn on the right side of the face below the cheek born free/free born Chloe Payne see former register No 25
Chloe Payne 43 1830 43 Female mulatto 5 2 scar between her eyebrows born free/free born (see no. 24) infant child James Henry aged six months
Levi Branham 44 1830 35 Male bright mulatto 5 6 scar across the back of his right hand born free/free born son of Edward Branham
James Henry 43 1830 0.5 Male born free/free born Chloe Payne
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First Name Middle Name Last Name Alias Registration number Date of registration Age Gender Color Height- Feet Height - Inches Physical description Free status Where emancipated Who emancipated Previous place of registration Date of birth Place of birth Name of mother Additional information
Zackariah Foster 45 1831-09-05 24 Male black complexion 5 6.5 scars apparent except a scratch on the back of his left hand born free/free born Amherst County See No 31; same person heretofore registered
Maria Sparrow 46 1831-10-11 29 Female light complexion 5 8.5 None born free/free born Turner Pinn wife of Bartlett Sparrow formerly Maria Pinn / daughter of Turner Pinn
Legis Pinn 47 1831-10-11 25 Female dark mulatto 5 4.75 None Turner Pinn daughter of Turner Pinn
Betsy Pinn 48 1831-10-11 18 Female very dark mulatto 5 8.75 scar occassioned by a cut with a knife on the joint of the third finger of the left hand and a mole on the left side of the face near the nose Turner Pinn daughter of Turner Pinn
Lavinia Pinn 49 1831-10-11 16 Female very light complexion for a negro, or perhaps more properly a very dark mulatto 5 8.75 scar on the back of the right hand about the wrist occassioned by a burn Turner Pinn
Judith Farrar 50 1831-11-21 34 Female dark complexion 5 5 scar under the left jaw and one on the neck on the left side Betty Whitesides daughter of Benjamin and Betty Whitesides
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