Rockbridge County "Register of Free Negroes", 1831-1860

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Susan		Hope			1836-11-01	1836-11-01	16	Female	mulatto	5	0.5	no scars or marks perceivable		short hair and nearly straight					Thomas Alexander		William Hope			born free/free born			Rockbridge County
Samuel		Watts			1836-12-28		34	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	6.5	scar between the eyes on the upper part of the nose, has a number of small scars partly under the left breast also a scar on the inside of the right leg above the ancle		curly hair					Matty Moony (alias, Matty Holmes)					born free/free born			Rockbridge County

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Catharine		McGinnis			1837-03-20		24	Female	bright mulatto	5	3.5	scar on the side of the second finger of the left hand		straight hair		Ann McGinnis								born free/free born			Rockbridge County
Patsy		Holmes			1837-08-01	1837-08-01	27	Female	bright mulatto complexion	5	5	scar near the nipple of the right breast, has no other scars or marks perceivable		black bushy hair					Matty Holmes					born free/free born			Rockbridge County

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Betsy		McGinnis			1837-12-01		26	Female	bright mulatto colour	5	6	small scar on the inside of the right wrist, occasioned by a cut - no other marks		straight hair		Ann McGinnis							[illegible], a bright mulatto boy six years old the 22nd September last - Edwin Peter a boy about four years old in November last and Mary Elizabeth about two years old in August last all bright mulattos	born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Grace		Mayo			1837-12-30	1838-01-01	36	Female	black colour	5	2.25	small scar above the left breast		short curly hair		Hannah Mayo		emancipated by the decree of the Chancery Court in Richmond from the estate of the late Joseph Mayo of Henrico County						born free/free born
Nancy		Mayo			1837-12-30	1838-01-01	18	Female	black colour	5	3.5	scar on the forehead close to the hair, also a scar on her right cheek		short curly hair		Grace Mayo								born free/free born			Rockbridge County

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Thornton		Alexander			1838-02-06	1838-02-06	45	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	4.25	scar on the forehead near the hair, the little toe of the right foot is cut off, and the third toe of the left foot is cut off		short curly hair		Sooky Alexander								born free/free born			Orange County			Samuel McD Reid
William		Alexander			1838-02-06	1838-02-06	21	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	4.5	scar on the left wrist directly above the thumb has a scar on the front of the right leg, and has a scar in the left eyebrow		curly hair					Thornton Alexander					born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid

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