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
James		Luan			1838-08-06	1838-08-06	37	Male	bright mulatto	6	0.5	no marks or scars perceivable		bushy, curly hair					Ned Luan					born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid
Gary		Scott			1838-08-07	1838-08-07	42	Male	black complexion	5	7.5	very small scar on the corner of the left eyebrow, no other scars or marks perceivable		short curly hair										born free/free born			Goochland 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
John		Ware			1838-08-07	1838-08-08	29	Male	dark mulatto complexion	5	9.25	no scars perceivable has one tooth out in front upper jaw												born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid	a hammerman by trade
Daniel		McGinnis			1838-09-28		23	Male	light mulatto colour			scar on the first joint of the forefinger of the left hand		short hair somewhat curly		Ann McGinnis								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
Thomas		McGinnis			1838-12-27		18	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	9.5	small scar on the forehead near the hair, no other marks perceivable		curly hair		Ann McGinnis								born free/free born			Rockbridge County
James	Harvey	Allen			1839-03-29		21	Male	dark colour	5	8	scar on the corner of the right eye, also a mark on the left side of the face below the eye		short curly hair										emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	David Templeton

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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
Nancy		Hope			1839-05-07	1839-05-07	34	Female	bright mulatto colour	5	5.5	swelled neck with a lump on [illegible] side of the throat, has no other marks perceivable		straight hair										born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid
Alexander		Cooper			1839-07-22	1839-11-05	21	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	9	scar on the left cheek near the mouth, also the first joint of the second forefinger is cut off, & a scar on the upper part of the forefinger of the same hand, also a scar on the upper part of thumb near the wrist, also a scar on the forefinger of the left hand, also a scar on the thumb of left hand on the joint							Joseph Cooper					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
Paulina		Hill			1839-08-27	1839-09-02	40	Female	dark colour	5	1.25	scar on the upper part of the wrist of the right hand, has a scar on the left side of the face near the eye, also a scar on the lower part of the neck		curly hair		Amy Hill								born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid
Adam		Douglas			1839-10-01	1839-10-01	28	Female	bright mulatto colour			has lost the two first joints of the second finger of the right hand, has the first joint of the third finger cut off and small nails now [illegible] of it, has a small scar about 3/4 of an inch in length in the edge of his hair over the left eye		curly hair, but less so than a common negro		Polly Douglas			Adam Douglas					born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid

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