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	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	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	Name of clerk	Additional information
William		Humbles			1860-03-05	1860-03-07	15	Male	black colour	5	7.5	scar on the knuckle of the middle finger of the right hand and one on the knuckle of the fourth finger of the same hand		short curly hair		born free/free born					Rockbridge County	Betsey Humbles		free
Bonyer		Humbles			1860-03-06		63	Male		5	9	scar on the back of left hand, and also a scar on the end of the little finger of left hand, causing the end of the finger to be crooked, is toothless, and defective in the left eye		grey curly hair		born free/free born					Rockbridge County	Sarah Humbles		free

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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	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	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	Name of clerk	Additional information
Samuel		Sorrels			1860-03-09	1860-04-02	30	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	10.5	lump on the forefinger of the left hand, has no other marks or scars perceptible		straight hair		born free/free born					Rockbridge County	Lucy Sorrels	white
Mahala		Blackaby			1860-03-23	1860-01-02	20	Female	bright mulatto colour	5	6	no scars or marks perceptible		straight hair		born free/free born					Botetourt County	Barbara Blackaby	white

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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	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	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	Name of clerk	Additional information
Peter	A.	Jackson			1860-03-29	1860-04-02	70	Male	dark mulatto colour	5	4.5	lump on his forehead; the third finger on his right hand has been broken and cannot be straightened		bushy grey hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	John Paxton
William		Poindexter			1860-03-29	1860-04-02	34	Male	very dark complexion	5	8.5	scar on the right temple running into the hair, one on the thumb of the left hand, a small scar on the forehead nearly over the right eye, one on the right cheek, one on the left side of the face, and one on the left side of the under lip		short curly hair		born free/free born					Louisa County	Rhoda Poindexter		free

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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	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	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	Name of clerk	Additional information
Rosa		Lewis			1860-03-30	1860-04-02	45	Female	not very black colour	5	1	small scar on the forehead just above the nose		short curly hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	Robert Hutcheson executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams deceased
Henry		Lewis			1860-03-30	1860-04-02	24	Male	black colour	5	6	scar on the side of the right wrist, and one on the forehead nearly above the right eye		short curly hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	Robert Hutcheson executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams deceased

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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	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Previous place of registration	Date of birth	Place of birth	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	Name of clerk	Additional information
Mary		Lewis			1860-03-30	1860-04-02	22	Female	black colour	5	2	scar between the knuckles of the second and third fingers of the right hand		curly hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	Robert Hutcheson executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams deceased											Esther and Serena
Esther					1860-03-30	1860-04-02	4	Female	black colour					short curly hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	Robert Hutcheson executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams deceased
Serena					1860-03-30	1860-04-02	8 mos.	Female	bright mulatto					straight hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	Robert Hutcheson executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams deceased
Isabella		Lewis			1860-03-30	1860-04-02	20	Female	not very black colour	5	2	scar on the side of her right wrist, and a scar on the left eyebrow		curly hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	Robert Hutcheson executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams deceased											Rosa
Rosa					1860-03-30	1860-04-02	2	Female	dark mulatto colour					bushy hair		emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	Robert Hutcheson executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams deceased

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