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
Major		Beverley			1834-07-22	1834-10-06	72	Male	mulatto complexion	5	4.5	no scars or marks perceiveable		short curly hair, inclined to be grey										born free/free born			Amherst County			Samuel McD Reid
James		Maxwell			1834-09-10	1834-10-06	50	Male	bright mulatto	5	6.25	scar on the wrist of the right arm. also a scar on the knuckle of the forefinger of the right hand has a piece out of the left ear, occcasioned by the [illegible] of a man		hair inclined to be straight										born free/free born			Hanover County			Samuel McD Reid	been a resident of Rockbridge County for about 30 years

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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
Jacob		Douglas	[illegible]		1834-10-04	1834-10-06	21	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	10	scar on the left eyebrow near the nose, the little finger on the left hand crooked, occasioned by the cut of a sickle		bushy hair inclined to be curly		Patsy [illegible]								born free/free born			Botetourt County			Samuel McD Reid
Samuel		Matthews			1834-10-06		36	Male	bright mulatto	5	8.5	scar on the top of the third finger of the left hand, and a small scar on the wrist of the right arm near the hand		hair inclined to be straight		Dianna Matthews								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
Nancy		Maxwell			1834-10-06	1834-10-06	52	Female	bright mulatto	5	8.75	scar on the upper lip near the nose		hair inclined to be straight							James Maxwell			born free/free born			Amherst County			Samuel McD Reid	has resided in Rockbridge County for the last 44 years
Cyrus		Taylor			1834-10-06	1834-10-06	50	Male	colour black	5	11.25	large scar on the left arm above & below the elbow occasioned by a burn. has a scar on the second joint of the little finger of the left hand & finger crooked. has lost some of his teeth & the [illegible] appear to be much decayed		short curly hair										emancipated by decree	Rockbridge County	Ann Taylor with the approbation of Stuart Taylor				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
Jese		Minor			1835-05-04	1835-05-05	35	Male	black colour	6	1	two scars on the left arm between the wrist and elbow		short curly hair										born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid	lived with Maj. James Lyle
George	W	Johns			1835-07-07	1835-07-07	28	Male	mulatto colour	5	5.5	lump on the right arm between the elbow & wrist occasioned by having the arm broken		curly hair										born free/free born			Amherst County				resided in Rockbridge County about 8 years

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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
Andy					1835-08-03	1835-08-03	35	Male	black melininy to copper colour	5	9.75	scar on the point of the cheek bone near the right eye, also two scars on the top of the wrist on the right hand		short curly hair		short curly hair								emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	John Walker				Samuel McD Reid
Mary		Shields			1835-08-13	1835-08-31	21	Female	bright mulatto	5	2	scar between the wrist and thumb of the left hand. also a scar on the upper part of the left breast		long curly hair										born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid

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