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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 |
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| Elizabeth | Dutchfield | 27 | 1794-08-18 | 27 | Female | light brown mulatto | 5 | 2 | born free/free born | York Town | entered 13 June 1810 & also her three children entered on this date | ||||||||
| Edward | Brandon | 28 | 1794-08-18 | 45 | Male | dark brown | 5 | 1 | born free/free born | Dinwiddie County | copy deld 1st Sept. 1800 the former one not returned | ||||||||
| Frank | Steward | 29 | 1794-08-18 | 33 | Male | dark mulatto | 5 | 8.5 | born free/free born | Town of Brandford; Prince George County | |||||||||
| Annaca | 30 | 1794-08-18 | 19 | Female | dark brown negro | 5 | 4 | stout made | emancipated by decree | Emancipated by virtue of an Act of Assembly entitled "An Act Concerning the Emancipation of certain slaves Estate of Joseph Mayo" | |||||||||
| Priscilla | Bailey | 31 | 1794-08-18 | 27 | Female | light brown negro | 5 | emancipated | Sussex County | Anselm Bailey | 7h Feb. 1800. Second copy delivd. ditto- 3rd copy deliv [17] May 1802. J. Grammer. renewed 15. July 1805 scar on her right arm [on] [illegible] [from] elbow to her wrist. [reg] Apl 1817. Re-entered 8 June 1820. re-entered 5 Spet 1831 a mole under her right eye. J. G. | ||||||||
| Billy | Coleman | 32 | 1794-08-18 | 27 | Male | dark brown | 5 | 6.5 | stout made | emancipated by decree | Dinwiddie County | John Hardaway | Emancipated as being a descendant of an Indian woman. entered 18th Augt 1794. renewed 9th July 1805 & Sept 3rd 1819. | ||||||
| Tempe | Coleman | 33 | 1794-08-18 | 26 | Female | dark brown | 5 | 2 | well made | emancipated by decree | Dinwiddie County | John Hardaway | Emancipated as being a descendant of an Indian woman. Entered 18th Aug 1794. Re entered 25 September 1799. ditto 14 Octob 1800. ditto 20 Septr 1803. |
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Hi there, does the category ""Emancipated by Decree" fit for Billy Coleman's experience of emancipation, being "liberated by a judgement of the Court"? His story sounds very unique.
Hi, yes, Billy appears to have an interesting story! "Emancipated by Decree" is definitely what I would assign for the "How Emancipated" field. Sound like he won his freedom through a Freedom Suit in Dinwiddie County on the basis of his mother being a free Indian woman. Thanks for checking!
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