Brunswick Co. "Register of Free Negroes", 1820-1850

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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
Polly		Roberts		227	1825-09-26	19	Female	yellow	5	3	no apparent scar or mark on head, face, hands or arms	born free/free born					Brunswick County
Robert		Merritt		228	1825-09-26	45	Male	black complexion	5	4	mark on back of right hand, another on wrist of said hand, another on nose a little to the side next to left eye, the scars small ones	emancipated by deed	Brunswick County	Henry Merritt

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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
George	Anderson	Seward		229	1825-10-24	21	Male	dark	6		one scar on right arm, several small scars on left arm, one on right shoulder, all of which were occasioned by burns	born free/free born							Free as appears from evidence of Thomas Smith
Mike			Mike Adkins	230	1825-10-23	46	Male	black	5	6	no apparent mark or scar on head, face, hands or arms	emancipated by will	Sussex County	Lucy Adkins					By occupation a ditcher

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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
Bob		Tucker		231	1825-11-26	35	Male	yellow	5	9	Long bushy hair, has no scar perceivable on head, face, hands or arms	emancipated by deed	Brunswick County	John Tucker
Edmund		Mathews		232	1826-01-23	38	Male	yellow	5	10	A small scar on inside of left wrist, a few small ones on each arm	born free/free born							Born free as appears from a former certificate

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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
Susan		Newsum		233	1826-01-23	27	Female	bright mulatto	5	4	Long bushy hair-- no apparent scar on head, face, hands or arms	born free/free born							Born free as appears by evidence of Benj. D. Chapman. Wife of Aaron Newsum
Aaron		Newsum		234	1826-01-23	52	Male	dark brown mulatto	5	10	no mark or scar on head, face, hands or arms	born free/free born					Greensville County		Born free and raised in Greensville County. By occupation a planter.

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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
Samuel		Walker		235	1826-02-27	19	Male	yellow	5	6	Scar on forefinger and middle finger of left hand	born free/free born					Brunswick County		Born free as appears from evidence of Isham Trotter
Isaac		Thomas		236	1826-06-26	34	Male	"a free coloured man"	5	8.5	Scar on right side of head, two on forehead, one of knuckles of ring finger that joins the left hand	emancipated by will	Brunswick County	Owen Myrick					emancipated by last will and testament recorded in County Court as appears by evidence of John Wyche

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