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
Claiborne		Pompey		192	1823-08-25	35	Male	black	5	8	No scar perceivable	born free/free born							By occupation a farmer. Free as appears from evidence of Phil Claiborne.
Edmunds		Harrison		193	1823-07-28	22	Male	yellow	5	6.5	Small scar on right side of nose	born free/free born							Free as appears from evidence of Phil Claiborne
Billy				194	1823-09-20	32	Male	black	5	3	2 small scars on inside of right arm and one on the back of the right hand and wrist	born free/free born					Brunswick County	Maria	Maria emancipated by Henry Merritt of this county

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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
Isaac		Moss		195	1823-09-20	25	Male	dark	5	7.5	Long scar on under part of left wrist, two small ones on the ball of the left thumb	born free/free born					Brunswick County
Dilcey				196	1823-09-20	55	Female		5	2	Several small scars on right arm and one on the left	emancipated	Sussex County	Henry Moss					Free as appears by evidence of William Gee
David		Merritt		197	1823-09-22	26	Male		5	9	Scar on right side of jaw	born free/free born						Maria	Maria emancipated by Henry Merritt of Brunswick County

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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
Patsey				198	1823-09-20	24	Female		5		Scar on forefinger of left hand	born free/free born					Brunswick County		Father is Fed (otherwise known as Waggoner Fed), who was emancipated by William Meredith
Polly				199	1823-09-20	25	Female		5	0.5	Small scar on back of left hand	born free/free born					Brunswick County		Father is Fed (otherwise known as Waggoner Fed), who was emancipated by William Meredith
Aggy				200	1823-09-20	48	Female	yellow	4	10.5	No scar or mark on face, hands or arms perceivable	born free/free born					Dinwiddie County		Has lived in this county for several years and is the reputed wife of Fed (otherwise known as Waggoner Fed), a free black man emancipateed by William Meredith

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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
Sally				201	1823-09-20	23	Female		4	11	No scar on face, head, hands or arms perceivable	born free/free born					Brunswick County
Hartwell				202	1824-04-25	19	Male	yellow	6	0	Scar on chin and another on little finger of left hand	born free/free born							"Descendant of one of the slaves emancipated by Edward Dromgoole Sr. as appears by the evidence of Geo. C. Dromgoole"
Tom				203	1824-05-24	55	Male	of black colour	5	7.5	A burn on right arm	emancipated by decree	Brunswick County						"recovered his freedom as appears by the within certified copy of a judgment of the Superior Court of Brunswick County from Richard Coleman"

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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
Henry		Walker		204	1824-05-24	21	Male	yellow	6		Scar on left wrist occasioned by a cut	born free/free born							By occupation a shoemaker. Born free as appears by evidence of John Maddux.
Peggy		Pompey		205	1824-05-24	35	Female	yellow	5	5	Small scar on ring finger of right hand	born free/free born					Brunswick County		Born free as appears by evidence of P. Claiborne
Billy			"calls himself Billy Cain"	206	1824-04-25	23	Male		5	6.5	Scar on little finger of left hand	born free/free born						Lyddia Roberts	Lyddia emancipated by will of Owen Myrick in Brunswick County. Carryover to register 46

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