Virginia Untold: Free Registers (indexing)

Fairfax County "Register of Free Negroes", 1822-1835

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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
Matilda				5	1823-11-18	1823-11-18	26	Female	light-Coloured	5	8	small scar on both of her arms				emancipated	Fairfax County	Martha Washington				Linny		emancipated						William Moss	Daughter of Linny late the property of Genl George Washington decd who by his last will and testament devised her to Martha Washington who by an instrument of Writing duly proved and recorded in the said Court released them both from the service due to her

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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
Barkley		Clark		6	1823-11-18	1823-11	20	Male	dark mulatto	5	9.5	stout made a small scar on the upper lip				emancipated	Fairfax County	Martha Washington				Linny		emancipated						William Moss	Son of Linny late the property of Genl George Washington decd who by his last will and testament devised the said Linney and the said Barkley to Martha Washington who by an instrument of writing duly proved and recorded in the said Court released the said Linney and the said Barkley from the service due to her

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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
Sylvia				7	1823-11-18	1823-11-18	32	Female	black	5	3.5	small scar on the right side of the face near the nose				emancipated		Martha Washington												William Moss	Late the property of Genl George Washington decd who by his last will and testament devised her to Martha Washington who by an instrument under her hand and seal duly proved and recorded in the said Court, released her from the service due to her

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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		Jones		8	1823-11-18	1824-11-18	23	Male	black	5	4	small scar on the right cheek and on the right corner of the nose				born free/free born						Nancy		emancipated						William Moss	Son of Nancy bequeathed by Genl George Washington to Martha Washington who by an instrument under her hand released the said Nancy from the service due to her, and that the said William Jones has been born since the execution of the said instrument by the said Martha Washington.

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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
Jenney				9	1823-11-18	1823-11-18	34	Female	black	4	11.75	small scar under the right eye some of the upper fore teeth out, two scars on the right wrist				emancipated by deed		William Moody												William Moss	By a deed of manumission duly recorded in my office on the 18th day of September 1797 among many others did manumit and set free the said Jenney at the age of 25 years

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