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

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First NameMiddle NameLast NameAliasRegistration numberDate of registrationDate of certificationAgeGenderColorHeight- FeetHeight - InchesMarks or scarsEye colorDescription of hairSpeechFree statusWhere emancipatedWho emancipatedPrevious place of registrationDate of birthPlace of birthName of motherColor of motherFree status of motherName of fatherFree status of fatherName of spouseFree status of spouseName of childrenName of clerkAdditional information
MariaHarriss17420Femalelight colored51.5a scar on both thumbs, holes in both earsborn free/free bornAnna Harrissemancipateddaughter of Anna Harriss, a free woman emancipated by Robert Carter
MatthewBrown2471834-01-2026Malevery black58scar between the eyes, one on his nose, one on the head, and one on the right jawborn free/free bornMilley Browneemancipated by deedWilliam Mossson of Milley Browne, who was emancipated by Samuel Adams by deed dated 16th July 1792

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First NameMiddle NameLast NameAliasRegistration numberDate of registrationDate of certificationAgeGenderColorHeight- FeetHeight - InchesMarks or scarsEye colorDescription of hairSpeechFree statusWhere emancipatedWho emancipatedPrevious place of registrationDate of birthPlace of birthName of motherColor of motherFree status of motherName of fatherFree status of fatherName of spouseFree status of spouseName of childrenName of clerkAdditional information
HarrietHarriss17522Femaleblack53.5a scar under the right eye, a scar on the back of the left handborn free/free bornAnna Harrissemancipateddaughter of Anna Harriss, a free woman emancipated by Robert Carter
ElizaBrown2461834-01-2023Femalecopper51.75scar on the forehead and one on the throatborn free/free bornLanney AndersonfreeWilliam Mossdaughter of Lanney Anderson, a free woman of color

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First NameMiddle NameLast NameAliasRegistration numberDate of registrationDate of certificationAgeGenderColorHeight- FeetHeight - InchesMarks or scarsEye colorDescription of hairSpeechFree statusWhere emancipatedWho emancipatedPrevious place of registrationDate of birthPlace of birthName of motherColor of motherFree status of motherName of fatherFree status of fatherName of spouseFree status of spouseName of childrenName of clerkAdditional information
MatildaHarriss17626Femaleblack53.5a scar near the right eye, a scar on the left cheek, two scars on the right arm, a scar on the back of the right handborn free/free bornAnna Harrissemancipateddaughter of Anna Harriss, a free woman emancipated by Robert Carter
JamesFox2451833-10-2223Malelight58scar on the right wrist, and one on the foreheadborn free/free bornAnna FoxfreeWilliam Mossson of Anna Fox, a free woman of color

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First NameMiddle NameLast NameAliasRegistration numberDate of registrationDate of certificationAgeGenderColorHeight- FeetHeight - InchesMarks or scarsEye colorDescription of hairSpeechFree statusWhere emancipatedWho emancipatedPrevious place of registrationDate of birthPlace of birthName of motherColor of motherFree status of motherName of fatherFree status of fatherName of spouseFree status of spouseName of childrenName of clerkAdditional information
FeliciaHarriss17715Female53a scar on the upper part of the thumb of the left hand, no other perceivable marks or scarsborn free/free bornAnna Harrissemancipateddaughter of Anna Harriss, a free woman emancipated by Robert Carter
Spencer2441833-09-1629Maleblack59.75no perceivable marks or scarsborn free/free bornLanneyemancipated by deedWilliam Mossson of Lanney a free woman of color, formerly the property of William Waters decd as appears by the testimony of William Wrenn, and who was by said Waters liberated and set free by deed of manumission

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First NameMiddle NameLast NameAliasRegistration numberDate of registrationDate of certificationAgeGenderColorHeight- FeetHeight - InchesMarks or scarsEye colorDescription of hairSpeechFree statusWhere emancipatedWho emancipatedPrevious place of registrationDate of birthPlace of birthName of motherColor of motherFree status of motherName of fatherFree status of fatherName of spouseFree status of spouseName of childrenName of clerkAdditional information
EleanorAnderson17819Femalemulatto54.5a scar on the right arm, the end of the second finger on the right hand larger than the second finger on the left occasioned by a swellingborn free/free bornJane Andersonemancipated by deeddaughter of Jane Anderson, a free woman of color liberated by a deed of manumission from William Walters
WilliamFox2431833-08-2026Malevery light58scar on the instep of the right ankle, and also one on the forefinger of the left handborn free/free bornAnna FoxfreeWilliam Mossson of Anna Fox, a free woman of color

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