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
Forester Gray 15 1824-01-28 1824-02-17 Male yellow 6 scar upon the left jaw, some of the upper fore teeth out emancipated by will George Washington William Moss emancipated by Genl. Geo Washington as appears from a certificate of Lawrence Lewis Esq, one of the Exors of the said Genl George 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
Agness 16 1824-02-03 1824-02-17 50 Female black 5 2.25 no perceivable marks or scars emancipated Fairfax County Martha Washington William Moss bequeathed by Genl George Washington to Martha Washington during her life, who by an instrument of writing 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
Joannah 17 1824-02-03 1824-02-17 20 Female light black 5 2 small scar upon the right wrist in a parallel line with the thumb born free/free born Agness emancipated William Moss daughter of Agness liberated by Mrs. Martha Washington relict of General George Washington by an instrument duly proved and recorded in the said court
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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
Penny 18 1824-02-03 1824-02-03 18 Female light black 5 5.25 small scar upon the left wrist (being left handed) in a straight line with the thumb, the middle finger of the right hand bruised born free/free born Agness emancipated William Moss Daughter of Agness bequeathed by Genl George Washington to Martha Washington during her life, who by an instrument of writing 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
Dorcas 19 1824-02-11 1824-12-20 25 Female black 5 2 almost imperceptible scar between the forefinger and the thumb of the right hand Letty emancipated by deed William Moss Daughter of Letty liberated by William Moody by deed of emancipation recorded in the County Court of Fairfax at September Court 1797
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