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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ely | Talbert | 1334 | 1845-09-09 | 28 | Male | dark brown | 5 | 9.25 | Round scar just below left ear, mole below right corner of mouth | emancipated by will | Loudoun County | John Nixson | Emancipated by will recorded 8 Sept. 1845, registered by executors Ely Janney and Thomas Nichols | ||||||
| George | Gant | 1335 | 1845-09-09 | 20 | Male | Brown | 5 | 10.75 | Remarkable scar left side of neck, dark streaks in forehead & something like a scar in left eye brow | emancipated by will | Loudoun County | John Nixon | Emancipated by will recorded 8 Sept. 1845, registered by executors Ely Janney and Thomas Nichols | ||||||
| Abraham | Anderson | 1336 | 1845-09-09 | 26 | Male | Black | 5 | 4 | Scar left side of forehead, scar on right cheek and scar on middle joint of forefinger of right hand | emancipated by will | Loudoun County | John Nixson | Emancipated by will recorded 8 Sept. 1845, registered by executors Ely Janney and Thomas Nichols | ||||||
| Lewis | Jackson | 1337 | 1845-09-09 | 25 | Male | Black | 5 | 4.5 | Black mole on lower tip of right ear, a number of small scars on back of right hand | emancipated by will | Loudoun County | John Nixson | Emancipated by will recorded 8 Sept. 1845, registered by executors Ely Janney and Thomas Nichols |
Notes and Questions
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I do have a question - if the way they were freed doesn't specify born free or free born but free based on affirmation of someone, how do we log that?
Also is the Registration number at the top of the entry or at the end?
Hi. If the entry does not specify how the individual became free (born free or emancipated by deed, will, or decree of court) leave the "free status" field blank. You can add any supplementary information about statements of other individuals in the "additional information" field. Witness testimony or affidavit statements (affirmation) by other individuals are not how someone became free, just proof of free status.
Looking at the first page of this register, it looks like the clerk is putting the registration at the top of each entry.
Hope this helps!
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