Petersburg City "Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes", 1850-1858

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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
John Mabry 5206 1850-07-24 21 Male black complexion 5 8 has several small scars on the right side of his face, one in his right eyebrow, one on the left arm just above the wrist born free/free born Greensville County Willey Mabry is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 21st day of June 1850; was born free in Greensville County. His grandmother was free before 1st day of May 1806.
Lucy Ann Crawley 5207 1850-07-24 20 Female dark complexion 4 11 has a small scar on the right wrist, several small ones on her forehead and cheeks born free/free born Amelia County Lydia Ann Crawley is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 21st day of June 1850; was born free in the County of Amelia of parents who were free before the first day of May 1806
Margaret Ann Mabry 5208 1850-07-24 17 Female dark complexion 5 4 has a long scar on the right wrist born free/free born Greensville County Willey Mabry is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 21st day of June 1850; was born free in Greensville County. Her grandmother was free before 1st day of May 1806.; 1862 Oct 2nd Renewed as Margaret Ann Hinton she having married
Frances Pelham 5209 1850-07-25 20 Female mulatto complexion 5 1 has a scar on her face near the left corner of her mouth, a mole on the right side of her neck, stutters very badly born free/free born Greensville County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty; was born free in Greensville County of parents who were free before the 1st day of May 1806.
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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
Harriet Jones 5210 1850-07-25 21 Female black complexion 5 4.5 has no mark or scar perceivable born free/free born Greensville County Lizzy Jones is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg made the twenty first day of June one thousand, eight hundred and fifty; was born free in Greensville County of parents who were free before the first day of May 1806.
Caroline Jones 5211 1850-07-25 21 Female brown complexion 4 10 has a small scar on the right side of her face born free/free born Greensville County Maria Butcher is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg made the twenty first day of June one thousand, eight hundred and fifty; was born free in Greensville County of parents who were free before the first day of May 1806.
John Adkins 5212 1805-07-27 21 Male dark complexion 5 6.5 has a scar on his left temple occasioned by a burn and one on the side of the left arm near the elbow born free/free born Sussex County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg made the twenty first day of June 1850; was born free in the County of Sussex. His grandmother, Jane Adkins was free before the first day of May 1806.
Henry Adkins 5213 1805-07-27 21 Male black complexion 5 7.5 has no perceivable mark or scar on his hands, face or neck, slight speech impediment in his speech born free/free born Sussex County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg made the twenty first day of June one thousand, eight hundred and fifty; was born free in the County of Sussex of parents who were descendants of persons who were free before the first day of May 1806.
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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
Ann Jane Rebecca Giles 5214 1850-07-29 20 Female brown complexion 5 3 has a small scar near the first joint of the left thumb born free/free born Petersburg is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made
Elizabeth Valentine 5215 1850-07-29 19 Female black complexion 4 10 has no mark or scar perceivable on her hands, face or neck born free/free born Dinwiddie County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the nineteenth day of April one thousand, eight hundred and fifty; was born free in the County of Dinwiddie of parents who were free the first day of May 1806.
James Diggs 5216 1850-08-05 23 Male black complexion 5 9.5 has a large scar on the left corner of his mouth, one at the left corner of his left eyebrow, one in his right eyebrow and one on his right cheek bone born free/free born Southampton is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made twenty first day of June one thousand, eight hundred and fifty; was born free in the County of Southampton of parents who were free the first day of May 1806.; Renewed 25 Feb 1854; has several scars on back of right hand added to above
Jane Stewart 5217 1850-08-16 24 Female brown complexion 5 2 has a mak in her left eye brow, several small marks on the left side of her face, a mole in the inside of her left hand near the little fingers and a mole on the right side of her neck born free/free born Dinwiddie County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 18th day of September, one thousand, eight hundred and forty seven; was born free in the County of Dinwiddie of parents who were free the 1st day of May 1806.; Renewed July 22 1857.
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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
Mary Jane Halloway 5218 1850-08-17 15 Female dark brown complexion 5 2 has a small scar on her forehead, nearly between her eyebrows, a small mole at the left corner of her left eyebrow born free/free born Eliza Johnson is hereby due registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court made the 16th instant; was born free of parents who were free before the first day of May 1806 in Prince George County; 1851, Sep 8 renewed + another scar on the forefingers of the left hand.
Mary Sykes 5219 1850-08-17 21 Female light brown complexion 5 1 has a scar on her forehead near the right corner of her right eyebrow and one on the right side of her upper lip born free/free born Lucky Sykes is hereby due registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court made the 16th instant; was born free in the town of Petersburg. She is a descendant of persons who were free before the first day of May 1806.
Elizabeth Stewart 5220 1850-08-17 21 light brown complexion 5 2 has a scar on the under ip, one on the back of her right wrist and a mole on the inside of the second finger of the right hand born free/free born is hereby due registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court made the 16th instant; was born free in the town of Petersburg of parents who were free before the first day of May 1806.
Charles Butcher 5221 1850-08-19 29 Male dark brown complexion 5 8 has a scar on the on the lop of his forehead and then immediately between his eyes, one on the under part of his left arm and one on his chin born free/free born Dinwiddie County Dinwiddie County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg made the 16th instant, made the 16th instant; was born free in Dinwiddie County of parents who were free before 1st May 1806 as appears from certificate from clk of Dinwiddie County Court.
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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
Elina Darden 5222 1850-08-19 26 black complexion 5 6 has a scar on the second, third and little finger of the left hand one on the right side of the forehead and one on her right foot born free/free born Southampton County Southampton County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 16th instant; was born free in Southampton County of parents who were free before 1st May 1806 as appears from certificate of her register from Clk of Southampton County no 830
Nancy Darden 5223 1850-08-19 50 Female black complexion 5 3 has a scar on her forehead born free/free born Southampton County Southampton County is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 16th instant; was born free in Southampton County as appears from the certificate of her registry from Clerk of Southampton County Court no 550
Patty 5224 1850-08-19 72 Female black complexion 5 7 has a large scar on her left arm extending from the wrist to the elbow, the little finger of the left hand crooked emancipated by will Elizabeth Gilliam is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 16th instant; was emancipated by the last will + testament of Elizabeth Gilliam decd, admitted to record in the County Court of Sussex County 1 December 1796.
Mathew Myrick 5225 1850-08-19 14 Male dark brown complexion 4 8 has a small scar on his left wrist born free/free born Ellen Myrick is hereby duly registered in obedience to an order of the Hustings Court of the town of Petersburg, made the 16th instant; was born free in the town of Petersburg of parents who are descendants of persons who were free before the 1st day of May 1806.
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