Rockbridge County "Register of Free Negroes", 1831-1860

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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
Major		Beverley			1834-07-22	72	Male	mulatto complexion	5	4.5	Short curly hair, inclined to be grey, has no scars or perceivable	born free/free born				XXXX-11-20	Amherst County
James		Maxwell			1834-09-10	50	Male	bright mulatto	5	6.25	Hair inclined to be straight, has a scar on the wrist of the right arm, also a scar on the knuckle of the forefinger of the right hand, has a piece out of the left ear, occasioned by the bite of a man	born free/free born					Hanover County		been a resident of Rockbridge County for about 30 years

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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
Jacob		Douglas	Vias		1834-10-04	21	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	10	Has a scar on the left eyebrow near the nose, the little finger on the left hand crooked, occasioned by the cut of a sickle, bushy hair inclined to be curly	born free/free born				XXXX-02-XX	Botetourt County	Patsy Vias
Samuel		Matthews			1834-10-06	36	Male	bright mulatto	5	8.5	Hair inclined to be straight, has a scar on the top of the third finger of the left hand, and a small scar on the wrist of the right arm near the hand	born free/free born				XXXX-09-20	Rockbridge County	Dianna Matthews

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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
Nancy		Maxwell			1834-10-06	52	Female	bright mulatto	5	8.75	Hair inclined to be straight, has a scar on the upper lip near the nose	born free/free born					Amherst County		Wife of James Maxwell, has resided in Rockbridge County for the last 44 years
Cyrus		Taylor			1834-10-06	50	Male	colour black	5	11.25	Short curly hair, has a large scar on the left arm above and below the elbow occasioned by a burn, has a scar on the second joint of the little finger of the left hand and finger crooked, has lost some of his teeth and the bottom appeared to be much decayed	emancipated	Rockbridge County	Ann Taylor with the approbation of Stuart Taylor

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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
Jesse		Minor			1835-05-04	35	Male	black colour	6	1	Short curly hair, has two scars on the left arm between the wrist and elbow	born free/free born				XXXX-03-15	Rockbridge County		lived with Maj. James Lyle of Rockbridge County until 21 years of age
George	W	Johns			1835-07-07	28	Male	mulatto colour	5	5.5	Curly hair, has a lump between the elbow and wrist occasioned by having the arm broken	born free/free born				XXXX-03-XX	Amherst County	Has resided in this county about 8 years	resided in Rockbridge County about 8 years

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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
Andy					1835-08-03	35	Male	black middling to copper colour	5	9.75	Short curly hair, a scar on the point of the cheekbone near the right eye, also two scars on the top of the wrist of the right hand	emancipated by will	Rockbridge County	John Walker
Mary		Shields			1835-08-13	21	Female	bright mulatto	5	2	Has a scar between the wrist and thumb of the left hand, also a scar on the upper part of the left breast, long curly hair	born free/free born					Rockbridge County

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