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Petersburg City "Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes", 1831-1839

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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
Baylor Richardson Baylor Matthews 2045 1831-09-26 1831-09-26 36 Male 5 7.5 has a scar over his right eye and another on his right wrist born free/free born DM Bernard Renewed 1837-03-06; 1839-15-1839; 1840-17-08
William Fells 2046 1831-09-27 1831-09-27 22 Brownish complexion 5 7 has a scar on his right wrist and one much smaller between his eyebrows born free/free born DM Bernard Renewed 1838-03-19; 1842-09-29
Sarah Ann Turner 2047 1831-09-27 1831-09-27 15 Female dark brown complexion 5 a small scar under her left eye and one under her right jaw; large gap between her upper front teeth born free/free born Milly Turner DM Bernard Renewed 1835-06-06; 1852-12-13
Martha Turner 2048 1831-09-27 1831-09-27 10 Female yellowish complexion has a small scar on her right arm near the elbow another in her right eyebrow born free/free born Milly Turner DM Bernard Renewed 1852-07-3 5 Ft 6 Inches high
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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
Nancy Turner 2049 1831-09-27 1831-09-27 8 Female yellowish complexion without any perceivable mark or scar born free/free born Milly Turner DM Bernard Renewed 1844-06-24 5 ft 3 inches a scar on the first knuckle bone of the right hand; Renewed 1848-06-05 a small scar over the right eyebrow one near the left corner of the eyebrow one below the jawbone near the left corner; Renewed 1857-09-01
Eliza Turner 2050 1831-09-27 1831-09-27 12 Female yellowish complexion has a small scar on her right arm near the elbow born free/free born Milly Turner free women of color DM Bernard Eliza entered separately 1835-11-23
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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
Jane Wilson 1108 1831-09-28 14 Female Light Yellow Complexion 4 10 Has a scar in her right eye brow. born free/free born Mary Wilson Born free as appears by her former Registry in this office - is duly registered with the (illegible) of her said mother under wise charge she still is this 28th day of September 1831. Renewed 9th July 1833. ditto 21st November 1835 5 feet 2 inches.
Rebecca Henderson 2054 1831-09-29 20 Female Bright Mulatto 4 10 Has a small scar over her right eye and another under the same . born free/free born free woman of color is hereby registered as the law directs.
Lizzy Tucker 2055 1831-09-30 21 Female Dark Brown 4 10.5 Has a scar on the right side of her breast occasioned by a burn - has bushy hair. born free/free born A free woman of color is hereby duly registered as the law directs & is of the following description to wit 4 ft 10 1/2 inches high in shoes. and was born free as appears by a certificate from the clerk of Nottoway County (illegible) Septemb 30th 1831. Renewe 1 Sept 1840. Renewed 18th March 1845. Reviewed 25 many 1846 . Review 28 April 1852.
Elsy Tucker 2056 40 Female Black Complexion 5 2.5 Has a scar on her forehead & one on her left wrist. born free/free born Hereby duly registered as the law directs. Was born free as appears by a certificate from hthe clerk of Nottoway County Court. September 30th 1831. Renewed March 2nd `838
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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 Ann Guilliam 2057 1831-10-03 24 Female Very Light Completion 5 6 Small brown mole on the inner or upper side her left arm near the shoulder, with long strait dark brown hair, black eyes. born free/free born 24 yrs old 9th March last. Completion such as would admit her paying as a white woman where not known - born free in the Country of Prince George entered 3rd October 1831.
Dance Brown 2058 1831-10-04 39 Male Brownish Completion 5 8.25 Has a small scar in his left eye brown and three others but much larger on the outside of his left leg . born free/free born A free ma of color is hereby duly registered as the law directs. Was born free as papers by a certificate from the Clerk of the Hastings Court of Richmond Octo 4th 1831.
Robert Harris 2059 21 Male Dark Brown Complexion 5 7.25 Has a scar on the right side of is forehead and another on the lower part of his neck to the front. born free/free born A free man of color is hereby (illegible) registered as the law directs. And was born free as a appears by the oath of Mary Ann Davis.
Mary Ann Mason Arnott 2060 15 Female Very Light Complexion Has a faint scar near the centre of her forehead and is much freckled in the face & on back of her hand her wrist. born free/free born Sally Mason Born free in the town of Petersburg daughter of Sally Mason Arnot a free woman of colour under whose charge she now is & by whose desire registered 4th Oct. 1831
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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
William Mason Arnot 2061 1831-10-04 1831-10-04 13 Male very light complexion some few freckles in his face and a flesh mole on the inside of each of his arms near the elbow joint, strait black hair born free/free born Petersberg Sally Mason Arnot free J. Grammer
Beckey Harris 2062 1831-10-04 1831-10-04 24 Female black complexion 5 has a large scar on the back of her neck and shoulders, occasioned by a burn. born free/free born DM Bernard
Polly Freeman 2063 1831-10-05 1831-10-05 20 Female dark complexion 5 1.75 has a small scar on the underpart her left arm near the elbow joint below a small mark scratch on back of her left wrist Scars on the knuckle of her first finger of her left hand. born free/free born Petersberg J.Grammer Renewed 1838-03-14. Renewed 1844-06-27 large scar on right arm occasioned by a burn. Renewed 1850-08-19
Woodson Marks 2064 1831-10-05 1831-10-05 Male light yellow complexion 5 9.75 has a small scar at the corner of his right eyebrow + a small white flesh mark on his right arm between the elbow and shoulder. born free/free born DM Bernard
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