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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 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
Robert Tagan Robert Traylor 923 1831-12-28 21 Male Light brown 5 7.5 born free/free born Petersburg Anna Fagan
Thomas Ferguson 2125 1831-12-29 21 Male rather light brown 5 7.5 small mark or scar on inner part of left eye brow; very sml. {sic} speck or mole underneath outer part of same eye born free/free born Petersburg Occupation Blacksmith, 29 Mch 1839 Renewed. description same. Augt 8, 1835 Renewed; Augt 28, 1838 ditto
Mills Cosby 2126 1832-01-02 21 Male brown 5 8.5 very small scrach [sic]or mark on right side upper lip & one nearly like it just above the said lip about under his left nostril; a small mark or [pit] a little to the left side the centre [sic] of forehead born free/free born Occupation tobacco twister
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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
Moses Jenkins 2127 1832-01-05 1832-01-05 44 Male Brown 5 6.75 None born free/free born DM Bernard Dimwiddie registration number: 1142
Ruffin Hill 2128 1832-01-11 1832-01-11 19 Male Yellowish complexion 5 5.5 Scar on the inside of right leg Just above the knee. born free/free born John Butterworth DM Bernard Under the charge of Henry Hill, his uncle. Deaf and Dumb
Mary Hill 2129 1832-01-11 1832-01-11 15 Female Dark Brown 5 2.5 Scar on her breast, a little to the right of the center born free/free born John Butterworth DM Bernard Under the charge of Henry Hill, her uncle.
Betsy Harris 2130 1832-01-16 1832-01-16 20 Female Dark Brown 5 4.75 Scar on the right side of her neck born free/free born Chesterfield DM Bernard Renewal March 12, 1938 as of this renewal, new height: 5 foot 5.5 also new scar on her right wrist. Renewal June 21, 1844. Renewal July 1, 1857.
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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 Underdue 2131 1832-01-19 1832-01-19 31 Male brownish complexion 5 4.75 has a black mole near the right corner of his mouth and a scar on the right side of his nose near the eye born free/free born Norfolk Borough DM Bernard Height is in shoes; previous registration number is 210
William Burnett 2132 1832-01-19 1832-01-24 Male very bright mulatto complexion has a small scar on his nose, immediately between his eyes and another in his right eyebrow born free/free born DM Bernard Birthday is noted as being September 2. No year recorded.
Jefferson Gray 2133 1832-02-29 1832-02-29 21 Male dark brown complexion 5 8 has a scar at the end of the forefinger on his right hand born free/free born Hustings Court of Richmond DM Bernard Previous registration number 1715
John Dungee 2134 1832-03-02 1832-03-02 28 Male bright mulatto complexion 5 8.5 has a scar on his right cheek bone and one on the under part of his right arm, the latter of which was occasioned by a burn born free/free born Hustings Court of Richmond DM Bernard Height is in shoes; original certificate is 253; license renewed on Oct. 28, 1833; July 20, 1835; September 20, 1836; and December 2, 1837.
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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
Rachael 2135 1832-02-02 48 Female Dark brown 5.4 Small pit near the centre of her forehead and a scar at the outer corner of her right eye emancipated Gloncester County John S. Stubbs DM Bernard Renewed 21 day of May 1833, ditto 22 day of July 1834, ditto 30 day of June 1837
Jenny Adkins 2136 1832-02-03 48 Female Black 5.5 Large scar on her right arm a little above the wrist emancipated Super County DM Bernard Renewed 15 Mar 1838, 21 March 1850, 27 June 1851
Patsy Gray 2137 1832-02-05 31 Female Brownish 5.3 A scar over her right eye, and one on her nose between her eyes born free/free born DM Bernard
Jordan Thomas 1832-02-12 Male Very dark 5.11 Scar on the back of his right hand and one on the middle finger of the same hand near the end born free/free born DM Bernard Renewed 3 July, 1837, ditto 20 Sept 1838
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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
Shadrach Hanson 2139 1832-03-21 1832-03-21 32 Male a bright yellow complexion 5 9 has a mark on his left cheek born free/free born DM Bernard
Thomas Campbell 2140 1832-03-27 1832-03-27 Male dark brown complexion scar at the upper corner of his left ear occasioned by a burn born free/free born 1823-04-01 Polly Campbell woman of color free DM Bernard Was certified as free by the oath of Agnes Stevens; has a renewal under number 3113
William Campbell 2141 1832-03-27 1832-03-27 brownish complexion has a small scar on the back of his right hand occasioned by a burn born free/free born 1827-11-27 Polly Campbell woman of color free DM Bernard Was certified as free by the oath of Agnes Stevens; has a renewal under number 3118
Louisa Louisa Ruffin 2142 1832-03-27 1832-03-12 60 Female very dark brown complexion 5 5.5 has two small moles on her right cheek about an inch from the corner of her mouth and a small hole on the point of her nose emancipated by deed Petersburg City Court Aggy Minge DM Bernard
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