Petersburg City "Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes", 1819-1833

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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
William		Vaughan		989	1819-11-04	13	Male	very light complexion	4	8	has straight brown hair Grey eyes & a small white speck in the sight or centre of his right eye, a scar on the outer part of his right leg a little below the knee & also on the knee	born free/free born					Town of Petersburg	Sarah Vaughan	mulatto boy
Jiney		Winn	Jane Elliott	83	1819-11-09	46	Female	brown mulatto woman	5	7	her right leg & ankle much swelled has a black mole on right side of her face little back of her cheek bone						having been since married		now by name Jane Elliott having been since married
Milly		Ruffin	Milly Epes	990	1819-11-22	26	Female	dark brown complection	5	8	has a scar on her left arm between the Elbow & wrist	born free/free born			City of Richmond				reentered July 22 1822
Mira				991	1819-12-07	20	Female	dark brown	5	0.5	has a small scar on her left cheek bone & another near the centre of her forehead and also scars on her right hand & wrist above & below & near where the hand joins the writst	emancipated by decree	Prince George County	Elizabeth Pegram					set free by Judgement of the Supr Ct of Pr. George confirmed by Court of Appeals
Melissa				992	1819-12-07	17	Female	dark brown	5	0.5	has a scar on her forehead nearly between her eye brows and also on the outer part of her left arm about midway between the rist & elbow	emancipated by decree	Prince George County	Elizabeth Pegram					set free by Judgement of the Supr Ct of Pr. George confirmed by Court of Appeals

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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
Tom			Thomas Davies	993	1819-12-28	42	Male	dark brown	5	7.5	has a scar under his left eye, on his upper lip at the corner on the right side is stout made & has a [struck: full] large flat face	emancipated by deed	Petersburg	Ebenezer [Sloot]
David		Cary Jr.		994	1820-01-07	28	Male	dark brown	5	7	has a scar on the upper joint of his left thumb where it joins the hand	born free/free born			Charles City County		Charles City County		By trade a Blacksmith, renewed 31st March 1823 renewed 30 Aug 1826 renewed Jany 1827 renewed by order of Ct. 18 Sept 1828
Maria		Brown		995	1820-02-14	22	Female	dark brown	5	10	has two slight marks on her left cheek near the [point] just below her ear some appearance of marks on both Ears produced from having had hole made wch are grown up	born free/free born					Williamsburg
John		White		996	1820-02-28	21	Male	dark brown	5	4.5	has a scar on back of his right hand nearly where it joins the rist & along scar on his left arm just above the elbow	born free/free born					Town of Petersburg		has worked some times at the Blacksmiths & Coopers trades Renewed 9 March 1838 renewed 1839 June 22, renewed 21 May 1844. Reentered with addition to the above description: has now a scar across the front of his right thigh, height 5 feet 5 inches & follows business of cooper.

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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
Peggy		Brandon		997	1820-02-29	20	Female	brown complection	5	1.5	has a scar leading from left side of her nose to her lip & one also under part of her left arm below the elbow	born free/free born					Petersburg		Re-entered 6th Dec 1823
Julia		Waldane	Julia Waldene Chavis	998	1820-02-29	20	Female	brown complection	5	2	has small scars on the upper joint of her right thumb near where it joins the wrist another midway of the same arm to the elbow, two small moles on her left hand.	born free/free born					Petersburg		Re-entered 29 Oct 1822, 22 Apl 1826, 13 Nov 1830, 21 Nov 1831, 1 Dec 1832
Martha		Lewis		999	1820-02-29	18	Female	brown complection	4	11	a large scar on her head just above her right Ear a long scar also on her left arm just above the elbow joint	born free/free born					Petersburg	Levita Lewis	Re-entered 1 July 1822
Martha		Thomas		1000	1820-02-29	21	Female	brown complection	5	7	a small scar near the side of her right eye one on her left arm at the elbow joint & 2 just over her right breast	born free/free born					Petersburg		Renewed 26 Sept 1831, 26 Jany 1845, 28 June 1851
Cresse		Valentine		1001	1820-02-29	21	Female	brown complection	5	5.5	a small scar on her right cheek along one on the under part her left arm at the elbow joint	born free/free born					Petersburg		Renewed 29 August 1831, 5 March 1835, 9 Sept 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
James		King		1002	1820-02-29	9	Male	dark brown	4		a scar near the top on the back part of his head about the size of a quarter of a dollar that the hair is off							Phillis Lewis formerly registered as Milly King in former book	mother, Phillis Lewis / Milly King is wife of Ambros Lewis, her registration number is 689
Peggy		Lewis		1003	1820-02-29	1	Female	rather light brown			hair rather strait							Phillis Lewis formerly registered as Milly King in former book	mother, Phillis Lewis / Milly King is wife of Ambros Lewis, her registration number is 689
Milly		King		1004	1820-02-29	11	Female	dark brown complection	4	3									Milly King is the sister of Phillis Lewis by whose desire she is registered. Renewed 26 March 1828 19 yrs old 5 feet 3 1/2 in high in shoes scar on the first joint of the forefinger of her left hand on back of her right hand and one at back of her right
Samuel		Brown		1005	1820-02-29	13	Male	dark near black complexion	4	9	marked with a scar, dark, under his left eye, and also on inside of his left arm about halfway from the rist to elbow	born free/free born					Petersburg	Sally Valentine	Registration renewed 28th April 1828, 21 years old, 5ft 8in in shoes, carpenter by trade, renewed 6 Sept. 1831, 2nd July 1835, 9 Jany 1838, 30 Dec. 1839 (See No. 2762)
William		Lewis		1006	1820-02-29	11	Male	dark brown complection			small scar at inner part his left eye brow							Sucky Lewis	Wm. Lewis registered on following page, in the charge of Ambrose Lewis, mother's brother, Sucky Lewis was deceased
John		Giles		1007	1820-02-29	8	Male	dark brown complection			has a scar upper part his left breast one near the throat, appear but slight free burn					-----09-08		Sucky Lewis	father is Guy Gilesmother, Sucky Lewis was deceased
Nancy		Lewis		1008	1820-02-29	2	Female	brown complexion			has a scar across the inner part her right arm near the wrist					-----03-26		Sucky Lewis	Nancy Lewis aunt, Sucky Lewis, mother deceased
Augustus		Lewis		1009	1820-02-29	0.25	Male	brown complexion										Sucky Lewis	(See number 2949) In the charge of Elira Curl, mother Sucky Lewis deceased, uncle Ambrose Lewis

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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
Agniss		Lewis		1010	1820-02-29	10	Female	brown complection			a scar on right side her neck rather behind	born free/free born				0000-05-28	Petersburg	Nancy Lewis	Renewed Augt 24 1831 21 yrs old 26 May last 5ft 3 inches high
Wm		Joiner		1011	1820-02-29	18	Male	dark brown complexion	5	6.5	small marks or scar, one a little off the outer side of left eye the other opposite the inner side of the same on the side of his nose	born free/free born					Petersburg	Dolly Joiner	by trade a Carpenter
Amy		Joiner		1012	1820-02-29	13	Female	dark complection near black	4	11.5	a scar on the upper edge of her left wrist holes in her ears	born free/free born				0000-05-16	Petersburg	Dolly Joiner	Reentered 11 June 1825, 9 June 1831
Jane				1013	1820-02-29	28	Female	dark complection near black	5	3	a small dark mark on her right cheek	born free/free born			Sussex County		Sussex County		Reentered 5 June 1831
Harriot		Clarke		1014	1820-02-29	21	Female	light brown complection	5	4.5	scar under her chin, on her right cheek & in her right eye brow, holes in her Ears	born free/free born					Petersburg

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