WASHINGTON
COUNTY VIRGINIA (WCV) FREE NEGRO REGISTER 1796-1831:
LIBRARY OF VA, RICHMOND, REEL 460
Jack
Hockett, 3300 Bossuet,
Apt. 3, Montreal, QC H1N 2S9: 28 - 31 Oct 2010 p. 1
: No. 1: May 2d 1796:
King SCOTT
aged 27 years,
dark complexion, about 5 feet 6 inches high, heavy
built, emancipated by
Strangeman HUTCHINS
in Goochland
Court. No. 2:
Peter WASON
(Mason?) aged
26 years, yellow
complexion, about five feet ten inches high, large
built, emancipated by a
Judgment of the county court of Washington the 17th
day of September
1795. No. 3:
Augt. 3rd 1802: William KING,
a black man aged about 24 years, five feet seven or
eight inches high born free
as appears by the affidavit of certain persons by whom
he was raised. No. 4:
Harry COUSINS,
a Mulatto man
slender made about 24 years of age, five feet six or
seven inches high,
reported to have been born free and as such has been
recognized by the law. No. 5:
Jany 18th 1804: LUCK,
otherwise called CATE,
a mulatto
woman aged about forty years, four feet eleven inches
high, slender made, free
born as appears by affidavits filed in the Clerks Office
Feb 22d. Examd. by
Court./// p.
2: No.
6: PATT,
a mulatto woman aged about 31 years, five feet two
inches high, free born as
appears by certain affidavits filed in the Clerks
Office. No. 7:
PATTY,
a black woman aged 18
years, Black colour, five feet two inches high, Slender
made, emancipated by
the judgment of the County Court of Washington the 21st
day of
August 1812. Sept
26th 1812. No. 8:
Fincastle STERRITT,
a mulatto
man about thirty two years of age, five feet 8 ľ inches
high, large whiskers,
emancipated by Deed from Charles S. CARSON,
recorded in the County Court of Washington.
August the 7th 1813. No. 9:
William BROADY,
a mulatto
man, about 28 years old the 20th Feb last,
born 20th Feb
1786, born free in Washington County, five feet 6 ˝
inches high. No. 10:
Eliza COX,
alias Eliza CHAPMAN,
a bright yellow woman twenty
three years of age, five feet seven inches high, has a
small scar in her
forehead, a large scar on the p.
3: right
arm
below the elbow, and a very visible black mole in her
right hand. Free
born in the County of Augusta as
appears by a copy of her register in the said County of
Augusta, November 24th
1816. No. 11:
Isaac FISHER,
a Mulatto man
about twenty nine years of age, about five feet eleven
inches high, a
remarkable scar on his left hand between the thumb &
fore finger a scar
over his right eye and by occupation a Shoemaker. Free born as appears by a Copy of
Register in the County of Dinwiddie
No. 407 & dated 22d Apl. 1812. – October 19th
1818. No. 12:
John, alias John WAKE, a
Black man about twenty five years of age, about five
feet five & a half
inches high. A
scar on his right hand
& leg & a scar on his left hand, thigh &
foot & by occupation a
Black Smith. Emancipated
by the
judgment of the Superior Court of Law for Washington
County the 29th
day of September 1820. Augt. 17th 1821. No. 13:
Joseph ALEXANDER,
a yellow
man, about five feet eight inches high, about Thirty one
years old, has a lump
on his forehead said to be occasioned by a fall. Free born as appears by a
Certificate of his Register in the
Office of the Hustings Court of Staunton. Jany. 20th
1823. p.
4: No.
14: OLIVER,
a very black man, about thirty
years of age, about five feet nine inches high. A large Scar on the left Side of
his neck extending to &
effecting his ear.
Free born in the
County of Smith. Feby
17th
1824. (Perhaps: See Oliver Wright, FPC, s/o
Viney, 1850c, WCV; murdered by J.
Snead, c1855. Jh) No. 15:
SPENCER,
a mulatto man, about
twenty seven years of age, five feet eight inches high,
right eye injured and a
small felon on it, a large Scar on the top of his right
foot cut with an axe, a
scar on the left side of his neck just below the ear. Free born in the County of
Washington as appears by the affidavit
of Francis SMITH. Feby. 17th
1824. (Perhaps:
See Spencer Kilpatrick, FPC, s/o Viney, 1850c,
WCV –jh) No. 16:
Polly COX,
a mulatto woman
twenty eight years of age was born free in Goochland
county – has lived in
Washington county about 20 years and passed as a free
woman. No. 17:
Eliza COX,
a mulatto girl
born free in the county of Washington on the 16th
day of December
1815, daughter of Polly COX. p.
5: No.
18: copy
delivered: John
BYRD, aged twenty one years, five feet
seven & three quarter
inches high, brown complexion, a scar on the middle
finger of the right hand,
by occupation a planter, born free, as appears by a
certificate of his register
in the county of Dinwiddie. April 25th 1831. No. 19:
copy delivered: Edmund MUNFORD,
aged twenty (blank)
years, five feet
five & a half inches high, black complexion, two
small scars on his
forehead, by occupation a planter, born free, as appears
by a certificate of
his register in the county of Dinwiddie April 24th
1831. Born
in 1804. No. 20:
JOHN,
alias John TATE,
a dark mulatto, five feet six
& a half inches high, twenty five or six years of
age. Emancipated by Deed
from the heirs of Genl. William TATE
decd. Sept 27th 1831. Note: The
register is undated, but reference to
“County of Smyth” (sic) date it to 1832 or thereafter.
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