Pittsylvania County "Register of Free Negroes", 1807-1865

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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
Betsy		Going		53	1824-11-16	28	Female	mulatto	5	2.5	has long black hair and very black eyes, has a large neck of a wen like appearance and no apparent scar or mark	born free/free born							Copd again & certd the 17 Decr 1827
Daniel		Scott		54	1825-04-15		Male	bright mulatto	5	5.5	has thick bushy hair is a thick well made man has no apparent mark or scar except two scars on the instep of the left foot about one inch apart	born free/free born							thirty seven years of age the 20th day of June 1824
Chesley		Young		55			Male	bright mulatto	6		has no apparent mark or scar except a small scar on the nose & a scar on the left leg	born free/free born			Charlotte County			Mary	twenty three years old the 30th day of December next; son of Anthony Young

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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
Jim				56	1825-06-20	44	Male	bright mulatto; light complexion	5	9	with a scar on the middle finger of his left hand	emancipated by will		George Harraway	Charlotte County

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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
Molly				57	1825-08-20		Female	light complexion	5	3.25	has a scar on her right arm & a small scar on her breast	emancipated by will		George Harraway	Charlotte County				37 years old last March
Una		Chavis		58	1825-08-12	24	Female	dark mulatto	3	3.25	has black bushy hair and a scar on the inside of her right arm near the elbow	other							Previously held in slavery by John Arthur who obtained her by gift from William Bennett but has lately recovered her freedom by a suit in the County Court of Pittsylvania as being descendant of a free woman

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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			James Denson	59	1825-09-19	42		black	5	8	has a small not or scar on his right wrist which he says was occasioned by the cut of an axe, and no other mark or scar apparent	born free/free born			Southampton County				Renewed 17 Nov: 1828 & no copy
Robert			Towler	60	1825-09-19		Male	bright mulatto	6	0.75	stout made has short woolly hair & has no apparent mark or scar	emancipated by deed		Heirs of Joseph Towler					permitted to remain in state by an order of Court by said County

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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
Benjamin		Chavers		61	1826-02-20	50	Male	black	5	7	stammers a little in his speech has no apparent scar or mark has short coarse hair & has lost his upper teeth	born free/free born			Franklin County
Malinda				62	1828-04-17		Female	bright mulatto	5	6	has a smooth skin with long straight black hair, has a small scar on her chin, one on the wrist of the right arm occasioned by a burn and two other small ones on the same arm between the wrist and elbow	emancipated by will		Sarah Herndon

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