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Meant to last for only one year after the war, the Bureau was largely operational from June 1865 to December 1868, and officially abolished in 1872.","Freedmen's Contracts","Local offices of the Freedmen's Bureau assisted in drawing up contracts between formerly enslaved people and employers. These contracts were meant to ensure that the formerly enslaved were accorded fair and legal work contracts that included precise terms of employment. However, because many formerly enslaved people were forced to enter into arrangements with former enslavers, arrangements could be largely ignored or abused. They eventually morphed into sharecropping and debt peonage. Contracts usually specify the dates of the expected employment, the occupation of the employee, expected wages and housing arrangements, and any rent that was to be paid to the employer. These records were generated by the federal government and therefore many are housed in the National Archives, however a few localities retained possession of these records in their courthouses after the dissolution of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1872.","Freedmen's Apprenticeship Indentures","In the fall of 1865, the Freedmen's Bureau assumed responsibility as the governing body for apprenticeship indentures and oversaw the binding out of children of formerly enslaved people to indenture holders. Although these contracts were generated by the federal government, a few localities retained possession and they were filed in the courthouse as Freedmen's Bureau records. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.","Locality History:Lunenburg County was named for George II, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, a German possession of the Hanoverian kings of England. It was formed from Brunswick County in 1745.","Lunenburg County (Va) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records were previously described in Lunenburg County (Va.) Freedmen's Contracts, 1865-1866, and Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Bonds and Indentures, 1865-1867. These were combined with other Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records for the locality in 2024 to enhance the context between the various records.","Nottoway County (Va.) Freedmen's Bureau Apprenticeship Indentures, 1866-1867, were previous housed and described with the Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Bonds and Indentures, 1865-1867, now described in Lunenburg County (Va) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records. For unknown reasons, these records, were filed in Lunenburg County and mistakenly identified as orphans bonds because most of the African American children indentured were orphans. Lunenburg County and Nottoway County were in the same military district following the Civil War. The military authority was headquartered in Lunenburg County courthouse.","These records have been scanned and indexed by L. Neuroth and other LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.","Encoded by A. Simpson, 2009; updated by  M. Mason, February 2024","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1802-1865","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1799-1868","See also: Nottoway County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866-1867","Records related to free and enslaved people of LunenburgCounty (Va.) and other localities are available through the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Lunenburg County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.  Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.","Lunenburg County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1869, consists of Freedmen's Bureau Apprenticeship Indentures, 1865-1867; Freedmen's Contracts, 1865-1866; and various correspondence and records, 1865-1868.","Apprenticeship Bonds and Indentures, 1865-1867, consist of twenty-seven indentures which record the binding of Black and multiracial children to individuals for the purpose of learning a trade. Both are contractual agreements between the indenture holder and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau. They stipulate the amount the indenture holder agreed to pay to the Freedmen's Bureau in exchange for the child to be bound to them by the Freedmen's Bureau; length of apprenticeship; and a statement of the obligations and responsibilities of each party. Information found in the apprenticeship indentures include names of the indenture holder and Freedmen's Bureau agents, bond amount, date of indenture, names and age of the apprentice, and name of trade.","Freedmen's Contracts, 1865-1866, consist of a little over 300 (2 boxes) employment contracts between formerly enslaved Black and multiracial individuals and their employers. 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These contracts were meant to ensure that the formerly enslaved were accorded fair and legal work contracts that included precise terms of employment. However, because many formerly enslaved people were forced to enter into arrangements with former enslavers, arrangements could be largely ignored or abused. They eventually morphed into sharecropping and debt peonage. Contracts usually specify the dates of the expected employment, the occupation of the employee, expected wages and housing arrangements, and any rent that was to be paid to the employer. These records were generated by the federal government and therefore many are housed in the National Archives, however a few localities retained possession of these records in their courthouses after the dissolution of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1872.","Freedmen's Apprenticeship Indentures","In the fall of 1865, the Freedmen's Bureau assumed responsibility as the governing body for apprenticeship indentures and oversaw the binding out of children of formerly enslaved people to indenture holders. Although these contracts were generated by the federal government, a few localities retained possession and they were filed in the courthouse as Freedmen's Bureau records. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.","Locality History:Lunenburg County was named for George II, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, a German possession of the Hanoverian kings of England. It was formed from Brunswick County in 1745.","Lunenburg County (Va) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records were previously described in Lunenburg County (Va.) Freedmen's Contracts, 1865-1866, and Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Bonds and Indentures, 1865-1867. These were combined with other Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records for the locality in 2024 to enhance the context between the various records.","Nottoway County (Va.) Freedmen's Bureau Apprenticeship Indentures, 1866-1867, were previous housed and described with the Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Bonds and Indentures, 1865-1867, now described in Lunenburg County (Va) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records. For unknown reasons, these records, were filed in Lunenburg County and mistakenly identified as orphans bonds because most of the African American children indentured were orphans. Lunenburg County and Nottoway County were in the same military district following the Civil War. The military authority was headquartered in Lunenburg County courthouse.","These records have been scanned and indexed by L. Neuroth and other LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.","Encoded by A. Simpson, 2009; updated by  M. Mason, February 2024","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1802-1865","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1799-1868","See also: Nottoway County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866-1867","Records related to free and enslaved people of LunenburgCounty (Va.) and other localities are available through the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Lunenburg County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.  Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.","Lunenburg County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1869, consists of Freedmen's Bureau Apprenticeship Indentures, 1865-1867; Freedmen's Contracts, 1865-1866; and various correspondence and records, 1865-1868.","Apprenticeship Bonds and Indentures, 1865-1867, consist of twenty-seven indentures which record the binding of Black and multiracial children to individuals for the purpose of learning a trade. Both are contractual agreements between the indenture holder and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau. They stipulate the amount the indenture holder agreed to pay to the Freedmen's Bureau in exchange for the child to be bound to them by the Freedmen's Bureau; length of apprenticeship; and a statement of the obligations and responsibilities of each party. Information found in the apprenticeship indentures include names of the indenture holder and Freedmen's Bureau agents, bond amount, date of indenture, names and age of the apprentice, and name of trade.","Freedmen's Contracts, 1865-1866, consist of a little over 300 (2 boxes) employment contracts between formerly enslaved Black and multiracial individuals and their employers. Contracts usually specify the dates of the expected employment, the occupation of the employee, expected wages and housing arrangements and any rent that is to be paid to the employer.","Various correspondence and records, 1867-1869, related to the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau, Military Districts, and the Lunenburg County Court. These records include the following:","Circular [printed], 1867 May 28, of General Order No. 31, noting the role of Military Commissioners in keeping local order.","Circular, 1867 June 6, in which Brevet Captain D. J. Connolly announced his assumption of the office of Military Commissioner for the counties of Nottoway and Lunenburg.","Circular, 1867, concerning the impending regulation of the local court to \"protect the Freedmen in their rights of person \u0026 property\" and ensure the impartial treatment of all.","Letter, 1867, to the County Court of Lunenburg from D. J. 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They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.","Locality History:Lunenburg County was named for George II, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, a German possession of the Hanoverian kings of England. It was formed from Brunswick County in 1745."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLunenburg County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1869. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1869. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. 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These were combined with other Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records for the locality in 2024 to enhance the context between the various records.","Nottoway County (Va.) Freedmen's Bureau Apprenticeship Indentures, 1866-1867, were previous housed and described with the Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Bonds and Indentures, 1865-1867, now described in Lunenburg County (Va) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records. For unknown reasons, these records, were filed in Lunenburg County and mistakenly identified as orphans bonds because most of the African American children indentured were orphans. Lunenburg County and Nottoway County were in the same military district following the Civil War. The military authority was headquartered in Lunenburg County courthouse.","These records have been scanned and indexed by L. 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Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi02902#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi02902","ead_ssi":"vi_vi02902","_root_":"vi_vi02902","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi02902","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi02902.xml","title_ssm":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1743-1921 (bulk 1887-1913)"],"title_tesim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1743-1921 (bulk 1887-1913)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1743-1921 (bulk 1887-1913)"],"text":["Lunenburg County (Va.) 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Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.","Locality History: Lunenburg County was named for King George II, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a German possession of England's Hanoverian kings. It was formed from Brunswick County by an act that took effect on 1 May 1746. Part of Lunenburg County was added in 1777. 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The localities/local government authorities were largely responsible for enforcing laws that restricted the movement of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people and the resulting documentation was often filed in the circuit courts. The ways in which local authorities enacted legal measures against or on behalf of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people varied from locality to locality; therefore records were not necessarily standardized or filed and retained in a consistent manner. This collection is topical and a means by which to compile miscellaneous documents related to free and enslaved people that are not established local government record types.","\"Free Negro\" Tax Records","In 1801, the Virginia Legislature passed an act requiring commissioners of the revenue to annually return a complete list of all free Black Virginians within their districts, with their names, sex, place of abode, and trades.","Delinquent tax lists include names of free Black individuals returned delinquent and sometimes why they were returned, such as \"no property,\" \"removed,\" or \"not found.\" In 1853, the General Assembly passed a law allowing the taxes raised on free Black men and women to be collected in a fund to be applied to the removal of these individuals as a part of the recolonization effort.","Requisitions for Public Use","These records include requisition lists filed in local courts and payroll records of the Virginia Engineer Department. Virginia enacted legislation as early as July 1, 1861 during the Civil War to requisition enslaved and free Black people to work on military fortifications and other defensive works around the commonwealth. From 1862 to 1863, at the request of the president of the Confederate States, the General Assembly passed three more laws that requisitioned enslaved laborers to work on fortifications and other works of the defense. Each county and city were given a certain number of enslaved laborers that had to be provided to the government under the requisition act. Payroll records of the Engineer Department include payrolls of enslaved people that worked on fortifications and other defenses as the result of an 1861 Act of Assembly calling for defense of the Commonwealth.","Locality History: Lunenburg County was named for George II, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, a German possession of the Hanoverian kings of England. It was formed from Brunswick County in 1745.","Starting in 2023, Library of Virginia archival staff in partnership with the Virginia Untold Project Manager began efforts to describe records related to free and enslaved Black and multiracial people in a manner that improved the historical context of the records. In doing so, in some cases material once described within the \"Free and Enslaved\" record group for a locality may no longer be described within this record. When this has occurred, please see the Processing Information and Related Materials section for records that have been described separately.","Certificates of Registration were removed from this record in February 2024 and are now described in Lunenburg County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1812-1813.","Encoded by S. Nerney, 2006; updated by M. Mason, February 2024.","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1800-1865","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1812-1813","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1869","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1799-1868","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Business Records, 1835-1924  contains accounts books pertaining to enslaved laborers and the selling of enslaved individuals.","Records related to free and enslaved people of Lunenburg County(Va.) and other localities are available through the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Lunenburg County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Lunenburg County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1802-1865, includes \"Free Negro\" tax lists, 1802-1810; Requisition for Public Use Records, 1862-1865 and undated; Civil War claims, 1865-1868; and a sale account, 1825.","\"Free Negro\" tax lists, 1802-1810, consist of four tax lists created by a Commissioners of Revenue for the county. These tax lists record the name, sex, and place of abode of each person on the list and the trade or occupation for each head of household. On the 1802 and one of the 1803 lists, families are grouped together as one entry and familial relationships are given. Occasionally a person is noted as being emancipated from slavery.","Requisition for Public Use Records, 1862-1865 and undated, consist of court orders, 1863-1865; a letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith in response to a protest from Lunenburg citizens over the requisitions; printed communications, 1864, from the Virginia Executive Department; and lists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved persons sent under requisition to work on the public defenses.","Court orders, 1863-1865, consist of four orders concerning the requisitioning of enslaved persons for use on the public works. The orders either command the justices to make lists of eligible enslaved persons to make up Lunenburg's required allotment or concern resisting the state's requisition.","The letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith is a reply to the citizens of Lunenburg who had submitted to him resolutions opposing some of the requirements of the enslaved persons requisition. Smith encourages Lunenburg's citizens to participate cheerfully in the requisition or face the Confederate impressment officer.","Communications, 1864, from the Executive Department are printed letters from the governor and annexed schedules concerning the requisition of enslaved persons to work on the fortifications at Richmond. There are two letters, two schedules, and a copy of the March 13, 1863, Act of Assembly passed to amend and re-enact the 1862 act to provide for the public defense. The letters order the county to comply and the annexed schedules indicate how many slaves each county is required to provide.","Lists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved individuals sent under requisition to work on the public defenses are lists of enslavers and the numbers of enslaved persons that they have sent under the requisition. Enslaved names are not given. Some of the lists have multiple columns indicating numbers of enslaved individuals sent on different dates. Some lists note exemptions or other information about a enslaver and his particular situation regarding the requisition. A few of the lists seem to indicate an individual enslaver's total number of persons enslaved as well as the numbers sent to the public works. Some of the lists are recorded by numbered magisterial district and several of the lists are undated.","Civil War claims, 1865-1868, include the following: an affidavit, 1865, which lists the names of 81 individuals enslaved by Mary A. Cox; an affidavit, 1867, which lists the names and ages of 30 persons enslaved by R. J. H. Hatchett and M. A. Wilson who were considered \"property lost by results of War\"; and an affidavit, 1868, which names Nancy Wiley and Betsy, two women enslaved by J. B. 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When this has occurred, please see the Processing Information and Related Materials section for records that have been described separately.","Certificates of Registration were removed from this record in February 2024 and are now described in Lunenburg County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1812-1813.","Encoded by S. Nerney, 2006; updated by M. Mason, February 2024."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi01385\"\u003eLunenburg County (Va.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1800-1865\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi06316\"\u003eLunenburg County (Va.) 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Free and Enslaved Records, 1802-1865, includes \"Free Negro\" tax lists, 1802-1810; Requisition for Public Use Records, 1862-1865 and undated; Civil War claims, 1865-1868; and a sale account, 1825.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Free Negro\" tax lists, 1802-1810, consist of four tax lists created by a Commissioners of Revenue for the county. These tax lists record the name, sex, and place of abode of each person on the list and the trade or occupation for each head of household. On the 1802 and one of the 1803 lists, families are grouped together as one entry and familial relationships are given. Occasionally a person is noted as being emancipated from slavery.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eRequisition for Public Use Records, 1862-1865 and undated, consist of court orders, 1863-1865; a letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith in response to a protest from Lunenburg citizens over the requisitions; printed communications, 1864, from the Virginia Executive Department; and lists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved persons sent under requisition to work on the public defenses.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eCourt orders, 1863-1865, consist of four orders concerning the requisitioning of enslaved persons for use on the public works. The orders either command the justices to make lists of eligible enslaved persons to make up Lunenburg's required allotment or concern resisting the state's requisition.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith is a reply to the citizens of Lunenburg who had submitted to him resolutions opposing some of the requirements of the enslaved persons requisition. Smith encourages Lunenburg's citizens to participate cheerfully in the requisition or face the Confederate impressment officer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eCommunications, 1864, from the Executive Department are printed letters from the governor and annexed schedules concerning the requisition of enslaved persons to work on the fortifications at Richmond. There are two letters, two schedules, and a copy of the March 13, 1863, Act of Assembly passed to amend and re-enact the 1862 act to provide for the public defense. The letters order the county to comply and the annexed schedules indicate how many slaves each county is required to provide.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eLists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved individuals sent under requisition to work on the public defenses are lists of enslavers and the numbers of enslaved persons that they have sent under the requisition. Enslaved names are not given. Some of the lists have multiple columns indicating numbers of enslaved individuals sent on different dates. Some lists note exemptions or other information about a enslaver and his particular situation regarding the requisition. A few of the lists seem to indicate an individual enslaver's total number of persons enslaved as well as the numbers sent to the public works. 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Occasionally a person is noted as being emancipated from slavery.","Requisition for Public Use Records, 1862-1865 and undated, consist of court orders, 1863-1865; a letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith in response to a protest from Lunenburg citizens over the requisitions; printed communications, 1864, from the Virginia Executive Department; and lists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved persons sent under requisition to work on the public defenses.","Court orders, 1863-1865, consist of four orders concerning the requisitioning of enslaved persons for use on the public works. The orders either command the justices to make lists of eligible enslaved persons to make up Lunenburg's required allotment or concern resisting the state's requisition.","The letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith is a reply to the citizens of Lunenburg who had submitted to him resolutions opposing some of the requirements of the enslaved persons requisition. Smith encourages Lunenburg's citizens to participate cheerfully in the requisition or face the Confederate impressment officer.","Communications, 1864, from the Executive Department are printed letters from the governor and annexed schedules concerning the requisition of enslaved persons to work on the fortifications at Richmond. There are two letters, two schedules, and a copy of the March 13, 1863, Act of Assembly passed to amend and re-enact the 1862 act to provide for the public defense. The letters order the county to comply and the annexed schedules indicate how many slaves each county is required to provide.","Lists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved individuals sent under requisition to work on the public defenses are lists of enslavers and the numbers of enslaved persons that they have sent under the requisition. Enslaved names are not given. Some of the lists have multiple columns indicating numbers of enslaved individuals sent on different dates. Some lists note exemptions or other information about a enslaver and his particular situation regarding the requisition. A few of the lists seem to indicate an individual enslaver's total number of persons enslaved as well as the numbers sent to the public works. Some of the lists are recorded by numbered magisterial district and several of the lists are undated.","Civil War claims, 1865-1868, include the following: an affidavit, 1865, which lists the names of 81 individuals enslaved by Mary A. Cox; an affidavit, 1867, which lists the names and ages of 30 persons enslaved by R. J. H. Hatchett and M. A. Wilson who were considered \"property lost by results of War\"; and an affidavit, 1868, which names Nancy Wiley and Betsy, two women enslaved by J. B. 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Virginia enacted legislation as early as July 1, 1861 during the Civil War to requisition enslaved and free Black people to work on military fortifications and other defensive works around the commonwealth. From 1862 to 1863, at the request of the president of the Confederate States, the General Assembly passed three more laws that requisitioned enslaved laborers to work on fortifications and other works of the defense. Each county and city were given a certain number of enslaved laborers that had to be provided to the government under the requisition act. Payroll records of the Engineer Department include payrolls of enslaved people that worked on fortifications and other defenses as the result of an 1861 Act of Assembly calling for defense of the Commonwealth.","Locality History: Lunenburg County was named for George II, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, a German possession of the Hanoverian kings of England. It was formed from Brunswick County in 1745.","Starting in 2023, Library of Virginia archival staff in partnership with the Virginia Untold Project Manager began efforts to describe records related to free and enslaved Black and multiracial people in a manner that improved the historical context of the records. In doing so, in some cases material once described within the \"Free and Enslaved\" record group for a locality may no longer be described within this record. When this has occurred, please see the Processing Information and Related Materials section for records that have been described separately.","Certificates of Registration were removed from this record in February 2024 and are now described in Lunenburg County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1812-1813.","Encoded by S. Nerney, 2006; updated by M. Mason, February 2024.","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1800-1865","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1812-1813","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1869","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1799-1868","See also: Lunenburg County (Va.) Business Records, 1835-1924  contains accounts books pertaining to enslaved laborers and the selling of enslaved individuals.","Records related to free and enslaved people of Lunenburg County(Va.) and other localities are available through the Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Lunenburg County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Lunenburg County (Va.) 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Occasionally a person is noted as being emancipated from slavery.","Requisition for Public Use Records, 1862-1865 and undated, consist of court orders, 1863-1865; a letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith in response to a protest from Lunenburg citizens over the requisitions; printed communications, 1864, from the Virginia Executive Department; and lists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved persons sent under requisition to work on the public defenses.","Court orders, 1863-1865, consist of four orders concerning the requisitioning of enslaved persons for use on the public works. The orders either command the justices to make lists of eligible enslaved persons to make up Lunenburg's required allotment or concern resisting the state's requisition.","The letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith is a reply to the citizens of Lunenburg who had submitted to him resolutions opposing some of the requirements of the enslaved persons requisition. 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Some lists note exemptions or other information about a enslaver and his particular situation regarding the requisition. A few of the lists seem to indicate an individual enslaver's total number of persons enslaved as well as the numbers sent to the public works. Some of the lists are recorded by numbered magisterial district and several of the lists are undated.","Civil War claims, 1865-1868, include the following: an affidavit, 1865, which lists the names of 81 individuals enslaved by Mary A. Cox; an affidavit, 1867, which lists the names and ages of 30 persons enslaved by R. J. H. Hatchett and M. A. Wilson who were considered \"property lost by results of War\"; and an affidavit, 1868, which names Nancy Wiley and Betsy, two women enslaved by J. B. 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This collection is topical and a means by which to compile miscellaneous documents related to free and enslaved people that are not established local government record types.","\"Free Negro\" Tax Records","In 1801, the Virginia Legislature passed an act requiring commissioners of the revenue to annually return a complete list of all free Black Virginians within their districts, with their names, sex, place of abode, and trades.","Delinquent tax lists include names of free Black individuals returned delinquent and sometimes why they were returned, such as \"no property,\" \"removed,\" or \"not found.\" In 1853, the General Assembly passed a law allowing the taxes raised on free Black men and women to be collected in a fund to be applied to the removal of these individuals as a part of the recolonization effort.","Requisitions for Public Use","These records include requisition lists filed in local courts and payroll records of the Virginia Engineer Department. Virginia enacted legislation as early as July 1, 1861 during the Civil War to requisition enslaved and free Black people to work on military fortifications and other defensive works around the commonwealth. From 1862 to 1863, at the request of the president of the Confederate States, the General Assembly passed three more laws that requisitioned enslaved laborers to work on fortifications and other works of the defense. Each county and city were given a certain number of enslaved laborers that had to be provided to the government under the requisition act. Payroll records of the Engineer Department include payrolls of enslaved people that worked on fortifications and other defenses as the result of an 1861 Act of Assembly calling for defense of the Commonwealth.","Locality History: Lunenburg County was named for George II, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, a German possession of the Hanoverian kings of England. 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When this has occurred, please see the Processing Information and Related Materials section for records that have been described separately.","Certificates of Registration were removed from this record in February 2024 and are now described in Lunenburg County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1812-1813.","Encoded by S. Nerney, 2006; updated by M. Mason, February 2024."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi01385\"\u003eLunenburg County (Va.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1800-1865\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi06316\"\u003eLunenburg County (Va.) 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Occasionally a person is noted as being emancipated from slavery.","Requisition for Public Use Records, 1862-1865 and undated, consist of court orders, 1863-1865; a letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith in response to a protest from Lunenburg citizens over the requisitions; printed communications, 1864, from the Virginia Executive Department; and lists, 1862-1865 and undated, of enslaved persons sent under requisition to work on the public defenses.","Court orders, 1863-1865, consist of four orders concerning the requisitioning of enslaved persons for use on the public works. The orders either command the justices to make lists of eligible enslaved persons to make up Lunenburg's required allotment or concern resisting the state's requisition.","The letter, 1864, from Governor William Smith is a reply to the citizens of Lunenburg who had submitted to him resolutions opposing some of the requirements of the enslaved persons requisition. 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