Mecklenburg County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Mecklenburg County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865. Mecklenburg County (Va.) Reel 52, Local Government Records Collection, Mecklenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Mecklenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Mecklenburg County (Va.) Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865. Mecklenburg County (Va.) Reel 52, Local Government Records Collection, Mecklenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Registers of Free Negroes, 1809-1865, of Mecklenburg County list the registration number, age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, and in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law. Volume 1 covers the years 1809-1841 and Volume 2 covers 1841-1865. Each volume has a separate index at the beginning of the volume.

Biographical / historical:

Mecklenburg County was formed from Lunenburg County in 1764.

An act passed by the Virginia legislature in 1803 required every free negro or mulatto to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk.

Acquisition information:
These items were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah at the courthouse in Mecklenburg County.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 microfilm reel (2 vols.)