PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi01366::A Guide to the York County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850)//EN" "vi01366.xml" A Guide to the York County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850 York County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850 51 Eddie Woodward Library of Virginia © 2006 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Eddie Woodward, 05 April 2006 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the York County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850 A Collection in the Library of Virginia York County (Va.) Reel Number 51 Eddie Woodward

Library of Virginia 2006 Eddie Woodward Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia York County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850 York County (Va.) Reel Number 51 Library of Virginia 1 microfilm reel English York County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, York County (Va.) Reel 51.

Preferred Citation

York County (Va.) Reel 51, Local Government Records Collection, York County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from York County.

Historical Information

York County was established in 1643.

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 city clerk.

 Scope and Content

The York County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850, lists the age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by the law.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional York County Free Negro and Slave Records can be found in the Local Government Records Collection and on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms Corporate Names: York County (Va.)--Circuit Court. Geographical Names: York County (Va.)--Virginia--19th century. Subjects: African Americans--Virginia. African Americans--Virginia--York County. Free African Americans--Virginia--York County. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--York County. Registers (lists)--Virginia--York County.