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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rural Records of the Southern United States|Rural Records of the Southern United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cohabitation Records|Cohabitation Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia African Americans|Virginia African Americans]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Virginia Cohabitation Records'''  
=== '''Virginia State Law''' ===


== '''Virginia State Law''' ==
The Cohabitation Records, offically titled, "Register of Colored Persons, Augusta County, State of Virginia, Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife," are a record of free African American families living in Virginia immediately after the end of the Civil War. The records were created by the Freedmen's Bureau in an effort to document the marriages of formerly enslaved men and women that were legally recognized by an act of the Virginia Assembly in February 1866. <ref name="Virginia State Law">White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,'''''Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.'''''(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxxiv.</ref>


The Cohabitation Records, offically titled, "Register of Colored Persons, Augusta County, State of Virginia, Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife," are a record of free African American families living in Virginia immediately after the end of the Civil War. The records were created by the Freedmen's Bureau in an effort to document the marriages of formerly enslaved men and women that were legally recognized by an act of the Virginia Assembly in February 1866. <ref name="Virginia State Law">White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,''Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.''(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxxiv.</ref>  
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| [http://www.freedmenscemetery.org/resources/documents/marriages.pdf '''Alexandria''']  
| '''Amelia '''[http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/cohabitation ]
| ''Miscellaneous Alexandria County Marriages and Certificates of Marriage, 1866-1867, and Couples Cohabiting Without Benefit of Marriage, December 1866''  
| ''Freedmen's Marriage License Book, 1865-1869''
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| &nbsp;Library of Virginia
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| '''Amelia'''  
| [http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/cohabitation '''Augusta''']
| ''Freedmen's Marriage License Book, 1865-1869''  
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
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| County Courthouse
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| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Augusta''']
| '''Caroline'''
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had Ceased to Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| Library of Virginia
| County Courthouse
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Augusta''']
| ''Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife''
| Library of Virginia
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| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Buckingham''']
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had Ceased to Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His''
| Library of Virginia
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Caroline''']
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''  
| Library of Virginia
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUESThttp://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/2PPNQB96M7KVLEL386RPX3MJYPA382CBLHSQSAQE2IPN4J63US-00895?func=results-jump-full&set_entry=000005&set_number=072416&base=GEN01-COH01 '''Culpeper''']
| ''Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife''
| Library of Virginia
|-
| '''[http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST Culpeper]'''
|  ''Register of Marriages (Colored) Under Act of Assembly of Virginia, 1866''
| Library of Virginia
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| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Floyd''']
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had Ceased to Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His''
| Library of Virginia
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Floyd''']
| ''Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife''
| Library of Virginia
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Fluvanna''']
| '''Floyd'''
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 1866 Feb. 27''  
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| Library of Virginia
| Library of Virginia; County Courthouse
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Goochland''']
| '''Goochland'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''  
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| Library of Virginia<br>
| Library of Virginia; NARA
|-
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| '''Grayson'''  
| '''Grayson'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''  
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| NARA
| NARA
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Hanover''']
| '''Hanover'''
| ''Marriage Register of Freedmen living in Hanover County, Virginia, who were married by the Act passed by the Legislature of Virginia, 1866''  
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| Library of Virginia
| Library of Virginia; County Courthouse
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| '''Henry'''  
| '''Henry'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''  
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| Bassett Historical Library; Blue Ridge Library
| Bassett Historical Library; Blue Ridge Reg. Library
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| '''Louisa'''  
| '''Louisa'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''  
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| NARA
| NARA
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Lunenburg''']
| '''Lynchburg'''
| ''Register of Colored Persons of Lunenburg County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife''
|  
| Library of Virginia
|  
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| '''Lynchburg''' '''City'''  
| '''Montgomery'''
| ''Register of Colored Population, 1865''
|  
|  
|  
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|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Montgomery''']
| '''Nelson'''
| ''Register of Colored Population, 1865''
|  
| NARA
|  
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| '''Nelson'''  
| '''New Kent'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
|  
| NARA
|  
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| '''New Kent'''  
| '''Prince Edward'''
| ''1866 List of Male Freed Negroes and Former Owners''
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Prince Edward''']
| '''Princess Anne'''
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had Ceased to  Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His''
|  
| Library of Virginia
|  
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Prince Edward''']
| '''Rappahannock'''
| ''Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife''
|  
| Library of Virginia
|  
|-
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| '''Princess Anne'''  
| '''Richmond'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
|  
|  
|  
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| '''Rappahannock'''  
| '''Roanoke'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
|  
|  
|  
|-
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| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Richmond''']
| '''Rockbridge'''
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents Ceased to Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His''
|  
| Library of Virginia
|  
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Richmond''']
| '''Surry'''
| '' Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866''
|  
| Library of Virginia
|  
|-
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Roanoke''']
| '''York'''
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had Ceased to Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His''
|  
| Library of Virginia
|  
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Roanoke''']
| ''Register of Colored Persons Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife''
| Library of Virginia
|-
| '''Rockbridge'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| NARA
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Smyth''']
| ''Smyth County Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866 Feb. 27''
| Library of Virginia
|-
| '''Surry'''
| ''Freedmen's Cohabitation Register''
| County Courthouse
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Warren''']
| ''Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866''
| Library of Virginia
|-
|[http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/TLIAYGYYJ3QL9AARV5513IKX2DH9INUKLBN1JRGA8UU52R6X2I-02737?func=results-jump-full&set_entry=000028&set_number=982881&base=GEN01-LVA01 '''Washington''']
|''Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866 Feb. 27''
|Library of Virginia and Historical Society of Washington County Virginia
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Wythe''']
| ''Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had Ceased to Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His''
| Library of Virginia
|-
| [http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/7DHMDRAXPXC1V76X9SH38RGII3YVUA2NVM2NNLRRGTHM88I86K-07233?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&pds_handle=GUEST '''Wythe''']
| ''Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866''
| Library of Virginia
|-
| '''York'''  
| ''Register of Colored Population, 1865''
| NARA; Yorktown Library
|}
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''' Publications '''
== Sources ==
*Janice Abercrombie, trans. ''Cohabitation lists of former slaves, in Goochland, Hanover & Louisa counties Virginia : as recorded in the Freedmen's Bureau.'' {{FSC|3754123|item|disp= FS Library 975.5 V2aj}}
*{{FSC|2948793|item|disp=transcribed by Cori Burner ... [et al.}} ; edited by Rebecca Novy. ''Register of colored persons of Montgomery County, State of Virginia : cohabiting together as husband and wife on 27 February 1866.''Christiansburg, Virginia : Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center, 2018. FS Library 975.5785 X2b 1866]
 
== References ==
 
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== See also:  ==
 
[[Rural Records of the Southern United States]]


{{Virginia|Virginia}}  
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[[Category:Virginia, United States|Cohabitation Records]]
[[Rural Records of Mid-Southern United States]]

Revision as of 13:03, 29 January 2010

Virginia State Law[edit | edit source]

The Cohabitation Records, offically titled, "Register of Colored Persons, Augusta County, State of Virginia, Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife," are a record of free African American families living in Virginia immediately after the end of the Civil War. The records were created by the Freedmen's Bureau in an effort to document the marriages of formerly enslaved men and women that were legally recognized by an act of the Virginia Assembly in February 1866. [1]


 




Location Title Repository
Amelia [1] Freedmen's Marriage License Book, 1865-1869  Library of Virginia
Augusta Freedmen's Cohabitation Register County Courthouse
Caroline Freedmen's Cohabitation Register County Courthouse
Floyd Freedmen's Cohabitation Register Library of Virginia; County Courthouse
Goochland Freedmen's Cohabitation Register Library of Virginia; NARA
Grayson Freedmen's Cohabitation Register NARA
Hanover Freedmen's Cohabitation Register Library of Virginia; County Courthouse
Henry Freedmen's Cohabitation Register Bassett Historical Library; Blue Ridge Reg. Library
Louisa Freedmen's Cohabitation Register NARA
Lynchburg
Montgomery
Nelson
New Kent
Prince Edward
Princess Anne
Rappahannock
Richmond
Roanoke
Rockbridge
Surry
York

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxxiv.

Rural Records of Mid-Southern United States

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