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Prior to the Civil War, each Virginia county court kept a '''register of free negroes'''. Documentation of a black person's freedom status prevented them from being forced to be slaves. These registers may give the person's name, age, color, stature, marks and scars, and name the court of emancipation. Several of these registers are found at the Library of Virginia. The Family History Library has copies of some of these registers. They are usually found in the Family History Library Place Search under VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS. | Prior to the Civil War, each Virginia county court kept a '''register of free negroes'''. Documentation of a black person's freedom status prevented them from being forced to be slaves. These registers may give the person's name, age, color, stature, marks and scars, and name the court of emancipation. Several of these registers are found at the Library of Virginia. The Family History Library has copies of some of these registers. They are usually found in the Family History Library Place Search under VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS. | ||
Example of registers that have been published: | |||
*Boyd-Rush, Dorothy A. ''Free Negroes Registered in the Clerk's Office, Botetourt County, Virginia, 1802-1836''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1993. {{FHL|636067|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 A1 no. 305}}. | *Boyd-Rush, Dorothy A. ''Free Negroes Registered in the Clerk's Office, Botetourt County, Virginia, 1802-1836''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1993. {{FHL|636067|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 A1 no. 305}}. | ||
*Ford, Benjamin. ''Free Black Registers, Albemarle County'' (1807-1865). Available [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/fbr/About.shtml online]. | |||
Black families freed prior to 1820 are found in: | Black families freed prior to 1820 are found in: | ||
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For an index of slaves and free men of color, listed in the ''Index to Sons of the American Revolution'' applications, see the [[Virginia Periodicals|Virginia Periodicals]] section. | For an index of slaves and free men of color, listed in the ''Index to Sons of the American Revolution'' applications, see the [[Virginia Periodicals|Virginia Periodicals]] section. | ||
[http://www.archives.com/Patriots '''Patriots of Color'''] is a free database at Archives.com. Includes details about 700+ black Virginians in the Revolutionary War.<ref>Dick Eastman, "Archives.com to Publish the Patriots of Color Database," ''Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter,'' 24 February 2012, http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/02/archivescom-to-publish-the-patriots-of-color-database.html.</ref> | [http://www.archives.com/Patriots '''Patriots of Color'''] is a free database at Archives.com. Includes details about 700+ black Virginians in the Revolutionary War.<ref>Dick Eastman, "Archives.com to Publish the Patriots of Color Database," ''Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter,'' 24 February 2012, http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/02/archivescom-to-publish-the-patriots-of-color-database.html.</ref> | ||
=== 1865 to the Present === | === 1865 to the Present === | ||