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Goochland County (Va.) Free Negro Register, 1804-1864. Goochland County Reel 43, Local Government Records Collection, The
Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Goochland County.
Goochland County was formed in 1728 from Henrico County.
An act passed by the Virginia legistaure in 1803 required every free negro or mulatto to be registered and numbered in a book
to be kept by the county clerk.
The volume covers the years 1804-1864. The register listed the name, age, color, stature, marks or scars, in what court the
person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded
information not required by the law.