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Collection is open to research.
Use microfilm copy, York County (Va.) Reel 51.
York County (Va.) Reel 51, Local Government Records Collection, York County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from York County.
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.
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.
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."