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Use microfilm copy, Augusta County Reel 229.
Augusta County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1810-1864, Augusta County (Va.) Reel 229. Local government records collection, Augusta County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
The microfilm copy of these records was generated by The Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Branch.
Augusta County was formed from Orange County in 1738.
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 county clerk.
Register of Free Negroes, 1810-1864, of Augusta County records the registration number, 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 law. There is no index.
Chronological by registration date.
Additional Augusta County Free Negro and Slave Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia web site.