A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Microfilm reel number 83a
Library of Virginia
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Halifax County was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg County.
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.
Registers of Free Negroes, 1802-1853, of Halifax County lists 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.