A Guide to the Fluvanna County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1851-1864 Fluvanna County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1851-1864
Fluvanna County (Va.) Reels 26, 48/ Barcode 0056112
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Collection numbers Fluvanna County (Va.) Reels 26, 48/ Barcode 0056112
Library of Virginia
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Fluvanna County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1851-1864, Fluvanna County (Va.) Reels 26, 48. Local government records collection,
Fluvanna County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
The microfilm copy of these records was generated by The Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Branch.
Fluvanna County was formed in 1777 from Albemarle 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.
Fluvanna County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1851-1864, 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.