Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes," 1809 etc. The following record is transcribed from the original now in the manuscript collection of the University of Virginia. The register was copied into the back of a contemporary town expense ledger and is among a variety of official town records made available on microfilm as "Alexandria City Papers." The order, numbers, names, and spellings are as in the original document; corrected spellings of some surnames are provided in brackets. The numerals refer to the "No. of Return" in the original; they seem to indicate a distinct household. Some returns contain several entries, indicated by ", i.e., "ditto," beneath the number. Looking at return number 80, for instance, the aparent head of household is "Domini," almost certainly the well-respected tavernkeeper Domini (or Dominick, Dominy) Barecroft (or Bearcroft, Barcroft). Beneath his name are the names of three males, at least one of which, Ephraim, is known to be the name of one of Barecroft's children. All but the last four entries below were compiled as a list submitted September 26, 1809. Entries 119 and 120 were added June 19, 1812. The entries newly designated 121 and 122 are undated and are found a couple of pages after the rest of the register. They are likely to be substantially later records (possibly 1820s or 1830s, but certainly pre-1847). 1. Charles Campbell | 2. Nancy Waid [Wade] | 3. Jenny Mason | 4. Samuel Williams | 5. Susannah Collins | 6. Lucy | 7. Cassy | 8. Lucy Ann | 9. Judy Watkins | 10. Eleanor Tates | 11. Enoch Garrett | 12. Crandrass [Payne] | 13. Lizza | 14. Pompey | 15. Rose | 16. Letty Cole | 17. James Carter | 18. Jack Colbert | 19. Terry | 20. Hannah | 21. Toney [Tony] | 22. Nelly | 23. Carolina | 24. Tamer Brown | 25. Lucy Harris | 26. Poll & Nancy | 27. Hannah Hopkins | 28. Letty & Mary | 29. George Colson | 30. Ursula Gibbs | 31. George | 32. John Cole | 33. Violet Day | 34. Pompey Primus | 35. Hannah & Amy | 36. George Parker | 37. Hannah Cobbert | 38. Robin | 39. Milly | 40. Charly | 41.Sally Rob[er]t Peyton | 42. James | 43. Peter | 44. Polly | 45.KearnHobbett [Halbert?] | 46. Randall | 47.BettyHandlys [Handless] | 48. Harry | 49. Robert Thompson | 50. Lewis Lee | 51. Lucy Henry | 52. Mary Nicolls [Nichols] | 53. Milly & daughter Eliza | 54. William Gordon | 55. Sam Hanson | " Mark Hanson | " Milly Hoy | " Patty | 56. Peggy & child Horace | 57. George | 58. James | 59. Quinters [Quintus or Quanders?] | 60. Grace | 61. Andrew | 62. Charlotte Hailstock | 63. Virgin | 64. Anthony Williams | 65. Daniel Wells 66. Lucy | 67. Sarah | 68. Abram | 69. Nancy Thompson | 70. Samuel Culbert [Colbert] | 71. Moll | 72. Joseph Butler | 73. Lucy Watson | 74. Rachael Nicolls [Nichols] | 75. Hannah | 76. Daniel | 77. Suckey [Sukey] & children Jane, Delia & Betsey | 78. Sylvia | 79. Jesse Keeler | 80. Domini [Barecroft?] | " Crawley | " Ephraim | " Emanuel | 81. George Edee | 82. Judy | 83. Sarah | 84. James Nutt | 85. Rocky Tate | 86. Polly Butler | 87. Rebecca Moxley | 88. George & Rose | 89. Len | 90. Hannah | 91. Esther Gordon | 92. Nelly wife of William Gordon | 93. Archibald Jackson | 94. London [Payne?] | 95. Nancy Cole | 96. Solomon Harvy | 97. Ann | " Belinda | 98. Venus | 99. Will | 100. Jenny | 101. Chloe | 102. Phillis | 103. Orphy | " Sally | 104. Nancy Fletcher | 105. Violett | 106. James Morrison | 107. Unisa | 108. Sarah Warrick [Warwick?] | 109. Thomas Jackson | 110. Wall Jackson | " Polly Jackson | 111. Hannah | 112. Hugh Harrison | 113. Ann Williams | 114. Joannah Weaver | " William Weaver | 115. Emanuel Weaver | 116. Issable [Isabel] | 117. Annie & her children Renna, Urina & Sarah | 118. Charity | 119. Abraham Aftys [Hafty] | 120. Negro Milly | [121] James Wilson, 38, black complexion, 5'7" tall, emancipated by Mary Wallace as recorded in Prince William County, Virginia | [122] Henny Hill, 38, black complexion, 5'3" tall, emancipated by Notley Young as recorded in Washington County [DC] | |
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