Dublin Core
Title
Louisa County Free Black Register Book 1, No 66B & 67A
Description
N.o 66
Virginia to wit
In Louisa County Court Clerks Office November the tenth 1826
William Captain son of Lucy Captain (who was born free) this day applied in the said office to be registered according to law: It is certified therefore to all whom it may concern that the said William Captain is a man of light complexion about twenty three years of age a bushy head of hair a scar over the left eye no other apparent mark or scar and about five feet five inches high.
In Louisa County Court the .th 182
The foregoing Register was this day in open Court Compared with the said William Captain and Ordered to be certified to be correctly taken. In testimony whereof I John Hunter Clerk of the said Court hath hereto put my hand and affixed the seal of my office the 14.th day of Nov: 1826 In the 51.st year of the Commonwealth (Sig.) John Hunter C.C.
N.o 67
In Louisa County Court Clerks Office August the 13.th 1827
John Kinney son of Amy Kinney, a man of colour, who was born free, This day made application in the said office to be registered, agreeably to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia in that case made and provided, whereupon it is certified to all to whom it may concern, that the said John Kinney is of dark complexion, five feet nine inches high, in the twenty fifth year of his age, has a scar on the back of the head at the edge of the hair and no other apparent scar or mark.
In Louisa County Court August the 13.th-1827-
The foregoing Register was this day compared by the court with the said John Kinney, and by the court ordered to be certified to be correctly taken-
In testimony whereof I John Hunter Clerk of the court of the County aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand and caused the public seal of said County to be hereto affixed The date above written (Sig.) John Hunter C.L.C.
Virginia to wit
In Louisa County Court Clerks Office November the tenth 1826
William Captain son of Lucy Captain (who was born free) this day applied in the said office to be registered according to law: It is certified therefore to all whom it may concern that the said William Captain is a man of light complexion about twenty three years of age a bushy head of hair a scar over the left eye no other apparent mark or scar and about five feet five inches high.
In Louisa County Court the .th 182
The foregoing Register was this day in open Court Compared with the said William Captain and Ordered to be certified to be correctly taken. In testimony whereof I John Hunter Clerk of the said Court hath hereto put my hand and affixed the seal of my office the 14.th day of Nov: 1826 In the 51.st year of the Commonwealth (Sig.) John Hunter C.C.
N.o 67
In Louisa County Court Clerks Office August the 13.th 1827
John Kinney son of Amy Kinney, a man of colour, who was born free, This day made application in the said office to be registered, agreeably to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia in that case made and provided, whereupon it is certified to all to whom it may concern, that the said John Kinney is of dark complexion, five feet nine inches high, in the twenty fifth year of his age, has a scar on the back of the head at the edge of the hair and no other apparent scar or mark.
In Louisa County Court August the 13.th-1827-
The foregoing Register was this day compared by the court with the said John Kinney, and by the court ordered to be certified to be correctly taken-
In testimony whereof I John Hunter Clerk of the court of the County aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand and caused the public seal of said County to be hereto affixed The date above written (Sig.) John Hunter C.L.C.
Publisher
Louisa County Historical Society
Date
1826 & 1827
Identifier
LCBB_66B_67A