Free Black/Mulatto on this website
1.Check website;
www.iath.virginia.edu/vshadow2/govdoc/free.html
PRESS:Register of Free Blacks, Staunton County
Listed:Lucy Glendie...about sixty six years of age, liberated by her master, the Revd. John Glendie of the city of Baltimore, etc...
(GLENDIE might be a variation of GLENNIE, or a typing error.)
2.There will be a list of free black slave names.
This website gives a description of the individuals, like their complexion, scars, height, ailments, defects and, sometimes their aliases, etc...
3.Remember, some slaves did not have last names, especially before 1865.Some of the free blacks listed on this website do not have last names.
4.You will also find free slave names listed under:
Registration dates between 1803 and 1845 (123K) and
Registration dates between 1846 and 1865(126K).
There is a wealth of information on this website for white and black genealogy research.
You can type in the web address yourself, or just PRESS the WEBSITE ADDRESS BELOW, and it should go straight to the site:
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vshadow2/govdoc.free.htmlhttp://www.iath.virginia.edu/vshadow2/govdoc.free.html
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