Fauquier County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865

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Fauquier County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865

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Fauquier County was formed in 1759 from Prince William 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. From the guide to the Fauquier County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865, (The Library of Virginia) Fauquier County was named for Francis Fauquier, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758 to 1768. It was formed...