Free African Americans in North Carolina Before the Civil War
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^ = database of all the names I have in my files. I have approximately 500 copies of documents at home
and just don't have enough time to add them all here, but you can visit my database and see what names I do
have information on.
Update (3 April 2012) Sorry folks, I know I've been away from this site for a
long time! My desktop crashed about a year and a half ago and I haven't been able to make any changes.
A friend of mine just fixed it this pas weekend so I am back! I will be adding new material over the coming
months and weeks. Right now I will be uploading a lot of Granville County records as I am trying to focus my
research to Granville County right now.
Documents (alphabetical by surname only):
Records about individuals:
- Anderson, George - Granville County - no date - Sheriff Notice
- Anderson, George - Granville County - 1768 - Land Deed (mentioned only)
- Anderson, George - Granville County - 1758 - Estate Records
- Artis, Bennett - Wayne County - 1807 - Apprenticeship papers
- Artis, Jonathan - Wayne County - 1807 - Apprenticeship papers
- Bass, Benjamin - Granville County - 1793 - Estate Records
- Bass, Reuben - Granville County - 1768 - Land Deed (from Laurence Pettiford)
- Boon, Alexander - Bertie County - 1803 - Apprenticeship papers
- Carter, Solomon - Craven County - 1778 - Apprenticeship papers
- Chavis, Gibbea - Granville County - 1777 - Land Deed
- Chavis [chavois], Samuel - Granville County - 1768 - Freedom Papers
- Cook, Harvey (?) and Rachiel - Granville County - 1825 - Manumission
- Hodge, George - Craven County - no date - Apprenticeship papers
- Hoggard, Henry - Bertie County - 1803 - Apprenticeship papers
- Laughinghouse, Ellis - Craven County - no date - Apprenticeship Papers
- Locust, Valentine - Wake County - 1801 - Newspaper Article
- Mitchell, Drury - Granville County - 1781 - Apprenticeship papers
- Pettiford, Archibald - Nash County - 1889 - Will
- Pettiford, Laurence - Granville County - 1768 - Land Deed (to Reuben Bass)
- Pettiford, Laurence - Guilford County - 1838 - Estate Records
- Pettiford, Lewis - Granville County - 1768 - Land Deed (to James Yancy)
- Sanderlin, Asa - Bertie County - 1803 - Apprenticeship papers
- Spellman, Aaron - Craven County - 1762 - Apprenticeship papers
- Spellman, Asa - Craven County - 1762 - Apprenticeship papers
- Spellman, David - Craven County - 1762 - Apprenticeship papers
- Spellman, Lydia - Craven County - 1762 - Aprenticeship Papers
- Taborn, Albert - Granville County - 1887 - Newspaper Article (his hanging)
- Free Poll and children Patsey, Sally, and Jim - Craven County - no date - Apprenticeship Papers
Records concerning groups of people
Misc. Documents: