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FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS OF VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE The history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period Winner: The American Society of Genealogists' Donald Lines Jacobus Award and The North Carolina Genealogical Society Award of Excellence in Publishing Two books you can read on-line containing about 2,000 pages of family histories based on all colonial court order and minute books on microfilm at the state archives of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Delaware (over 1000 volumes), 1790-1810 census records, tax lists, wills, deeds, free Negro registers, marriage bonds, parish registers, Revolutionary War pension files, etc. There are also another 5,000 pages of abstracted colonial tax lists, Virginia personal property tax lists, census records, etc., under "Colonial Tax Lists..." Paul Heinegg Send questions and comments to pheinegg1@verizon.net Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina Foreword by historian Ira Berlin Maryland and Delaware Colonial Tax Lists, Virginia personal property tax lists, Census, and Court Records for Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesse and Virginia 19th century photos of free African American and Indian families List of Indian Slaves, Free Indians, and Free African Americans identified in Colonial Records Without Last Names Service in the Revolutionary War Recent updates: April 2012: Norfolk County Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes 1809-1852 December 2011: Nelson County Personal Property Tax http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/nelson... Arnold family October 2011: List of Free Negroes & Mulattoes in the lower district of Lunenburg County, 1802-1803 (Library of Virginia) http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Lunenb... Illinois Free and American, A study of Eleven Illinois Families of Colour, by Darrel Dexter (Updated November 2004) Tennessee & Indiana The Lyles Family by Arlene B. Polk Virginia Slaves Freed After 1782 East Indians in Colonial Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina Slaves named in colonial Halifax County, North Carolina, and King George County, Virginia wills Hard copies of Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware and Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina can be purchased from the publisher: Link to order book on North Carolina and Virginia from Genealogical Publishing book on Maryland and Delaware or call 1-800-296-6687 http://www.freeafricanamericans.com
Posted By: Steve Williams
Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 12:28PM
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Irma, I have you to thank for giving me the subjects to research.
To get to the links for the books go to http://www.freeafricanamericans.com I found the site from another one here - the following is an extract.
http://www.common-place.org/vol-05/no-01/h...
While some North Carolina residents were complaining about the immigration of free African Americans, their white neighbors in Granville, Halifax, Bertie, Craven, Granville, Robeson, and Hertford counties welcomed them. In 1762 many of the leading residents of Halifax County petitioned the assembly to repeal the discriminatory tax against free African Americans, and in 1763 fifty-four of the leading citizens of Granville, Northampton, and Edgecombe counties made a similar petition. They described their "Free Negro & Mulatto" neighbors as "persons of Probity & good Demeanor [who] chearfully contribute towards the Discharge of every public Duty injoined them by Law." About ten years later a similar petition by seventy-five residents of Granville County included those of a few of the free African Americans of the county.
During the colonial and early national periods at least one member of most African American families in North Carolina owned land. Land ownership made for closer relations with the white community than with slaves. The McKinnie family, originally from Isle of Wight County, Virginia, was one of the leading white families in the area around the Roanoke River. Barnaby McKinnie, member of the general assembly from Edgecombe County in 1735, was witness to many of the early deeds of African American families. John McKinnie called Cannon Cumbo his friend when he mentioned him in his 1753 Edgecombe County will. Other leading white settlers who sold them land adjoining theirs and witnessed their deeds were Richard Washington, William and Thomas Bryant, Richard Pace, and William Whitehead. Arthur Williams, member of the general assembly for Bertie County in 1735, and John Castellaw, perhaps a brother of James Castellaw, a member of the assembly from Bertie County, had mixed-race common-law wives, Elizabeth and Martha Butler.
By 1790 free African Americans represented 1.7 percent of the free population of North Carolina, concentrated in the counties of Northampton, Halifax, Bertie, Craven, Granville, Robeson, and Hertford where they were about 5 percent of the free population. In these counties most African American families were landowners, and several did exceptionally well. The Bunch, Chavis, and Gibson families owned slaves and acquired over a thousand acres of land on both sides of the Roanoke River in present-day Northampton and Halifax counties, and the Chavis and Gowen families acquired over a thousand acres in Granville County. William Chavis, a "Negro" listed in the 1754 muster roll of Colonel William Eaton’s Granville County Regiment, owned over a thousand acres of land, a lodging house frequented by whites, and eight taxable slaves. His son Philip Chavis also owned over a thousand acres of land. Edward Carter was the fourth largest Dobbs County landowner with 23,292 acres in 1780. He was head of a Dobbs County household of eight "other free," one white woman, and twenty slaves in 1790. In a most extraordinary move, in 1773 the Dobbs County court recommended to the general assembly that Edward Carter's daughters be exempted from the discriminatory tax against female children of African Americans.
Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 12:52PM
Steve Williams
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Okay, I'm sending it to your message box now.
Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 1:04PM
Steve Williams
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Irma, I posted my last comment here over on Harry's blog "What are the differences between ignorance and stupidity? (21 hits)". I'm interested to see if he comes back ignorant or stupid, lol!
Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 2:58PM
Steve Williams
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Off topic (or maybe not) for a moment. I had a dream last night about the manmade trails in the sky. I just went out and the sky is full of them.
Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 4:54PM
Steve Williams
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Jake, when Harry gets really mad he RUNS!!!
Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 4:59PM
Steve Williams
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steve,
i love ya...........you are one of the most scholarly researchers at BIA......
Sunday, January 13th 2013 at 5:36PM
powell robert
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Irma,
I rarely buy the paper these days since it's so damn expensive. But I did shell out $2.50 for the New York Times on Friday because of an article on gun legislation. I didn't notice at the time, but also on the front page is a picture captioned "Snow blanketed Jerusalem on Thursday, an example of weather extremes that are growing more frequent and intense. Page A4". I'll see if I can find it online and post it.
Tuesday, January 15th 2013 at 3:58AM
Steve Williams
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Steve,
You remind me of the old slave master. So, you and another White man, Mr. Hienegg can challenge and define who Black Americans are?
Well you can’t. I have shown my Black American people who they are and how they got here and you will address me as a Black American and nothing else if you want me to respond to you.
Normally, if we all were living back 150 years age you have me tired to a tree and wiped until I said that my name was Toby instead of Kunta Kenta am I right.
Now, today if you were a decent White man you wouldn’t have any problem addressing my people and me as Black Americans because we are not African people.
Almost all of my Black American people are ignorant and stupid from the hang-over of plantation slavery and that includes Cynthia and David, but I am not and I am my people’s prophet.
Tuesday, January 15th 2013 at 9:27PM
Harry Watley
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Oh no Harry you didn't! LOL!!! Put the same comment to me on 5 separate blogs!
Wednesday, January 16th 2013 at 1:36AM
Steve Williams
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I think I'll give Harry his much needed break now.
Wednesday, January 16th 2013 at 2:11AM
Steve Williams
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I'm sure Harry will manage somehow with his talking points, lol!
Wednesday, January 16th 2013 at 5:03AM
Steve Williams
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Steve,
My talking point is that when talking to me concerning my Black American people you shall refer to me as a Black Americans and not Africans. This is the respect that I demand because it the tables were turned I would do the same.
Wednesday, January 16th 2013 at 12:09PM
Harry Watley
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We can talk here Robert. Any subject you wish.
Thursday, May 2nd 2013 at 2:47PM
Steve Williams
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offSubject steve
you know i told you i do not do videos
----but you always work on pc--i think you wrote once you do not own a tv?----
the above compliment was to show YOU hospitality
------over the blogKing and Jamal calling your Ignorant in the wrong placeArse-----cracker, wigger etc.
you once called your hairstyle -- like einstein
well einstein ---maybe a greatRESEARCHER and developer
---DEVELOPED the NUCLEAR BOMB..............
and your CIVILITER MORTUUS blog Convinced me of what and who YOU are......
so Again, BIA is a wwwebSite for African AMerican Families -- research that--negro..
Thursday, May 2nd 2013 at 2:49PM
powell robert
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Well I do own a small TV, but no antenna.
Thursday, May 2nd 2013 at 3:02PM
Steve Williams
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15 inches of WET snow.............
offSubject steve
you know i told you i do not do videos
----but you always work on pc--i think you wrote once you do not own a tv?----
the above compliment was to show YOU hospitality
------over the blogKing and Jamal calling your Ignorant in the wrong placeArse-----cracker, wigger etc.
you once called your hairstyle -- like einstein
well einstein ---maybe a greatRESEARCHER and developer
---DEVELOPED the NUCLEAR BOMB..............
and your CIVILITER MORTUUS blog Convinced me of what and who YOU are......
so Again, BIA is a wwwebSite for African AMerican Families -- research that--negro..
Thursday, May 2nd 2013 at 3:13PM
powell robert
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YES STEVE, REMEMBER HARRY HAS A BIG DA COMING UP ANSWERING THE INVITE AND I AM SURE HE HAS A LOT O STUDYING TO DO, LEARNING HIS OPPONENT'S STRATAGY...OOPS, BUT HE DOESNOT HAVE TO DO THIS ALL HE MOST LIKELY IS GOING TO DO IS JUST CALL THEM STUPID AND HIS WELL STOCKED INSULT VOCABULARY IS ALLHE NEEDS TO COUNTER ANY THING THEY HAVE TO SAY...
AND, HE SURE HAS HAD YEARS OF PRACTIING THAT SKILL ON US, HAVEN'T YOU PROPHET..SEE I CAN BE A PROPHET AS WELL.LOL (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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...AND PLEASE POST THE SITE OF THIS BLOG, BECAUSE I AM GOING TO MAKE IT MY MISSION TO KEEP IT ALIVE ON THESE SITES. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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@harry as some one who knows about both aFRICAN-AMERICAN AND BLACKAMERICAN HISTORY, IN STEVE'S NAME I AS A BLACKAMERICAN THANKS YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, BECAUSE YOUR COMMENT GET IT TO BE ABLE TO BRING UP THIS HARRY...
YES STEVE IS WHITE BUT SINCE HE ISHUMAN WITH HUMAN BEHAVIORS LIKE STEVE WHITE SLAVE MASTERS MANY, MANY OF THEM TREATED 'BLACK AMERICAS WITH MUCH MORE RESPECT THAN YOU DO ,HARRY. (S-M-I-L-E)
LIVE AND LEARN OR EDUCATE!!!EDUCATE!!!EDUCATE!!! BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY...ON HOW THEY WOULD HAVE JUST CUT HARRYS TONGUE OUT ...WHIPPINGS CAUSED TH ESLAVE TO GET TIME OFF FROM THE COTTON FIELD AND TO REST IN BED ALL DAY...NOT TOO MUCH OF T HIS FOR SLAVES IN CHATELSLAVERY...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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HELL STEVE EVEN THE WEATHER IN JERUSALEM, THE PLACE OF GOD'S BIRTH HAS SEEM TO TURN AGAINST TH EPARTY OF CHRISTIAN, FAMILY VALUES ...
CAN THE SAY 'GOLBAL WARMING' (SMILE)
ON SUNDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN I COULDNOT GET ANY WATER, BECAUSE THE PIPES HAD FROZEN. IT WAS A NICE TODAY.
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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@STEVE ABOUT YOU SKY TRAILS...
I HAD TOLD BIA I WOULD MENTIN TO THEM WHEN THINGS HEAT UP ON BEALE AIR FORCE BASE...AS BEALE IS AN AIR FORCE TRAINING BASE...THEY HAVE GONE INTO TRAINING ACTIONS...THOSE JETS AE FLYING SO HIGH YOU CAN'T SEEE THEM WITH YOR EYES NOT HEAR THEM WITH YOUR EARS AND THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW THERE A SO MANY OF THEM UP THERE IS THEY LEAVE COM TRAILS. WHAT OUR PRESIDENT IS PLANINGIS ANYONES GUESS SINCE HE DON'T FIGHT GROUND WAR. (NUP)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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THE SITE LATELY HAD SEEM TO HAVE COME ALIVE WITH RESEARCH TO EXICAT TO REEDUCATE ON BIAHISTORY.(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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@ROBERT, YOU HAVE DONE A COMMENT RESPONSE THAT I AM ABLE TO AGREEWITH 100%...NOW THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I BELIEVE OUR PRESIDENT IS SAYING WHEN HE SAYS, "WE ARE GOING FORWARD AND NEVER BACK" (S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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...YEP ALL BULLIES HAVE TAHTSAME'RUNNING' TRAIT.LOL(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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@STEVE NEVER FORGET THERE ARE ALWAYS ANOTHER SIDE OF AN ISSUE...
MOTHER NATURE'S SKY 'TRAILS ' CALLED CLOUDS WERE THERE FIRST...
STEVE I EVEN TRY VERY HARD TO OVER LOOK MANMADE TRAILS UP THERE AS WELL AS THE POLLUTED ONE DUE TO THE GULF OIL SPIN...BECAUSE THOSE LIKE THE GREEN PARTY WILL SOME DAY HAVE THEIR SAY, HEARD BY MUCH MORE OF THE MASSES.(SMILE)
(NO YOUARE NOT OFF TOPIC AS TOSE MANMADE TRAILS AER THE RESULT OF BRAINWASINGS AS WELL)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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STEVE YOU ARE PRICELESS IN HELPING TO HAND FEED AMERICANS SOME OF THE REASONS EVEN BLACKS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR EVEN THINKING THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO BE TREATED WITH HUMAN DIGNITY EVEN HERE IN THE 21ST CENTURY, ARE ALL F-A-L-S--E...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
HELL EVEN RIGHT HER ON THIS SITE..."BLACK POWER, EDUCATE!!!EDUCATE!!!EDUCATE!!! IS PROMOTED AS COMEING STRAIGHT FROM TH EDEVIL'S WORK SHOP...TO HELP US IN THEBLACK COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE THE SLAVES COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND IT NOT FOR PRESIDENT LINCLON WE WOULD STILL BE CHATELSLAVES!!!!!!
BUT, THEN THEY DID KILL THE ONLY SON OF GOD FOR TRYING TO PROMOTE TRUTH AND UNITY AND THE LEAST OF OUR BROTHERN WERE DUE HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS ALSO. (NUP/ SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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STEVE, WHAT I MEAN IS THIS BLOG OF YOURS RIGHT HERE...YOUR BLOG'S WWW NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S 9SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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...WWW SITE. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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ENDLESS THANKS, UNCONDITIOANL LOVE AND RESPECT MY BROTHER RABBIT FOR ALWAYS REMINDING US HOW THE 60S WAS A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN DIVERSITY AS WELL. (S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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@harry as some one who knows about both aFRICAN-AMERICAN AND BLACKAMERICAN HISTORY, IN STEVE'S NAME I AS A BLACKAMERICAN THANKS YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT...... YES STEVE IS WHITE BUT SINCE HE ISHUMAN WITH HUMAN BEHAVIORS LIKE STEVE WHITE SLAVE MASTERS MANY, MANY OF THEM TREATED 'BLACK AMERICAS WITH MUCH MORE RESPECT THAN YOU DO ,HARRY.
NOT TOO MUCH OF T HIS FOR SLAVES IN CHATELSLAVERY......
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
AND more NONSENSE from not the 68 IQ Harry, or the non-English writing, "black" African American writer Irma, but the man who sat down for a beer with an ignorant selfProfessed---"white" Policeman
“The DNA results that we did showed that 35 percent of all black men descended from a white man.
The myth that Africans were not introduced to Christianity until they were transported to the Americas and the New World:
“24 percent of our ancestors who came from the slave trade from Angola, Kingdom of Angola.
They were converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1400s.
The African elites who sold them had converted them.
There is the story that Africans didn’t become Christian until they landed here in America and that’s just not true.”
this is what is called the writing of an 'uncleTom' stephinFletcher negro.............
Monday, May 26th 2014 at 9:08AM
powell robert
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