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James Barnett Inventory, 1811 (Ms2002-022)

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Title

James Barnett Inventory, 1811 (Ms2002-022)

Description

A list of free Negroes and Mulattoes, compiled by James Barnett, district commissioner of revenue, Montgomery County, Virginia. The list includes places of residence of the free persons as well as a brief job description for each. The list divides Mulattoes from Negroes and while the Mulattoes consist of three families totaling fifteen persons, there are only two Negroes, one of whom is John Hope, father of one of the Mulatto families.

Creator

Barnett, James

Date

1811

Identifier

Ms2002-022

Bibliographic Citation

Barnett, James Inventory, 1811, Ms2002-022, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University