'Records of Black and Mulatta Persons' register   Save
Common Pleas Record of Blacks and Mulatto Persons
Description: This register contains the names of black and mixed-race men and women in Pickaway County from states including Delaware, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina, showing written transcripts of deeds of emancipation or a statement to the fact that the individual produced documentation proving his or her freedom. Entries contain information such as the name, approximate age, and physical description of the freed individual, as well as the date of officially-recorded freedom, name of owner or guardian, and date filed with the clerk of courts. Although this ledger includes 169 numbered pages, only the first 19 pages, seen here, have been used. From 1804 to 1857, black persons in Ohio had to register their freedom papers with the clerk of courts of common pleas in the county where they desired to live or work. This registration was required by state law, and the clerk of courts were to keep records containing a transcript of each freedom certificate or other written proof of freedom. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1491_1504404_01
Subjects: Ohio Government; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Former slaves; Freedmen
Places: Pickaway County (Ohio)