Georgia Free Persons of Color, Volume III: Baldwin, Columbia, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Taliaferro, and Thomas Counties, 1799-1865

by Michael A. Ports

An 1818 statute of the Georgia legislature required all free persons of color to register with the inferior court of their county of residence. According to the statute, county clerks were required to inscribe each freed man or woman by name, age, place of birth, residence, year arrived in Georgia, and occupation. While not all clerks performed their duties to the letter of the law, these source records contain vital identifying information for African-American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806357770
• ISBN13: 9780806357775
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Clearfield
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"