PWC RELIC Digitizes Peters' Slave and Free Negro Records from the Prince William County Court Minute and Order Books, 1752-1763, 1766-1769, 1804-1806, 1812-1814, 1833-1865

GREAT news coming out of Prince William County, Virginia this afternoon:

"WHAT'S NEW IN RELIC
November 2013

The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC), Prince William Public Library System, Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA 20109. 703-792-4540 Email: relic2@pwcgov.org.


AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
SOURCE ADDED TO PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA DIGITAL LIBRARY

The latest addition to our Digital Library is Joan W. Peters’ work, Slave and Free Negro Records from the Prince William County Court Minute and Order Books, 1752-1763, 1766-1769, 1804-1806, 1812-1814, 1833-1865 (Broad Run, Va.: Albemarle Research, 1996). Click on the following link http://eservice.pwcgov.org/library/digitalLibrary/index.htm and find it under Historic Records, 1700-1800. It covers all mentions of African Americans found in those records, including registrations of slaves and free Negroes, emancipations, arrests and lawsuits. The database is keyword searchable (use CTRL+F). It does not cover persons mentioned in deeds, wills, inventories, sales or tax lists. There are also gaps in the court minutes as shown in the years of coverage. We are grateful to Joan for allowing us to post her work online."

I echo this, a big thanks to Ms. Peters for allowing her work to be digitized and available to all. This is an outstanding body of work and will be of immense use and significance to so many people. THANK YOU!