Free Negro / Slave Record Data ContextExtract Certificate Jemima West alias Jemima Lucas, a light black woman, aged 28 years, 5 ft. 3.5 in. high, who was born free, is registered in Fredericksburg - /s/ J.J. Chew, clerk, Fredericksburg, 1 Jul. 1837 Locality Fredericksburg Administrative Information Record titleJemma [ Jemima] West alias Lucas Year recorded1837 CollectionFN-FN-C Record ID347-384 End Notes Preserved byCity of Fredericksburg Processed byRoberta (Bobby) Kerr Extracted byBarry L. McGhee of 1812 [N.C. Adjutant General, Muster Rolls of the War of 1812 from the Militia of North Carolina, 19]. He was living in Weldon in May 1844 when he made a declaration in Halifax County court to obtain the pension of Moses Manly, deceased [M805, reel 807, frame 712]. ii. Sally, born about 1800. iii. Esther, born about 1804. iv. Candys, born about 1806. Fairfax County, Virginia 1. Phillis Manley, born say 1728, was the servant of Moses Linton on 20 June 1749 when the Fairfax County court ordered the churchwardens to bind her "Mullatto" son Isaac to her master. She was the servant of Thomas Fields on 19 April 1754 when she won a suit against him for her freedom. On 18 March 1756 the court ordered the churchwardens of Cameron Parish to bind her daughter Jemima (no race indicated) to Paul Turley [Orders 1749-54, 16, 85; 1754-6, pt. 2, 496]. She was living in Loudoun County on 14 December 1757 when she acknowledged her indenture to serve Thomas Fields for seven years [Orders 1757-62, 57]. She may have been identical to Phillis, one of the "Negro" tithables in Thomas Field's Loudoun County household in 1762. She was called Phillis Manly in 1765 when she was tithable in Henry Potter's Loudoun County household [Sparacio, Loudoun County Tithables, 1758-1769, 22, 41]. She was the mother of 2 i. ?Sarah, born say 1747. ii. Isaac, born say 1749. 3 iii. ?Ann, born say 1750. iv. Jemima, born say 1755. 2. Sarah Manley, born say 1747, was living in Fairfax County on 19 March 1771 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Truro Parish to bind out her two-year-old "Molatto" daughter Hannah to Paul Turley. Her suit against John Gibson for trespass abated on 22 August 1786 by her death [Orders 1770-2, 183; 1783-8, 259]. She was the mother of i. Hannah, born about 1769. 3. Ann Manley, born say 1750, was living in Fairfax County on 19 March 1771 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Truro Parish to bind out her one-year-old "Molatto" son George to Paul Turley. She petitioned the court for her freedom from Turley on 20 March 1771 and was discharged from his service a month later on 23 May [Orders 1770-2, 183, 185, 227]. She was living in Loudoun County on 10 August 1779 when she complained to the court that Thomas Jacobs was detaining her son Vincent Manly [Orders 1776-83, 183, 201,]. She was the mother of i. ?Benjamin Fairfax, born about 1769, an eighteen-year-old (no race indicated) ordered bound by the overseers of the poor of Truro District, Fairfax County, to John Brumback on 19 June 1787 [Orders 1783-8, 420]. He was probably the Benjamin Manly who was bound to John Turley by the Loudoun County court on 14 August 1780 [Orders 1776-83, 256]. He was a "F.N." taxable in Loudoun County in 1800 and 1801 [PPTL 1798-1812]. The Prince William County court certified his registry (as a free Negro) on 5 August 1805 [Orders 1804-6, 205]. ii. George, born about 1770. iii. Vincent, bound to Thomas Jacobs on 10 August 1779 when his mother Ann complained to the Loudoun County court. The court bound him to William McClelon on 14 December 1779 and ordered the churchwardens of Cameron Parish to bind him to William Beavers on 13 March 1780 [Orders 1776-83, 135, 229]. iv. ?Dorcas, bound by the churchwardens of Cameron Parish, Loudoun County, to John Turley on 14 August 1780 (no race indicated) [Orders 1776-83, 256]. She was a "F.N." taxable in Loudoun County on 1 to 4 cattle from 1802 to 1812 [PPTL 1798-1812], and she and her son Leck were listed as "F.N.s" in the 1813 tax list for Loudoun County [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List] v. ?Henry, bound by the churchwardens of Cameron Parish, Loudoun County, to Peter Harmon on 14 August 1780 [Orders 1776-83, 320]. vi. ?Susannah, a "F.N." taxable on a horse in Loudoun County in 1805 [PPTL 1798-1812]. vii. ?Craven, a "F.N." taxable in Loudoun County from to 1812 [PPTL 1798-1812]. viii. ?Rose, head of a Loudoun County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:246]. vii. ?Charles, head of a Dinwiddie County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:154]. MCCARTY FAMILY 1. Margaret McCarty, born say 1712, was a servant woman with two years to serve on 5 April 1734 when she was listed with three-year-old "Mulatto" John McCarty in the inventory of the Stafford County estate of Edward Clement, deceased, [WB Liber M, 1729-48, 134-5]. She was the mother of i. John, born about 1731, about three years old on 5 April 1734 when he was listed as a "Mulatto" bound to serve until thirty-one in the inventory of Edward Clement's Stafford County estate. ii. ?Sarah, "a Molatto" born 3 September and baptized 8 October 1732" in St. Paul's Parish, King George County (no parent named) [St. Paul's Church, King George County, Virginia, 46]. iii. Catherine, born 19 March and baptized 9 May 1736 in St. Paul's Parish, "Daughter of Margaret McCarty" (no race indicated) [St. Paul's Church, King George County, Virginia, 56]. McCOY/ McKEY FAMILY 1. Samuel1 Mackie, born say 1720, and his wife Batsheba, "free Malattos," registered their children's births and baptisms in St. Paul's Parish, King George County. Their children were i. John, born 23 November, baptized 24 November 1745. ii. Elijah, born 25 August, baptized 19 September 1748. iii. Jane, born 2 February, baptized 29 March 1752 [St. Paul's Parish Register, 102, 115, 123]. 2 iv. James1, born say 1750. 3 v. Bennett, born about 1757. 4 vi. George McCoy, born say 1759. vii. ?Mary Mackey, born say 1760, the servant of Stephen Donaldson, Gent., on 11 April 1781 when the Loudoun County court bound her "Mulatto" son Anthony (born 17 August 1778) to her master [Orders 1776-83, 350]. 5 viii. ?Verlinda, born say 1763. ix. ?Malinsa M'Guy, head of an Essex County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:208]. She may have been the mother of Mary McGuy who registered in Essex County on 14 December 1810: born free by certificate of the clerk of Richmond County, dark Mulattoe, about 27 years of age, 5 feet 3-3/4 inches [Register of Free Negroes 1810-43, p.17, no.39]. x. ?Samuel2 Magee, head of a Spotsylvania County household of 3 "other free" and a white woman over the age of 45 in 1810 [VA:101b]. xi. ?Thomas Magee, head of a Spotsylvania County household of 1 "other free," a slave and a white woman over the age of 45 in 1810 [VA:102a]. xii. ?George2 Makee, a "yellow" taxable in the lower district of Prince William County in 1809 and 1810 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1810, frames 708, 736], head of a Prince William County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:508]. He registered as a free Negro in Washington, D.C., on 25 August 1821: born free of a free woman in the neighborhood of Dumfries, Virginia. Perhaps his wife was Nancy Makee who registered on 25 March 1826 and was also born free in Dumfries. Her sixteen-year-old "mulato" daughter Betsy and seventeen-year-old daughter Maria registered in October 1827 [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 7, 60, 74, 100]. George may have been identical to ____ McGee, a "yellow" complexioned soldier from King George County who enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution [NSDAR, African American Patriots, 151]. **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000001)