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From: Steve Stevens <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 8:09 am
Subject: Re: Rent Rolls-Early VA
Some Goings/Goynes/Goines/Gowens were thought to be of Portuguese descent
thus dark in color. Some were brought here from Nassau and the Caribbean
Islands as well as Portugal. This may well play a part in the "Free
Mixture" label. Indians and half white half blacks were referred to as
Mulatto and this is also a possibility. Some excellent reading on other
possible "Free Mixture" is located here:
"Melungeons and Other Mestee Groups."
http://www.geocities.com/mikenassau/
Regards,
Steve Stevens
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From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Shelley Murphy
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 7:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Rent Rolls-Early VA
Can someone shed light on? on what the rent rolls are, also called early
census records, I found this but not sure what it means, is this where
someone actually rented a home/land, could this be a sharecropper, in the
later census this person appears as White, but found a marriage certificate
and there is a Miles Hart allowing his daughter Elizabeth to be married to
Henry Goings,the couple are called Free Mixtures.. Is there an assumption
that Miles Hart could be a person of color and the 1810 through 1830 census
are incorrect by calling him white? Thanks for any input. Shelley
Virginia Census, 1607-1890
about Miles Hart
Name:
Miles Hart
State:
VA
County:
Frederick County
Township:
Rent Rolls
Year:
1764
Record Type:
Rent Role
Database:
VA Early Census Index
Thanks Steve...I will check out the reading. Shelley
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