| File Name | _0001_0003_0001-0002 |
|---|---|
| Type of Certificate | register |
| Year | 1837 |
| Certificate Number | 937 |
| First Name | James |
| Middle Name | – |
| Surname | Ashby |
| Suffix | – |
| Alias | – |
| Gender | – |
| Age | – |
| Physical Description | black |
| Occupation | – |
| Name of Parent | – |
| Name of Children | – |
| Name of Spouse | – |
| Form of Emancipation | emancipated by will |
| Slave Owner's Name | James Ashby |
| Locality of Origination | – |
| Additional Surnames | – |
| Recorder's Notes | born about 1815 |
| Processor's Notes | – |
| EAD | http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01386.xml |
| Locality | Accomack County |
| Source | Accomack County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1744-1861 |
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