United States, Indenture and Manumission Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Indenture and manumission records for the following states and localities:
 * Alabama: Mobile County
 * District of Columbia:
 * Georgia: Morgan and Taliaferro Counties
 * Indiana: Knox County
 * Kentucky: Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bracken, Butler, Caldwell, Carlisle, Floyd, Fulton, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McLean, Muhlenberg, Nicholas, Ohio, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trimble, Woodford Counties
 * Louisiana: Orleans Parish
 * Maryland: Carroll and Worcester Counties
 * Mississippi: Lowndes, Wilkinson Counties
 * New Jersey: Essex, Gloucester, Middlesex and Salem Counties
 * North Carolina: Bertie, Buncombe, Camden, Chatham, Chowan, Craven, Davie, Duplin, Forsyth, Gates, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Randolph, Wayne, Wilson and Yadkin Counties
 * Ohio: Greene, Logan and Miami Counties
 * Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Abolition Society)
 * South Carolina: Charleston
 * Virginia: Accomack and Surry Counties

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the enslaved individual
 * Name of the owner

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add the new information to your records
 * Use the information to find the person in other records
 * Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Try searching by surname only

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the United States.
 * United States Guided Research
 * United States Record Finder
 * United States Research Tips and Strategies

Family History Library Holdings

 * Ohio Greene Co. Emancipation record, 1805-1844
 * Ohio. Miami Co. Manumission record, 1833-1847
 * Pennsylvania Abolition Society Manumissions and indentures, ca. 1780-1840
 * Virginia. Accomack Co. Overseers of the Poor, Indentures, 1798-1835
 * Virginia. Surry Co. Virginia, Surry County, Indentures, 1699-1903

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * District of Columbia Court and Emancipation Records, 1820-1863
 * United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850
 * United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860
 * Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853 - 1866

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