FamilySearch has digitized Slave and Free Persons of Color Records, Tyrell County, NC, 1793-1868. The microfilm can be accessed via the FamilySearch catalog here.
The microfilm contains a compendium of records concerning enslaved and free African Americans in Tyrell County. Contents of the microfilm are:
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- Account of hire of slaves, 1843;
- Action in equity re slaves, Nathan Milam [et al.] vs. Caleb Watkins [et al.], 1862;
- Agreement re division of slaves of Mary Wilson, 1803;
- Bills of sale, 1779, 1790-1804, 1833;
- Civil actions re slaves, 1805, 1819, 1827;
- Conveyance and reconveyance of slaves, 1811-1812;
- Criminal actions re slaves and free persons of color, 1801-1870;
- Deeds of gift, 1779-1814;
- Divisions and sales of slaves, 1837-1864, no date;
- Emancipation bonds, 1806, 1811;
- Grand jury request that free men of color be called to testify in criminal matter, no date;
- Obligatory bonds for delivery of slaves to sheriff, 1834, 1841;
- Pass, 1856;
- Patrollers, 1814-1845, no date;
- Permit for free man of color to carry firearms, no date;
- Relinquishment of title to slaves, 1794, 1806, 1811;
- Testimony of Dr. Henry J. Macon re death of slave in jail, 1854;
- Writ of replevin, 1862
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