Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner State of Virginia, Circular No. 11
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Title
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner State of Virginia, Circular No. 11
Subject
African Americans, marriage, family
Description
Virginia's General Assembly passed legislation in 1866 to legalize the "Marriages of Colored Persons now cohabiting as Husband and Wife." Freedmen's Bureau agents were authorized to compile registers of cohabiting couples who considered themselves married. The Freedmen's Bureau sent a copy this circular explaining how to implement the act to the clerk of New Kent County.
Creator
Orlando Brown
Source
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866, New Kent County Court Records, Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
Date
March 19, 1866
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
Printed pamphlet
Identifier
14_0729_13 Circ ltr register, 14_0729_14 Circ ltr register
Coverage
New Kent County, Virginia
Citation
Orlando Brown, “Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner State of Virginia, Circular No. 11,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/517.