United States, Indenture and Manumission Records - FamilySearch Historicl 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?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

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

 * New Jersey Supreme Court. Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of New Jersey relative to the manumission of Negroes and others holden in bondage. Burlington, N.J. by Isaac Neale, for the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 1794. FHL 974.9 P2n
 * 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

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.