Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #180 from Northampton County, Virginia Register of Free Blacks 1853-1861

Year Documented Aug 31, 1859
Number 180
Birth Date Sept 1837
Name George Burton
Complexion Yellow
Height - Feet 5
Height - Inches 3 4/10
Appearance Small scars on little finger of the right hand, several small scars on back of the left hand, scar from burn on right cheek, scar near left eye from burn, small scar in the ___of the left ear.
Birth Note Born in the County of Northampton, State of Virginia; (dd)
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