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

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Record #34 from Northampton County, Virginia Register of Free Blacks 1853-1861

Year Documented Sept 1, 1854
Number 34
Birth Date 1823
Name Margaret Gleeson
Complexion Mulatto
Height - Feet 5
Height - Inches 1 1/2
Appearance Scar on the right of the neck-hair straight-small mole on the right cheek near the neck; grey eyes, and amiable expression of countenance; small scar on palm of left hand; and on forefinger of left hand.
Birth Note Born free in the County of Northampton, State of Virginia; (dd)
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