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

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Record #82 from Northampton County, Virginia Register of Free Blacks 1853-1861

Year Documented Aug 31, 1855
Number 82
Birth Date Jan 1st 1834
Name Mary Jane Collins
Complexion Chesnut
Height - Feet 5
Height - Inches 1 1/2
Appearance Scar from a cut on the right eye-holes 1st in the ears for rings. Small scar on the back of right hand; and large mole on the right arm.
Birth Note Born free in the County of Northampton, State of Virginia; (dd)
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