African-American Cemeteries in Albemarle & Amherst Counties
Virginia contains thousands of family burial grounds and consecrated cemeteries. These final resting places preserve invaluable biographical information about the past residents of the county. The AACAAC Project is dedicated to locating, documenting, and preserving historic African-American cemeteries in two Virginian counties.
JF Bell Funeral Home Records Database
The following information about African Americans buried in Albemarle County has been collected from copies of death certificates and from J.F. Bell Funeral Home records. This project involved a collaboration between the J.F. Bell Funeral Home and the African-American Genealogy Group.
Free Black Registers, Albemarle County
The following information about Free Blacks in Albemarle County has been transcribed from the Free Black Registers for Albemarle County, 1807-1865 by Dr. Ben Ford. These files contains names, family relationships, physical descriptions, the height of the individual, and a comment on their complexion (as determined by a white record taker).
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