This book covers the Northumberland County, Virginia, register of Free blacks, 1803-1858.
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Originally, this region was part of Lord Fairfax\'s Northern Neck Proprietary, which extended from today\'s Northern Neck all the way to the Allegheny Mountains.
Northumberland County lies in the eastern section of the Northern Neck of Virginia, which is the peninsula of land bordered by the Potomac River on the north, the Chesapeake Bay on the east, and the Rappahannock River on the south.
This book covers the Northumberland County, Virginia, register of Free blacks, 1803-1858