Cohabitation Lists of Former Slaves in Goochland, Hanover, and Louisa Counties, Virginia, as Recorded by the Freedmen's Bureau A reprint of a 1919

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Cohabitation Lists of Former Slaves in Goochland, Hanover, and Louisa Counties, Virginia, as Recorded by the Freedmen's Bureau A reprint of a 1919Transcribed by Janice Abercrombie. Index. In February, 1866 the General Assembly passed an act that called for the registration of marriages of former slaves who wished to have their unions recorded. This fell under the jurisdiction of the Freedmen's Bureau. These lists provide an unparalleled window into the patterns of slave marriages. For example, in the Hanover list, in addition to the ages and full names of husband and wife, it records the date