Below you will find a list of the SURNAMES we have in our family genealogy section of our archives. The vast majority of these family names hail from the area’s Black Community. There will be the odd surname included that may have ties to the area’s Black Communities, ties to the historical society and/or may have involvement in racism in the area.
Please note information in these sections may range from just one single page to three binders. No family is the same. What might be found in the family sections include: Family Trees, Newspaper Clippings, Census Records, Obituaries, Photographs, etc.
SURNAME | CALL NUMBER |
ABBOTT | 1000 |
AINSE | 1001 |
ALEXANDER | 1002 |
ALEXANDER (LINCOLN) | 1003 |
ALLEN | 1004 |
ALLIETT | 1471 |
ANDERSON | 1005 |
ANDERSON (OSBORNE PERRY) | 1006 |
ANDREWS | 1007 |
ARAY | 1008 |
ATTWOOD | 1009 |
BAILEY | 1010 |
BALDWIN | 1477 |
BALL | 1011 |
BANKS | 1012 |
BANNISTER | 1013 |
BAQUAQUA | 1475 |
BARNES | 1014 |
BATES | 1015 |
BAYLIS | 1016 |
BAYNARD | 1017 |
BEDFORD | 1018 |
BELFORD | 1019 |
BELL | 1020 |
BELL (JAMES MADISON) | 1021 |
BEST | 1022 |
BETHUNE | 1023 |
BIBB | 1024 |
BINGA | 1025 |
BISSELL | 1026 |
BLACK | 1027 |
BLACKBURN | 1028 |
BLACKWELL | 1029 |
BLAIR | 1030 |
BLENCOWE | 1468 |
BLUE | 1031 |
BLYDEN | 1032 |
BOHLES | 1033 |
BOLTON | 1034 |
BOND | 1035 |
BOOKER | 1036 |
BORDEN | 1037 |
BOSWELL | 1038 |
BOWIE | 1039 |
BOWLES | 1040 |
BOWLEY | 1041 |
BOYD | 1042 |
BRADBY | 1043 |
BRADFORD | 1044 |
BRADLEY | 1045 |
BRAITHWAITE | 1046 |
BRANT | 1047 |
BRANTFORD | 1048 |
BRANTON | 1049 |
BRAXTON | 1050 |
BRITTON | 1051 |
BROADBENT | 1052 |
BROOKS | 1053 |
BROWN | 1055 |
BROWN (JOHN) | 1054 |
BROWNING | 1056 |
BULGER | 1476 |
BURCH | 1057 |
BUREY | 1058 |
BURGEE | 1059 |
BURKE | 1060 |
BURNETT | 1061 |
BURNS | 1062 |
BUTLER | 1063 |
CAMPBELL | 1064 |
CARLSEN | 1472 |
CARR | 1065 |
CARRINGTON | 1066 |
CARTER | 1067 |
CARVER | 1068 |
CASEY | 1069 |
CHAMBERS | 1070 |
CHANDLER | 1071 |
CHANT | 1072 |
CHARITY | 1073 |
CHARLES | 1074 |
CHASE | 1075 |
CHATTERS | 1076 |
CHAVIS/CHAVOUS | 1077 |
CHEATHAM | 1078 |
CHESNEY | 1079 |
CHILDS | 1080 |
CHRISTY | 1081 |
CLARK | 1082 |
CLARKE | 1083 |
CLIFFORD | 1084 |
CLINANSMITH | 1085 |
COCKFIELD | 1086 |
COCKING | 1087 |
COLEMAN | 1088 |
COLLIER | 1473 |
COLLINS | 1089 |
COOK | 1090 |
COOKE | 1091 |
COOPER | 1092 |
CORSEY | 1093 |
COTTON | 1094 |
COX | 1095 |
CRAWFORD | 1096 |
CRESS | 1097 |
CREW | 1098 |
CROMELL | 1099 |
CROMWELL | 1100 |
CROSBY | 1101 |
CROSS | 1102 |
CROSSWHITE | 1103 |
CURRIE | 1104 |
CUSTARD | 1105 |
CUZZENS | 1106 |
DAVIS | 1107 |
DAY | 1108 |
DEBAPTISTE | 1109 |
DEFORREST | 1110 |
DELANY | 1111 |
DEMAREST | 1474 |
DENNIS | 1112 |
DETT | 1113 |
DIGGINS | 1114 |
DISNEY | 1115 |
DIXON | 1116 |
DOLMAN | 1467 |
DORSEY | 1117 |
DOUGLASS | 1118 |
DOUGLASS (FREDERICK) | 1119 |
DOWNES | 1120 |
DRAKE | 1121 |
DUBOIS | 1122 |
DUCKETT | 1123 |
DUDLEY | 1124 |
DUNBAR | 1125 |
DUNGY | 1126 |
DUNLOP | 1127 |
DUTTON | 1128 |
DYKE | 1129 |
EASTON | 1130 |
EDDY | 1131 |
EDINBORO | 1132 |
EDMONDS | 1133 |
EDWARDS | 1134 |
ELLIS | 1135 |
ELLSWORTH | 1136 |
EMMANUEL | 1137 |
ENOS | 1138 |
ERICKSON | 1139 |
EVANS | 1140 |
FABING | 1141 |
FARRELL | 1142 |
FELLOWS | 1143 |
FERGUSON | 1144 |
FIELDER | 1145 |
FLOWERS | 1146 |
FLOYD | 1147 |
FORD | 1148 |
FOSTER | 1149 |
FOUNTAINE | 1150 |
FOWLER | 1151 |
FRANCIS | 1152 |
FREEMAN | 1153 |
GAMBLE | 1154 |
GAMBRIEL | 1155 |
GANT | 1156 |
GARRELL | 1157 |
GIBSON | 1158 |
GILES | 1159 |
GITTENS | 1160 |
GIVENS | 1161 |
GOINS | 1162 |
GOODWIN | 1163 |
GORDON | 1164 |
GORMAN | 1165 |
GRANT | 1166 |
GRAYER | 1167 |
GREEN | 1168 |
GRIFFIN | 1169 |
GRIFFITH | 1465 |
GRINAGE | 1170 |
GRIZZLE | 1171 |
GROSSE | 1172 |
GUEST | 1173 |
HACKLEY | 1174 |
HALL | 1175 |
HAMLETT | 1176 |
HAMMOND | 1177 |
HANDSOR | 1178 |
HANSON | 1179 |
HARDING | 1180 |
HARDY | 1181 |
HARRIS | 1182 |
HARRIS (ELIZA) | 1183 |
HARRISON | 1184 |
HARVEY | 1185 |
HATCHETT | 1186 |
HATTER | 1187 |
HAUSPIE | 1188 |
HAWKINS | 1189 |
HENDERSON | 1190 |
HENRY | 1191 |
HIGHGATE | 1192 |
HILL | 1193 |
HINDS | 1194 |
HODGE | 1195 |
HOLDEN | 1196 |
HOLLENSWORTH | 1197 |
HOLMES | 1198 |
HOLTON | 1199 |
HOOPER | 1200 |
HOSEY | 1201 |
HOSTEN | 1202 |
HOWARD | 1203 |
HOWELL | 1204 |
HUBBARD | 1205 |
HUGHES | 1206 |
HUNT | 1207 |
HUNTON | 1208 |
HURST | 1209 |
HUTCHISON | 1210 |
HYERS | 1211 |
JACKSON | 1212 |
JACOBS | 1213 |
JAMIESON | 1214 |
JEFFERSON | 1215 |
JEFFREYS | 1216 |
JENKINS | 1217 |
JENNER | 1218 |
JOHNSON | 1219 |
JOHNSON (JENNIE) | 1220 |
JOHNSTON | 1221 |
JONES | 1222 |
JUDAH | 1223 |
KEATON | 1224 |
KENNEDY | 1225 |
KERSEY | 1226 |
KIRBY | 1227 |
KLEBORN | 1228 |
KNIGHT | 1229 |
KNOX | 1230 |
LADD | 1231 |
LAFFERTY | 1232 |
LAMBERT | 1233 |
LAMBKIN | 1234 |
LAND | 1235 |
LANE | 1236 |
LANGFORD | 1237 |
LANGSTON | 1238 |
LARWILL | 1239 |
LATTING | 1240 |
LAWSON | 1241 |
LEE | 1242 |
LESTER | 1243 |
LEVERE | 1244 |
LEVI | 1245 |
LEWIS | 1246 |
LIGHTFOOT | 1247 |
LINDO | 1248 |
LIST | 1249 |
LITTLE | 1250 |
LLOYD | 1251 |
LUCAS | 1252 |
LUNDY | 1253 |
LYBERTUS | 1254 |
LYNN | 1255 |
LYONS | 1256 |
MACPHERSON | 1257 |
MALONE | 1258 |
MARSHALL | 1259 |
MARTIN | 1260 |
MASON | 1261 |
MATTHEWS | 1262 |
MCCART | 1263 |
MCCATHERN | 1264 |
MCCORKINDALE | 1470 |
MCCORKLE | 1265 |
MCCURDY | 1266 |
MCGILL | 1267 |
MCGRUDER | 1268 |
MCKACKRAN | 1269 |
MCPHERSON | 1270 |
MIDDLETON | 1271 |
MILLBEN/MILBURN | 1272 |
MILLER | 1273 |
MITCHELL | 1274 |
MONROE | 1275 |
MONTGOMERY | 1276 |
MOONEY | 1277 |
MOORE | 1278 |
MOREY | 1279 |
MORGAN | 1280 |
MORRIS | 1281 |
MORTON | 1282 |
MOSES | 1283 |
MULDER | 1284 |
MURPHY | 1285 |
MURRAY | 1286 |
MURROW | 1287 |
MYERS | 1288 |
NAZREY | 1289 |
NEEDHAM | 1290 |
NEVILLES | 1291 |
NEWBY | 1292 |
NEWMAN | 1293 |
NOLAN | 1294 |
O’BANYOUN | 1296 |
O’NEAL | 1299 |
OATES | 1295 |
OLBEY | 1297 |
OLIVER | 1298 |
OVERSTREET | 1300 |
OVERTON | 1301 |
OWENS | 1302 |
PALMER | 1303 |
PARIS | 1304 |
PARKER | 1305 |
PARTRIDGE | 1306 |
PATTERSON | 1307 |
PAYNE | 1308 |
PEAKERS | 1309 |
PEOPLES | 1310 |
PERRY | 1311 |
PETERS | 1312 |
PHARES | 1313 |
PHILLIPS | 1314 |
PIERCE | 1315 |
PIERPOINT | 1316 |
PIGGOT | 1317 |
PITCHFORD | 1318 |
PITT | 1319 |
PLEASANT | 1478 |
PLUMMER | 1320 |
POINDEXTER | 1321 |
POINTS | 1322 |
PONCE | 1323 |
POOLE | 1324 |
POPE | 1325 |
PORTER | 1326 |
POTTER | 1327 |
PRICE | 1328 |
PRINCE | 1329 |
PRISBY | 1330 |
PRYOR | 1331 |
QUICK | 1332 |
QUINN | 1333 |
RAGLAN | 1334 |
RAMSEY | 1335 |
RANN/RHAN | 1336 |
RAPIER | 1337 |
RAWLINS | 1338 |
REDDING | 1339 |
REED | 1340 |
REEVES | 1341 |
REILLEY | 1342 |
RENNALLS | 1343 |
RICH | 1345 |
RICHARDS | 1346 |
RICHARDSON | 1347 |
RICHEY | 1348 |
RICKMAN/RYCKMAN | 1349 |
RIDDLE | 1350 |
RIDER | 1351 |
RILEY | 1352 |
ROBBINS | 1353 |
ROBERSON | 1354 |
ROBINSON | 1355 |
ROBINSON (GWENDOLYN) | 1356 |
ROBSON | 1357 |
ROCK | 1358 |
RODGERS | 1359 |
ROFICK | 1360 |
ROLLS | 1361 |
ROPER | 1362 |
ROSS | 1363 |
ROUSE | 1364 |
ROY | 1365 |
RUE/RHUE | 1344 |
RUSSELL | 1366 |
SABBATH | 1367 |
SAMSON | 1368 |
SARGENT | 1369 |
SCIPIO | 1370 |
SCOTT | 1371 |
SEAY | 1372 |
SEEVERS | 1373 |
SEGEE | 1374 |
SELBY | 1375 |
SHADD | 1376 |
SHADD (MARY ANN) | 1377 |
SHEPHERD | 1380 |
SHERWOOD | 1381 |
SHORTS | 1382 |
SHREVE | 1378 |
SHREVE (ARTIS) | 1379 |
SIMMONS | 1383 |
SIMONS | 1384 |
SIMPSON | 1385 |
SIMS | 1386 |
SMITH | 1387 |
SNEED | 1388 |
SNIVELY | 1389 |
SNOOKS | 1390 |
SNOWDEN | 1391 |
SOLOMON | 1392 |
SPARKS | 1393 |
SPENCER | 1394 |
STANTON | 1395 |
STARKS | 1396 |
STEELE | 1397 |
STEVENS | 1398 |
STEWARD | 1399 |
STEWART | 1400 |
STIRLING | 1401 |
STONE | 1402 |
STREET | 1403 |
STRINGER | 1404 |
STRODDER | 1405 |
TABRON | 1406 |
TALBERT | 1481 |
TALBOT | 1407 |
TANNER | 1408 |
TATSU | 1409 |
TAYLOR | 1410 |
TECUMSEH | 1411 |
TERRELL | 1412 |
TEWKESBURY | 1413 |
THOMAS | 1414 |
THOMPSON | 1415 |
THURMAN | 1416 |
TIMBERLAKE | 1417 |
TIMBERS | 1418 |
TOYER | 1419 |
TRAVIS | 1420 |
TRUSTY | 1421 |
TRUTH (SOJOURNER) | 1422 |
TUBMAN (HARRIET) | 1423 |
TURNER | 1424 |
TYSON | 1425 |
VANDENBOGAERDE | 1466 |
VANDUSEN | 1426 |
VANDYKE | 1427 |
VANSTONE | 1428 |
VANT | 1429 |
VAUGHN | 1430 |
VENABLES | 1431 |
VINCENT | 1432 |
WADE | 1433 |
WAINER | 1434 |
WAKABAYASHI | 1479 |
WAKAYAMA | 1435 |
WALKER | 1436 |
WALLACE | 1437 |
WALLER | 1438 |
WALLS | 1439 |
WARD | 1440 |
WARE (JOHN) | 1441 |
WARNOCK | 1480 |
WATERFORD | 1442 |
WATSON | 1443 |
WATTS | 1444 |
WAYNOR | 1445 |
WEAVER | 1446 |
WEBB | 1447 |
WEES | 1448 |
WELLS | 1469 |
WESLEY | 1449 |
WHEELER | 1450 |
WHIPPER | 1451 |
WHITE | 1452 |
WILCOX | 1453 |
WILLIAMS | 1454 |
WILLIAMSON | 1455 |
WILMORE | 1456 |
WILSON | 1457 |
WILSON (HIRAM) | 1458 |
WOODS | 1459 |
WOODSON | 1460 |
WRIGHT | 1461 |
WRIGHT (EDDIE) | 1462 |
YOUNG | 1463 |
ZEBBS | 1464 |