Free Blacks in the City of Norfolk, Virginia - 1801

The researcher has capitalized street addresses but made no other changes in spelling.

Name	Occupation	Address	Book Page
BAKER, JOHN	shoe-maker	2 Borough Tavern Alley	8
BAILEY, LEMUEL	shoemaker	13 Commerce Street dwelling Cumberland Street (fields)	9
DRAKE, FRANCIS	barber	20 Main Street	13
GODWIN, LEWIS	shop keeper	30 Water Street	17
JACKSON, HENRY	pilot	12 Bank Street	20
PAYNE, BENJAMIN	house carpenter	10 Boush's Lane	26
POOL (?), MARY	seamstress	10 Bank Street	26
PETERS, WILLIAM	sailor's lodging	3 Talbot Street	27
SCOTT, GEORGE	carpenter	5 Fen Church Street	30
TYRE, ANN	midwife	21 Fen Church Street	32
VENTUS, JOHN	cabinet maker	70 Fen Church Street	32
WILLIAMS, NANCY	seamstress	3 Calvert's Lane	33
WILLIAMS, BETSY	washer and ironer	14 Calvert's Lane	33
WILLIAMS, JOHN	painter	7 Brewer Street	34
WEAVER, ANN	shop keeper	13 Bank Street	34

City Directories, Microfiche No. 1031, 1801 Norfolk, Virginia. Library of Congress Microform Reading Room, Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

From the researcher's Names on Record: A Journal Featuring Virginians of African Descent

Extracts from Simmon's Norfolk Directory for the Year 1801, Printed in 1801 by Augustus C. Jordan

For additional information contact:

C. V. Brooks
P.O. Box 23827
Washington, DC 20026-3827.