Caswell Rayford

Name

Caswell Rayford

Carwell Rayford
Casewell Rayford

Sex

Male

Free Status

Born Free/Free Born

Record(s) Seen In

Free Black Register - Roanoke County - 1838-1865

Common Law Orders - C - August 1843 - June 1848 - pgs. 1-226​

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 1-400

FBR - Image Number:

16, 40, 43

Page and Line Number

CLC: PP. 188
CLD: PP. 291

Location

Roanoke County, VA

Date(s) Seen In Records

FBR: July 21, 1845, February 5, 1850; June 16, 1851
CLC: July 1845

Additional Information

Caswell was listed in the register as being "dark mulatto" and having a "brown complexion." He was 5 feet 9 inches tall with a scars over his right eye and on his right hand. He registered twice at ages 24, 29, and 30 years old. The record states, in the 1851 entry, that he lost his free papers.

Casewell's registration was recorded in Common Law Book C in 1845 when he was 24 years old. His appearance was described in the same manner. In Common Law Book D, and at 30 years old, he registered as "dark mulatto, 30 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, with a scar over his right eye."