Aaron Shovelly
- Name
- Aaron Shovelly
- Aaron Ross
- Sex
- Male
- Free Status
- Born Free/Free Born
- Place of Birth
- Roanoke County, VA
- Record(s) Seen In
- Free Black Register - Roanoke County - 1838-1865
- Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 1-400
- Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 354-749
- FBR - Image Number:
- 65
- Page and Line Number
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CLD: PP. 66
CLE: PP. 483 - Location
- Roanoke County, VA
- Date(s) Seen In Records
- FBR: March 1861; May 5, 1865
- Additional Information
- Aaron Shovelly, whose alias was Aaron Ross, was listed in the register as having a "black complexion" and a stiff right forefinger. He registered twice at 15 and 20 years old, and he was 5 feet 4.5 inches tall and 5 feet 10.25 inches tall at those ages. In Common Law Book E, he was described in the same manner.
- In Common Law Book D, it was ordered that Moses and Aaron Ross, the orphan children of Mary Ross, were to be bound out by the Overseers of the Poor. Their services were deemed to be worth nothing.
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