there does not exist today a descendant of Virginia ancestors claiming to be an Indian who is unmixed with negro blood. |
Public records in the office of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and in the State Library, indicate that there does not exist today a descendant of Virginia ancestors claiming to be an Indian who is unmixed with negro blood.
W. A. [Walter Ashby] Plecker, Circular Letter to “Local Registrars, Clerks, Legislators, and others responsible for, and interested in, the prevention of racial intermixture,” Commonwealth of Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, December 1943. (Source: Rockbridge County (Va.) Clerk’s Correspondence, 1912-1943. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records. The Library of Virginia. 10-0878-003). http://lva.omeka.net/items/show/63.
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