Corvins on 1819 Free People of Color List Columbia Co., GA
This information came from a book in the courthouse at Appling, GA,that lists 1819 Free Persons of Color of Columbia County, GA.
March 22, 1819
Page 7
"-- Betty Corvin applys for a registry of her name --- age not known -- Came from North Carolina by profession a spinster
--- Critty her oldest daughter about nineteen years of age, Born in Georgia By profession a spinster ---
--- Fanny her next eldest --- about seventeen years of age ---born in Georgia, by profession a Weaver.
--- Ned her son about fifteen Born in Georgia by profession a farmer ---
--- Pulaski the eldest son of Critty about two years of age, Born in Georgia
--- William the youngest son of Critty aged two months Born in Georgia."
Researchers think many people listed in this book may be Melungeon (Portugese?) or part Indian rather than Negro. Sometimes in the census they are listed as mulatto; sometimes they are listed as white.DNA might tell.