The following was written by francisophile at Flickr.com:

During my first trip to Charlottesville in 2003, I went to this Historical Society and picked up a copy (published in 1995) of The Magazine Of Albemarle County History. There is an article written by Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. focusing on an eighteen and thirty-three unoffical census which attempts to give “A Just and True Account.” There are individuals within this unoffical census with whom I strongly believe have kinship with my great great great grandfather. This is remarkable because the U.S. government only started keeping offical census records for African Americans ( or people of color) after 1870. Another one of the most astounding facts about this unoffical census surrounds the effort of the State of Virginia and the United States government to deport any person of color to Liberia under the guise of the American Colonization Society. The United States and the American Colonization Society was trying to follow the model that Great Britain or at least some of the efforts and organizations in England to established a colony in Sierra Leone (see “Bury the Chains” by Adam Hoscshild). This census also includes Sally Hemmings and her children who were close if not nearly adults.