Surnames: Surry County, 1850.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
The following surnames are found among free people of color in Surry County:
BAKER, BLALOCK, EASLEY, EMANUEL, FOWLER, HARDY, HEDGEPETH, HOWARD, HUDSON, JACKSON, MELTON, MURRAY, NOAH, PARKER, PLESS, RANDLE, REVELS, SHANKLE, VOLENTINE, and WIMBERLY.
Fourth Generation Inclusive 
totally left out Hill, Barber, Donathan, Stewart, anxd a few other families
Thanks! I’ll go back through the census and add any I missed. Looks like I may have missed a township or two.
Hey thanks for the reply. I wasn’t being critical by pointing out those names, but the Hill were ESPECIALLY very numerous, and early on. My line actually are tied to the Johns family, and you can actually find out a lot about these families on their Guion Miller applications. They exist for Donathan, Hill, Valentine(through Hill), Payne(through Hill), Revel, etc…..
Name: Merilla Hill
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Surry, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 9
Number of Household Members: 9
There are also Bass, Bovender, Dison, Scott, Jones
No, not at all. I must have posted before the entry was complete. Thanks again!
also Goins, but may have changed to White by 1850