The estate of William A. Barton consists of eight entries including the hiring out of two enslaved people and a value estimation of the enslaved people.
Several promissary notes for the hiring of enslaved people. Enslaved person Caroline, from the estate of Harding Browning, was hired by T.M. Stine for 65 dollars for a year of employment. Also included is a voucher for the capture and return of an enslaved person and an entry for shoes for slaves.
Documents for the sale of enslaved people Margaret and her infant son Thomas, as well as Margaret's future children, "with the future issue and increase of Margaret", to Henry Wessels from Francis A. Mitchell for the sum of eleven hundres and fifty dollars. Auction was carried out by J.S. Riggs auctioneers.
Documents for the sale of an enslaved woman named Margaret and her unborn child to Francis A. Mitchell from Benjamin Lazarus for the sum of one thousand dollars. Auction was carried out by J.S. Riggs auctioneers.
Copy of the Act of Procuration of Mrs. Stilwell to her attorney, Hudson English regarding the death of her husband. Stilwell grants English full power of attorney over the entire estate of her deceased husband.
A will of James Dykes of Scott County, Virginia in which James describes his estate and how it should be dispersed, including eleven enslaved people, listed by name.
The estate of John Towns, as described by executor George Towns, consists of several senslaved people including a young woman named Caroline with two children and a seventeen year old male.
An account of the Hardscrabble plantation that details concerns over frost threatening the crops of the plantation and the capture of runaway enslaved people.
An account of the Hardscrabble plantation that describes a scene of frost threatening the crops of the plantation and the capture of runaway enslaved people.
