Middlesex County Virginia documents [Decimalized: .01-.85]

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A collection of eighty seven documents, many regarding the slave trade in Middlesex County Virginia. Includes by-laws for Colored Ladies Lincoln Association and a document regarding a freeman emancipating an enslaved woman he intended to marry. Also includes slave sales documents. The collection also includes materials relating to the Pursoll family, the Winn family, and a printed document signed by Peter V. Daniel, who later served as Supreme Court Justice. A finding aid list was created by Pierpont Morgan Library.

GLC#
GLC03434
Type
Header Record
Date
January 24, 1691 - December 20, 1843
Title
Middlesex County Virginia documents [Decimalized: .01-.85]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
87 items
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Slavery & Anti-slavery
Government and Civics
Estate
Land Transaction
Woman Author
Women's History
African American History
Civil War
Military History
Slavery
Manumission
Enslaved people
Slave Sale
Finance

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Collection Item
Document signed

[Appointment of Richard Segar as sheriff for Middlesex County]

14 July 1817

Preston, James Patton, 1774-1843

Partially printed document appointing Richard M Segar as sheriff of Middlesex County. Docket contains the names R. Blakey, Jos. Winter, Tho. Healy, Jno. B. Roane and Wm. Jesse.

GLC03434.01
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Mortgage for Dragon-bridge plantation]

27 May 1806

Wormeley, Ralph, fl. 1806

Ralph Wormeley deeds ownership of the Dragon-bridge plantation to John Taylor as payment for a one thousand five hundred dollar debt. The five hundred acre plantation in Middlesex county would be returned to Wormeley if he could repay the debt in...

GLC03434.02
Collection Item
Manuscript

[Articles established by the Colored Ladies Lincoln Association]

October 1862

Chippie, Hettie, fl. 1862

Hettie (also spelled Hetty) Chippie is listed as President and Mrs. Major Williams as Vice President. Organized to tend to sick and wounded Union soldiers, and to be connected to the Women's Pennsylvania Branch of the United States Sanitary...

GLC03434.03
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Certificate of emancipation for Priscilla a negro woman]

February 20, 1810

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

Certificate stating that Benjamin West, a free negro, has bought the freedom of Priscilla, who will be his wife. "Benjamin West a free negro having purchased a negrowoman named Priscilla...Do hereby liberate and emancipate the said negrowoman...

GLC03434.04
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Manumission of Charlotte Robinson]

19 July 1808

Berkley, Carter B., fl. 1808

Emancipating Charlotte Robinson, as ordered in the will of Dr. George D. Spatt. Signed by Thomas M. Locke and Carter B. Berkeley, executors of the will of George Spratt. Also signed by George D. Nicolson, John Minor, Thomas Muse and Mr. Chew.

GLC03434.05
Collection Item
Autograph document signed

[Deed of emancipation for Daphne and her son]

February 1, 1806

Ross, James, fl. 1803

Providing emancipation papers for his enslaved person, Daphne, and her son, James Corbin, due to "divers good causes and considerations." Also signed and attested by Overton Cosby.

GLC03434.06
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Ordering the appraisal of slaves]

26 July 1802

Cosby, Overton, fl. 1800-1806

Ordering list of men to appraise the enslaved people and personal estate of Edmund Berkeley of Prince William County. Court copy. The men ordered to perform the appraisal are Charles Carter, Charles Tyler, Richard Alexander and Matthew Whiting.

GLC03434.07
Collection Item
Autograph document signed

[Ordering the appraisal of slaves]

28 April 1800

Cosby, Overton, fl. 1800-1806

Ordering list of men to appraise the enslaved people and personal estate of John Humphries. Court copy. The men ordered to perform the appraisal are Staige Davis, Peter Robinson, David Palmer and Gabriel Jones. Court copy.

GLC03434.08
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Appointment for William Wood as surveyor]

23 June 1788

Champhill, William, fl. 1788

Appointing William Wood as surveyor of the highway in Middlesex County.

GLC03434.09
Collection Item
Autograph document signed

[Receipt from William Hackney]

13 December 1740

Laughlin, Thomas, fl. 1740

A receipt from William Hackney for Patrick Pursell's account.

GLC03434.10
Collection Item
Manuscript document

The estate of Patrick Pursell Dr

1740 circa

An account of the estate debts of Patrick Pursell.

GLC03434.11
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Regarding two debts of Patrick Pursell's estate]

4 September 1739

Corbin, R., fl. 1739

Attesting that two debts have not been paid from Patrick Pursell's estate, with account information. Docket indicates the debt was paid in 1740.

GLC03434.12
Collection Item
Manuscript document

[List of goods sold from the estate of Patrick Pursell]

20 July 1739

Listing items from the estate of Patrick Pursell that were sold, value totalling twenty pounds. Also lists debt records owed to Pursell with blank amounts.

GLC03434.13
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Attesting to a debt owed by the Pursell estate]

17 August 1739

Reid, James, fl. 1739

Attesting that Joseph Small is owed ten schillings by the estate of Patrick Pursell.

GLC03434.14
Collection Item
Note signed

[Reciept relating to the administration of Patrick Pursell's estate.]

3 July 1739

Skipwith, George, fl. 1739

A receipt for one hundred and fifty pounds, relating to the administration of Patrick Pursell's estate.

GLC03434.15
Collection Item
Autograph document signed

[Acknowledging account due for leather purchases]

17 July 1738

Pursell, Patrick, fl. 1730-1738

Pursell acknowledging account due for leather purchases.

GLC03434.16
Collection Item
Autograph document signed

[Account of debts]

1738 circa

Pursell, Patrick, fl. 1730-1738

Account of debts that appear to be owed to Pursell.

GLC03434.17
Collection Item
Document signed

[Promissory note to John Lymmes]

9 June 1730

Pursell, Patrick, fl. 1730-1738

A promissory note for a debt of one pond with John Lymmes.

GLC03434.18
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Will of Thomas O'Neal]

February 4, 1697

O'Neal, Thomas, fl. 1697

The will of Thomas O'Neal. Lists how his possessions, including a feather bed, fish plate, looking glass, tankard, great chest, smoothing iron, etc., should be divided between his daughters, Sarah O'Neal and Mary Atwood.

GLC03434.19
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Inventory of the estate of John Bullman]

January 14, 1695

Wortham, George, fl. 1695

An inventory listing the possessions of the deceased John Bullman. Also signed James Williamson and Richard Sloobons

GLC03434.20