Michael Plunkett, Editor
University of Virginia Press
© 1995 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia
Conditions of Use
Michael Plunkett, Editor
University of Virginia Press
© 1995 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia
Conditions of Use
Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23185
804-253-4550
Fax: 804-221-3088
E-mail: mccook@mail.WM.edu
Business, personal correspondence, and accounts of these families of
Gloucester, Cumberland, and Henrico counties. There are scattered
slavery references such as a September 28, 1790, letter from John
Napier asking about a fugitive slave.
(Acc. 65 Ar6)
Family correspondence, accounts, legal papers, and manuscript volumes
of the Austin and Twyman families of Buckingham County. Includes the
papers of Archibald Austin and his son-in-law, Iverson L. Twyman. Of
interest are bills of sale for slaves, letters from slaves, and the
slave time book for Gwynn Dam & Lock, 1855-56.
(Acc. 69 Au7)
Business and personal correspondence and accounts of David Barker of
Fluvanna County and James E. Cooke of Powhatan County. Included are
letters pertaining to the hiring out of slaves and instructions
regarding the management of plantations.
(Acc. 65 B24)
Personal, business, and legal papers and accounts of this family from
Tower Hill, Sussex County. In addition to the plantation records and
authenticated typescript history of Tower Hill are lists of white
deaths and blacks executed in the Nat Turner Rebellion and an 1843
memorandum book containing a "List of Negroes."
(Acc. 65 B625)
Legal documents and accounts mainly from Pasquotank County, North
Carolina. Included are bills of sale for slaves.
(Acc. Small Collections)
Business and personal papers of this merchant and novelist (1843-
1906) from Nelson County. Included are plantation management ledgers
for Belmont and Benvenue plantations.
(Acc. 65 B83)
Business, personal, and legal papers of this sheriff and physician of
Albemarle County. Many of the personal letters concern individual
slaves and their treatment including medical care.
(Acc. 39.1 B84)
Personal, family, business, and legal correspondence of these
families revealing life in Williamsburg, Staunton, Petersburg, and
Fredericksburg. A December 30, 1814, letter from Samuel Brown relates
the beating of a slave, Sarah, for insolence and of her husband
Daniel who grabbed an axe to defend her. Of interest is material on
Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this
family of Augusta County. Included are materials of 1830-39 on the
hiring of slaves. A January 1, 1839, letter from Briscoe G. Baldwin
concerns the hiring of a slave of his to Mr. Shumate as a
blacksmith.
(Acc. 65 B99)
Business, legal, and personal papers of this family of Nelson and
Albemarle counties consisting mainly of the correspondence of Dr.
William Cabell and his sons, Colonel William Cabell, Joseph C.
Cabell, and William Cabell, Jr. Included are plantation papers such
as slave lists.
(Acc. 65 C12)
Personal and collected papers of this Virginia historian of
Petersburg. There are infrequent references to family slaves in the
personal papers. A March 5, 1855, letter from Anna Campbell discusses
the
Business, personal, and legal correspondence of the James River-area
and Sabine Hall, Richmond County, Carter families. Principal
correspondents are Robert "King" Carter, Robert Carter II, George
Carter, Charles Carter, and Robert Wormeley Carter. Included are
significant materials on slavery and the plantation economy.
(Acc. 39.1 C24)
Collected military and private documents, accounts, and
correspondence concerning the Civil War. Two letters of July and
September 1864 from M. Strickler of Botetourt County mention runaway
slaves and a slave that needed medical treatment.
(Acc. 39.1 C76)
Typescript copies of letters of Edward Coles, secretary to President
James Madison and later governor of Illinois. Slavery is among the
Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of John
Dixon, Jr., of Airville, Gloucester County. There is scattered
slavery material, such as an 1807 deed authorizing Morgan Tomkies to
sell slaves.
(Acc. 39.1 D64)
Personal correspondence of John R. Coupland of Williamsburg,
Richmond, and Petersburg. There is very little material on slavery
except a November 13, 1851, statement by Juliana Dorsey regarding
slaves.
(Acc. 39.1 D73)
Personal and professional papers of John Minson Galt I, his son
Alexander Dickie Galt, and his grandson John Minson Galt II of
Williamsburg, associated with Eastern Lunatic Asylum in an official
capacity for 100 years. Included are scattered references to the
hiring, purchase, sale and treatment of slaves.
(Acc. 78 Gl3)
Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of the
Jesse Garth family of Albemarle County. Bills of sale for 1798-1833
indicate purchases of various slaves.
(Acc. 65 G19)
Genealogical and personal accounts of this family of Nansemond
County, Virginia, and Jasper County, Georgia. Included in an
arithmetic notebook are 1817-40 records of slaves' births.
(Acc. 65 H72)
Business and personal correspondence of this tobacco trader and
sheriff of Halifax County. Included is a contract for work with a
former slave in 1866.
(Acc. 65 H84)
Personal, political and journalistic correspondence and accounts of
this Abingdon and Norfolk resident (1821-1901). Included is a January
16, 1862, receipt from John Fraser to Hughes for the purchase of two
slaves.
(Acc. 39.2 H87)
Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this
family of York, Charles City, and Louisa counties. Included is
material on slavery, such as a list of slaves on the Forge estate in
1823. Letters of 1800 refer to the deaths of slave children, and a
November 12, 1800, letter from George Breckenridge to Francis Jerdone
mentions a planned slave insurrection in Virginia.
(Acc. 39.1 J47)
Business and personal correspondence of Judge Warner T. Jones of
Warner Hall, Gloucester County. Letters in 1855 concern the hiring
out of Jones's slaves by an agent in Richmond. Also included is an
1887 list of black and white teachers by counties.
(Acc. 39.1 J75)
List of slaves owned by [Mathew Thompson?] of Clark County,
Kentucky.
(Acc. MsV Ap38)
Letter to [Thomas Ritchie] describing living conditions of
the slaves at Brandon, Prince George County.
(Acc. SI Laffan)
Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of this
planter of Marmion and Chatterton, King George County. The plantation
management papers include inventories containing lists of slaves and
bonds for the hire of slaves. Two 1818 documents concern a runaway
slave.
(Acc. 39.1 L58)
Personal and business correspondence of this minister of the
Protestant Episcopal church who was elected the third bishop of
Virginia in 1841. Meade referred occasionally to his concern for the
religious instruction of slaves, such as in an October 4, 1840,
letter to [W.] R. Whittingham.
(Acc. 74 M46)
Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this Louisa
County family, consisting primarily of the business papers of Samuel
Overton. There are scattered references to slavery, such as an April
1, 1756, receipt for a slave.
(Acc. 65 Ov2)
Personal letters of this family of Loudoun County, Winchester,
Alexandria, and Henry, Illinois. There is no significant material on
Afro-Americans except for a January 3, 1849, letter mentioning the
hiring of a slave and a March 12, 1866, letter from Richmond
mentioning the difficulty of living with freedmen.
(Acc. 65 P875)
Personal, military, and political letters of this soldier and
politician from Middleburg. In the personal letters are mentions of
slaves including a June 9, 1797, letter from Leven to Burr Powell in
Kentucky explaining that Leven's slave John was put in jail "because
he was making wild threats and drinking too much." There is also a
mention of Blacks in Lord Dunmore's army in 1776.
(Acc. 65 P87)
Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of this
family of western Virginia. There is very little material on
Afro-Americans except for a September 20, 1793, emancipation
certificate for John Broady, a slave of William Campbell.
(Acc. 39.1 P91)
Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of Thomas
Ritchie (1778-1854) and family members of Richmond, Washington, and
Brandon, Prince George County. There is much discussion of the issue
of slavery in the professional papers of journalist Ritchie, and the
family papers contain scattered references to Afro-Americans, such as
letters of November 1 and 2, 1865, mentioning the desire of former
slaves to acquire land.
(Acc 65 R51)
Business, personal, legal, and political correspondence of this
United States senator from Virginia. Among the topics covered in the
correspondence is civil rights legislation. The collection carries a
restriction that there be no publication of any material by, to, or
about a living person.
(Acc. 66 R54)
Legal record kept by Andrew Reid, county clerk, which includes
information on physical description, age, and previous owner.
(Acc. MsV Levl3)
Personal letters of Scurlock and family members of Texas and Alabama.
A January 8, 1856, letter from Dan Scurlock to Theodocius mentions
the uncovering of a planned slave revolt in Clarksville, Alabama.
(Acc. 81 Scu4)
Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of Sir
Peyton Skipwith and family members of Prestwould, Mecklenburg County.
A number of items document plantation slavery, such as a November 2,
1787, account of slaves and labor contracts with free Blacks.
(Acc. 65 Sk3)
Business and personal correspondence and accounts of these families
of Smith's Cross Roads, Mecklenburg County. A December 28, 1806,
manuscript discusses transporting slaves across state lines.
(Acc 39.1 Sm8)
Personal, business, and legal papers and accounts of the Southall
family of Williamsburg, chiefly those of Peyton Alexander Southall
Primarily the business, legal, military, and personal papers of
General William Booth Taliaferro (lawyer and Confederate officer of
Gloucester County). Included is an account of his experiences with
the Virginia militia during the John Brown Raid.
(Acc. 65 T15)
Personal, business, and educational papers of St. George Tucker,
Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, and Henry St. George Tucker. Included are
manuscript studies of slavery, letters by slaves and letters about
treatment of slaves.
Personal papers of United States President John Tyler, his second
wife Julia Gardiner Tyler, and children, including Lyon G. Tyler,
president of the College of William and Mary. A number of references
to slave life at Sherwood Forest plantation in Charles City County
are found in the letters of Julia Gardiner Tyler.
(Acc. 65 T97)
A large collection of documents pertaining to individual Virginia
counties arranged by the name of the county. Among the many items
pertaining to slavery are the Warwick County Order Book, 1699-1701,
listing certificates for the return of runaway slaves; Albemarle
County receipts for taxes paid on slaves in 1822 and 1824; and an
1807 Botetourt County bill of sale for a slave sold to John Robinson
of Rockingham County.
(Acc. 39.4 V82co)
Personal correspondence with his brother and sister of Prince Edward
Court House. Among the topics discussed is the condition of blacks
after the Civil War.
(Acc. 39.1 W32)
Personal, business, and legal papers of this lawyer from Norfolk. A
will, December 19, 1837, of Eliza Bray Johnson Tyler manumits a
slave.
(Acc. 76 W61)
A letter from a former slave, Milly Richard of Vicksburg,
Mississippi, to Captain Thomas Russell of Williamsburg inquiring
about members
Business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of
Mulberry Place, Caroline County. There are scattered materials about
slavery including a list of slaves vaccinated in 1829 and 1837.
(Acc. 39.1 w88)