Guide to the Legal Documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
1750-1879.

Collection Number: 4780

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 1750-1879.
Collection Number:
4780
Creator:
Quantity:
.4 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Financial Records, Legal Documents, Manuscripts
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Legal documents include wills, estate inventories, indentures and other land documents, summonses and other court documents, and accounts. Many relate to the ownership of slaves.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Legal documents include wills, estate inventories, indentures and other land documents, summonses and other court documents, and accounts. Many relate to the ownership of slaves.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Slavery--United States.
Slavery--Kentucky.
Slavery--Virginia.
Slavery--North Carolina.
Slavery--Georgia.

Places:
Kentucky--Social life and customs.
Kentucky--History.
Virginia--History.
Virginia--Social life and customs.
North Carolina--History.
North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Georgia--History.
Georgia--Social life and customs.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Form and Genre Terms:
Legal documents.
Wills.
Indentures.
Legal instruments.
Judicial records.
Summonses.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, #4780. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Kentucky 1781-1865
1781, 1786-1792
Two Documents. Virginia Court Case About Land in Kentucky, 1786-1792. Document About Sale of A horse and Wagon, ca. 1781, North Carolina
Box 1 Folder 1
1791
Slander Case Affidavit. Jane Hogan vs. Samuel Davis. Lincoln County, KY
Box 1 Folder 2
1776
Power of Attorney to Sell Kentucky Lands. Thomas Cunningham, James Adams
Box 1 Folder 3
1797
Removal of a Lawsuit. Green Clay. Lexington, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 4
1798
Whiskey Accounts. Kentucky - Lexington
Box 1 Folder 5
1798, 1799
Three Documents. Levington Summons 1799. Levington Summons 1799. Fair Fax County, Virginia Summon 1798
Box 1 Folder 6
1799-1801, 1807
Summons - Mason County 1799. Summons - Mason County 1800. Summons - Mason County 1801. Summons - Mason County 1807
Box 1 Folder 7
1805, 1814
Receipt for Land Purchase. James Taylor, 1805. Deed of General Warranty (Land) James Taylor, Campbell County, Kentucjky, 1814
Box 1 Folder 8
1801, 1806
Indentures (2). Land in Ohio
Box 1 Folder 9
1808
Power of Attorney George and Hugh Mercer. James Taylor. Campbell County, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 10
1812
Richard Hickman. Lieutenant Governor. Clay County, Kentucky Land Grant
Box 1 Folder 11
1816
Autograph Letter. Edmond Penn
Box 1 Folder 12
1817
Deposition. Abraham Clay. About a slave named Amy Galbreath. Slavery. Mentions Cornwallis
Box 1 Folder 13
1819
Indenture. John Fowler. Includes Slaves. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 14
1821
Declaration. Hume vs. Childers. Horse Thief/Murder Case
Box 1 Folder 15
1821
Writ for Payment of Debt. Jane Clarke - Griffen Theobalds. Grant County, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 16
1825
Power of Attorney. Samuel Adams, Sr. Shelby county, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 17
1827
Document. Deed of Sale. Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 18
1831
Estate Inventory. Includes Slaves. Laurence Egbert. Mercer County, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 19
1834
Decree of Division of Property Including Slaves
Box 1 Folder 20
1835
Estate Inventory. Slaves. William Fields. Mercer County, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 21
1833, 1837
Will - Elizabeth Adams, 1833. Will - Phebe Fishback, 1837. Frees a Slave.
Box 1 Folder 22
1840
Estate Inventories (2). Mercer County, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 23
1841
Indenture. William Holt and Joseph Holt. Transferring Property Including a Slave
Box 1 Folder 24
1844
Will-Hugh Evans. Mentions Slaves
Box 1 Folder 25
1845, 1849
Estate Inventories (2)
Box 1 Folder 26
1850
ALS From W. Washington to Taylor Thornton, New Post, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 27
1851
Deposition From a Physician About Treating Slaves
Box 1 Folder 28
1861
Document by Governor Beriah Magoffin to Forgive Payment. Mercer County
Box 1 Folder 29
1861
Campbell Circuit Court. Newport, Kentucky. Order to Sell "Unruly" Slaves. Also Franklin County, Ohio
Box 1 Folder 30
April 1, 1865
Oath of Office "Will not give aid to the rebellion" School Trustee
Box 1 Folder 31
Illustrated Price List. C.P. Barnes and Brother, Louisville, Kentucky
Box 1 Folder 32
Verginia 1750-1879
1750
Estate Document, Printed. Fairfex County, Virginia
Box 1 Folder 33
1756
Will. Alexandria, Virginia
Box 1 Folder 34
1759, 1798, 1801, 1815
Complaints. Loudon County, VA 1759; Mason County, VA 1801; Campbell County KY 1815; Levi Todd 1798
Box 1 Folder 35
1762
Land Sale. Loudoun County, VA
Box 1 Folder 36
1762
Indenture. Loudoun County, VA
Box 1 Folder 37
1762, 1804
Service Indenture, Leesburg, VA; Land Transfer Loudon county, VA
Box 1 Folder 38
1763
Indenture For Servent; Land Rental, Loudoun County, VA
Box 1 Folder 39
1766
Land Indenture, Virginia
Box 1 Folder 40
1766, 1785, 1787, 1788
George Washington Documents: Bill of Sale - Washington Signature as Witness, Loudon County 1766; Warrant for Surveying Land for Washington, 1785; Land Survey 1787, 1788
Box 1 Folder 41
1770
Indenture, Loudoun County, VA
Box 1 Folder 42
1773
Landindenture, Loudoun County
Box 1 Folder 43
1783
Land Transfer, Fairfex County, VA
Box 1 Folder 44
1783, 1784
Indenture, Fayette County, VA 1783; Land Office Military Warrant 1784
Box 1 Folder 45
1783, 1786
Indentures, Fairfax County, VA
Box 1 Folder 46
1783, 1791
Summons (3): Lincoln County 1783, Madison County 1791, Lincoln County 1791
Box 1 Folder 47
1785
Indenture, Fairfax County, VA
Box 1 Folder 48
1786, 1791
Land Indentures: Fairfax County 1786, king George County 1791
Box 1 Folder 49
1787
Land Indenture, Loudon County, VA. "Blue Ridge" Deed
Box 1 Folder 50
1789, 1796
Indentures. Henry Lec, Westmore County VA
Box 1 Folder 51
1790
Land Transfers (2), Fairfax County
Box 1 Folder 52
1791
Land Transfers (2), Fairfax County
Box 1 Folder 53
1794, 1804, 1810
Ship Contract 1794, Proof or Imported Spirits 1804, Land Office Military Warrant 1810
Box 1 Folder 54
1795
Marriage Indenture, Fairfax VA
Box 1 Folder 55
1795, 1812
Peposition, Burke County 1795, Virginia Militia 1812
Box 1 Folder 56
1798
Indenture, Potomac Company and Canal of Great Falls, Fairfax County
Box 1 Folder 57
1799
Land Transfer, Fairfax County VA
Box 1 Folder 58
1804
Affidavit, Loudoun County
Box 1 Folder 59
1809
Deeds of Gift (2). Samuel Adams, Jr. Fairfax County VA
Box 1 Folder 60
1810
Indenture Fairfax/Loudoun Counties VA
Box 1 Folder 61
1815
Estate Settlement Including Slaves, Fairfax County VA
Box 1 Folder 62
1820
Amy Kilbread Trial Testimony
Box 1 Folder 63
1836-1837
Sale of Slaves, Culpepper VA
Box 1 Folder 64
1843
ALS George F. Washington to Gen. James Taylor, Waverly, VA
Box 1 Folder 65
1846
Settlement Document, Fairfax County VA
Box 1 Folder 66
1846, 1855
Citizenship Declaration (Ireland) 1855; Complaint, Fairfax County VA 1846
Box 1 Folder 67
1851
Accounts, Patrick County, VA
Box 1 Folder 68
May 9, 1862
Memorandum About an Interview With General Lee. May 9, 1862. General Henry A. Wise
Box 1 Folder 69
ca. 1867
State of Virginia Definition of Colored Person and Indians. Printed
Box 1 Folder 70
1879
Tobacco Sale Broadside. Danville, VA. Thos. L. Poindexter and Son
Box 1 Folder 71
North Carolina 1824-1865
1824
Listing of Goods for Sale. Roberts Jaffray and Co. Fayetteville, NC
Box 1 Folder 72
1845-1869
Marriage Licenses, Lincoln and catawbe Counties, NC
Box 1 Folder 73
1851
Announcement of Opening of Boys' School in Melville, NC
Box 1 Folder 74
1861
Pardon by Henry Clark for Wesley Gray
Box 1 Folder 75
1853, 1857
Insurance Policy 1853, Signed Over 1857
Box 1 Folder 76
1863
Confederate States Receipt
Box 1 Folder 77
1865
Abstract of Forage
Box 1 Folder 78
Georgia 1862-1872
1862
Receipt for Purchase of Slave for $1000. Atlanta, Georgia
Box 1 Folder 79
1862, 1865
Clothing Appropriation Georgie Volunteers 1865, Confederate Visitor's Permit 1862
Box 1 Folder 80
1865
Clothing Appropriation, Georgia
Box 1 Folder 81
1865
Appointment and Receipt. Quartermaster/Agent Clothing. Georgia
Box 1 Folder 82
1872
Letter Refusing Any More Drafts Written on Advertisement for Grady's Company. To Ira Foster and Son. Savannah, GA
Box 1 Folder 83
Freight Receipt. Hawkinsville Agency. Macon and Brunswick Railroad Co.
Box 1 Folder 84
Place Unknown 1806-1846
1806
Slave Receipt
Box 1 Folder 85
1836-1837
Inventory
Box 1 Folder 86
1844, 1846
Estate Sale, Includes Slaves
Box 1 Folder 87