Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 1750-1879.
Collection Number: 4780
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 1750-1879.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4780
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.
Creator:
Quanitities:
.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, #4780. Division of
Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Places:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia -- Social life and customs.
Georgia -- History.
North Carolina -- Social life and customs.
North Carolina -- History.
Virginia -- Social life and customs.
Virginia -- History.
Kentucky -- History.
Kentucky -- Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Slavery -- Georgia.
Slavery -- North Carolina.
Slavery -- Virginia.
Slavery -- Kentucky.
Slavery -- United States.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
Form and Genre Terms:
Summonses.
Judicial records.
Legal instruments.
Indentures.
Wills.
Legal documents.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Kentucky 1781-1865
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Two Documents. Virginia Court Case About Land in Kentucky, 1786-1792. Document About
Sale of A horse and Wagon, ca. 1781, North Carolina
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1781, 1786-1792 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Slander Case Affidavit. Jane Hogan vs. Samuel Davis. Lincoln County, KY
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1791 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Power of Attorney to Sell Kentucky Lands. Thomas Cunningham, James Adams
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1776 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Removal of a Lawsuit. Green Clay. Lexington, Kentucky
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1797 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Whiskey Accounts. Kentucky - Lexington
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1798 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Three Documents. Levington Summons 1799. Levington Summons 1799. Fair Fax County,
Virginia Summon 1798
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1798, 1799 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Summons - Mason County 1799. Summons - Mason County 1800. Summons - Mason County 1801.
Summons - Mason County 1807
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1799-1801, 1807 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Receipt for Land Purchase. James Taylor, 1805. Deed of General Warranty (Land) James
Taylor, Campbell County, Kentucjky, 1814
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1805, 1814 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Indentures (2). Land in Ohio
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1801, 1806 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Power of Attorney George and Hugh Mercer. James Taylor. Campbell County, Kentucky
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1808 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Richard Hickman. Lieutenant Governor. Clay County, Kentucky Land Grant
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1812 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Autograph Letter. Edmond Penn
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1816 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Deposition. Abraham Clay. About a slave named Amy Galbreath. Slavery. Mentions Cornwallis
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1817 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Indenture. John Fowler. Includes Slaves. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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1819 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Declaration. Hume vs. Childers. Horse Thief/Murder Case
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1821 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Writ for Payment of Debt. Jane Clarke - Griffen Theobalds. Grant County, Kentucky
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1821 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Power of Attorney. Samuel Adams, Sr. Shelby county, Kentucky
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1825 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Document. Deed of Sale. Harrodsburg, Kentucky
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1827 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Estate Inventory. Includes Slaves. Laurence Egbert. Mercer County, Kentucky
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1831 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Decree of Division of Property Including Slaves
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1834 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Estate Inventory. Slaves. William Fields. Mercer County, Kentucky
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1835 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Will - Elizabeth Adams, 1833. Will - Phebe Fishback, 1837. Frees a Slave.
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1833, 1837 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Estate Inventories (2). Mercer County, Kentucky
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1840 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Indenture. William Holt and Joseph Holt. Transferring Property Including a Slave
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1841 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Will-Hugh Evans. Mentions Slaves
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1844 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Estate Inventories (2)
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1845, 1849 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
ALS From W. Washington to Taylor Thornton, New Post, Kentucky
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1850 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Deposition From a Physician About Treating Slaves
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1851 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Document by Governor Beriah Magoffin to Forgive Payment. Mercer County
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1861 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Campbell Circuit Court. Newport, Kentucky. Order to Sell "Unruly" Slaves. Also Franklin
County, Ohio
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1861 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Oath of Office "Will not give aid to the rebellion" School Trustee
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April 1, 1865 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Illustrated Price List. C.P. Barnes and Brother, Louisville, Kentucky
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Verginia 1750-1879
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| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Estate Document, Printed. Fairfex County, Virginia
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1750 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Will. Alexandria, Virginia
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1756 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Complaints. Loudon County, VA 1759; Mason County, VA 1801; Campbell County KY 1815;
Levi Todd 1798
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1759, 1798, 1801, 1815 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Land Sale. Loudoun County, VA
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1762 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Indenture. Loudoun County, VA
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1762 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Service Indenture, Leesburg, VA; Land Transfer Loudon county, VA
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1762, 1804 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Indenture For Servent; Land Rental, Loudoun County, VA
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1763 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Land Indenture, Virginia
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1766 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
George Washington Documents: Bill of Sale - Washington Signature as Witness, Loudon
County 1766; Warrant for Surveying Land for Washington, 1785; Land Survey 1787, 1788
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1766, 1785, 1787, 1788 |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Indenture, Loudoun County, VA
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1770 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Landindenture, Loudoun County
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1773 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Land Transfer, Fairfex County, VA
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1783 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Indenture, Fayette County, VA 1783; Land Office Military Warrant 1784
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1783, 1784 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Indentures, Fairfax County, VA
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1783, 1786 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Summons (3): Lincoln County 1783, Madison County 1791, Lincoln County 1791
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1783, 1791 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Indenture, Fairfax County, VA
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1785 |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Land Indentures: Fairfax County 1786, king George County 1791
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1786, 1791 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Land Indenture, Loudon County, VA. "Blue Ridge" Deed
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1787 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Indentures. Henry Lec, Westmore County VA
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1789, 1796 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Land Transfers (2), Fairfax County
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1790 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Land Transfers (2), Fairfax County
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1791 |
| Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Ship Contract 1794, Proof or Imported Spirits 1804, Land Office Military Warrant 1810
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1794, 1804, 1810 |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Marriage Indenture, Fairfax VA
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1795 |
| Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Peposition, Burke County 1795, Virginia Militia 1812
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1795, 1812 |
| Box 1 | Folder 57 |
Indenture, Potomac Company and Canal of Great Falls, Fairfax County
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1798 |
| Box 1 | Folder 58 |
Land Transfer, Fairfax County VA
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1799 |
| Box 1 | Folder 59 |
Affidavit, Loudoun County
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1804 |
| Box 1 | Folder 60 |
Deeds of Gift (2). Samuel Adams, Jr. Fairfax County VA
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1809 |
| Box 1 | Folder 61 |
Indenture Fairfax/Loudoun Counties VA
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1810 |
| Box 1 | Folder 62 |
Estate Settlement Including Slaves, Fairfax County VA
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1815 |
| Box 1 | Folder 63 |
Amy Kilbread Trial Testimony
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1820 |
| Box 1 | Folder 64 |
Sale of Slaves, Culpepper VA
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1836-1837 |
| Box 1 | Folder 65 |
ALS George F. Washington to Gen. James Taylor, Waverly, VA
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1843 |
| Box 1 | Folder 66 |
Settlement Document, Fairfax County VA
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1846 |
| Box 1 | Folder 67 |
Citizenship Declaration (Ireland) 1855; Complaint, Fairfax County VA 1846
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1846, 1855 |
| Box 1 | Folder 68 |
Accounts, Patrick County, VA
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1851 |
| Box 1 | Folder 69 |
Memorandum About an Interview With General Lee. May 9, 1862. General Henry A. Wise
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May 9, 1862 |
| Box 1 | Folder 70 |
State of Virginia Definition of Colored Person and Indians. Printed
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1867 |
| Box 1 | Folder 71 |
Tobacco Sale Broadside. Danville, VA. Thos. L. Poindexter and Son
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1879 |
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North Carolina 1824-1865
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| Box 1 | Folder 72 |
Listing of Goods for Sale. Roberts Jaffray and Co. Fayetteville, NC
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1824 |
| Box 1 | Folder 73 |
Marriage Licenses, Lincoln and catawbe Counties, NC
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1845-1869 |
| Box 1 | Folder 74 |
Announcement of Opening of Boys' School in Melville, NC
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1851 |
| Box 1 | Folder 75 |
Pardon by Henry Clark for Wesley Gray
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1861 |
| Box 1 | Folder 76 |
Insurance Policy 1853, Signed Over 1857
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1853, 1857 |
| Box 1 | Folder 77 |
Confederate States Receipt
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1863 |
| Box 1 | Folder 78 |
Abstract of Forage
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1865 |
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Georgia 1862-1872
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| Box 1 | Folder 79 |
Receipt for Purchase of Slave for $1000. Atlanta, Georgia
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1862 |
| Box 1 | Folder 80 |
Clothing Appropriation Georgie Volunteers 1865, Confederate Visitor's Permit 1862
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1862, 1865 |
| Box 1 | Folder 81 |
Clothing Appropriation, Georgia
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1865 |
| Box 1 | Folder 82 |
Appointment and Receipt. Quartermaster/Agent Clothing. Georgia
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1865 |
| Box 1 | Folder 83 |
Letter Refusing Any More Drafts Written on Advertisement for Grady's Company. To Ira
Foster and Son. Savannah, GA
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1872 |
| Box 1 | Folder 84 |
Freight Receipt. Hawkinsville Agency. Macon and Brunswick Railroad Co.
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Place Unknown 1806-1846
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| Box 1 | Folder 85 |
Slave Receipt
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1806 |
| Box 1 | Folder 86 |
Inventory
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1836-1837 |
| Box 1 | Folder 87 |
Estate Sale, Includes Slaves
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1844, 1846 |