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Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\"  found on the Library of Virginia web site.\n","Additional cohabitation registers are available digitially with searchable transcriptions through the Library of Virginia's  Virginia Memory  website.\n","Surry County (Va.) Record of Marriages Made in Obedience to Circular No. 11, 1866, is a register of freedmen's marriages. It is also commonly called both the Surry County (Va.) Freedman's Marriage Register and the Surry County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It includes the names of parties married, time of marriage, age of parties, place of marriage, place of residence, place of birth, names of parents of parties married, condition (whether single or previously married), occupation of husband, and names of children by another wife which the husband acknowledges as his and who are thereby legitimate. 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See Circular No. 11, dated 19 March 1866, in Orders, Circulars, Circular Letters, and Letters of Instruction, vol. 2 (1866). Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869. Miscellaneous reel 3880, Library of Virginia. National Archives microfilm M1048 (reel 41), Record Group 105.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSurry County (Va.) Record of Marriages Made in Obedience to Circular No. 11, 1866. Local government records collection, Surry County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Surry County (Va.) Record of Marriages Made in Obedience to Circular No. 11, 1866. Local government records collection, Surry County Court Records. 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Reels 122-139","Thomas Miller Papers, \n         \n         1773-1852","African Americans -- History.","Plantation owners -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Plantations -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Plantations -- Virginia -- King William County.","Plantations -- Virginia -- Spotsylvania County.","Slaves -- Virginia.","Accounts.","Agreements.","Bonds.","Deeds -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Estate administration records -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Financial records.","Judicial records.","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers.","Promissory notes.","Receipts.","5.75 cu.\n         ft.; 18 microfilm reels","There are no restrictions.","I. Correspondence. II. Estate Papers. III. Subject Files.\n         IV. Accounts V. Receipts. VI. William Gay Papers. VII. William\n         Pope Papers. VIII. Oversize.","Thomas Miller was born in Goochland County, Virginia on 20\n         March 1754. He was the son of William Miller and Mary Heath.\n         He was an attorney, deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and a\n         planter with estates in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King\n         William Counties. He married Constance Massie, the daughter of\n         Maj. Nathaniel Massie and Betsy Watkins. Thomas Miller died at\n         his residence Lavallie in Goochland County on 27 April\n         1819.","James B. Ferguson was one of Thomas Miller's executors. He\n         was born circa 1781, and was also a planter and member of the\n         Virginia House of Delegates. He married Sally Gay, the\n         daughter of Willam Gay and Judith Scott.","See also Goochland County Judgments at the Library of Virginia for civil suits that involved Thomas Miller.\n","See also Goochland County Chancery Causes available on the  Chancery Records Index  at the Library of Virginia web site for chancery suits that involved Thomas Miller and his estate.\n","Papers, 1754-1819, of Thomas Miller (1754-1819) of\n         Goochland County, Virginia, as well as the executor of his\n         estate James B. Ferguson (b. ca. 1781), also of Goochland.\n         Includes correspondence, subject files, accounts, receipts,\n         papers of William Gay and William Pope, and oversize items.\n         This collection is part of the Goochland County Circuit Court\n         Records.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n         divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and those to\n         and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in the Thomas\n         Miller letters mainly concern business matters relating to the\n         operation of his vast land holdings in Goochland,\n         Spotsylvania, and King William Counties, and his various\n         plantations, including Byrd, Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab\n         City, and Woodville. Subjects include the purchase, sale, and\n         shipments of corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n         plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to work\n         the land. Many of these letters are written by the overseers\n         of his properties.","A large proportion of the letters are financial in nature\n         as well, and deal with his acting as security for loans, as\n         well as the loaning of money himself, to various individuals.\n         There are orders for payments of money and for goods. There\n         are letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in Richmond,\n         including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and Lewis Perkins\n         \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's products, and also advanced\n         him his needed capital.","Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters deal\n         with his duties representing various clients, including\n         notices of his intention to take depositions in court cases.\n         Miller was also deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County. There are a few letters relating to his duties in\n         these positions, including the issuing of executions.","Likewise, the letters of James B. Ferguson are business and\n         financial in nature. Many of them are written by Miller's\n         sons, who inherited their father's estate after his death.\n         James B. Ferguson was one of Miller's executors. There are\n         also many letters from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson\n         had numerous business dealings. There is also a letter from\n         Watkins detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n         Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah Daniel,\n         Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and Matthew\n         Vaughan. Material found in this series includes accounts,\n         attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, bonds,\n         correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material, including\n         advertisements, affidavits and depositions, agreements, bonds,\n         clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, deeds, fifas, various lists,\n         powers of attorney, promissory notes, slave bills of sale,\n         suit papers, and other items. There are also files, interfiled\n         in this series alphabetically by name, for individuals with\n         whom Miller had extensive business dealings.","There are series containing accounts and receipts, both\n         arranged by year. Within the receipts series is a group of\n         receipts for Miller's wheat crop.","There are two series of personal papers of William Gay\n         (1745-1815) and William Pope. Gay's daughter Sally married\n         James B. Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond,\n         clerks' fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n         receipts and a tax bill. The material is business-related,\n         much of it between Gay and John Tabb (1736-1798) of Amelia\n         County. The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n         fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit papers. The\n         majority of these papers relate to William Pope's activities\n         as attorney for Col. John Syme (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills,\n         Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts, deeds,\n         inventories and appraisements of the estate of Thomas Miller,\n         a lease, lists of judgments recovered against Thomas Miller's\n         executors, and suit papers.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n               divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and\n               those to and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in\n               the Thomas Miller letters mainly concern business\n               matters relating to the operation of his vast land\n               holdings in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King William\n               Counties, and his various plantations, including Byrd,\n               Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab City, and Woodville.\n               Subjects include the purchase, sale, and shipments of\n               corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n               plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to\n               work the land. Many of these letters are written by the\n               overseers of his properties. A large proportion of the\n               letters are financial in nature as well, and deal with\n               his acting as security for loans, as well as the loaning\n               of money himself, to various individuals. There are\n               orders for payments of money and for goods. There are\n               letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in\n               Richmond, including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and\n               Lewis Perkins \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's\n               products, and also advanced him his needed capital.\n               Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters\n               deal with his duties representing various clients,\n               including notices of his intention to take depositions\n               in court cases. Miller was also deputy sheriff and\n               sheriff of Goochland County. There are a few letters\n               relating to his duties in these positions, including the\n               issuing of executions. Likewise, the letters of James B.\n               Ferguson are business and financial in nature. Many of\n               them are written by Miller's sons, who inherited their\n               father's estate after his death. James B. Ferguson was\n               one of Miller's executors. There are also many letters\n               from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson had numerous\n               business dealings. There is also a letter from Watkins\n               detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n               Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah\n               Daniel, Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and\n               Matthew Vaughan. Material found in this series includes\n               accounts, attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               bonds, correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit\n               papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material,\n               including advertisements, affidavits and depositions,\n               agreements, bonds, clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               deeds, fifas, various lists, powers of attorney,\n               promissory notes, slave bills of sale, suit papers, and\n               other items. There are also files, interfiled in this\n               series alphabetically by name, for individuals with whom\n               Miller had extensive business dealings.","Contains accounts arranged by year.","Contains receipts arranged by year. Within the\n               receipts series is a group of receipts for Miller's\n               wheat crop.","There is a series of personal papers of William Gay\n               (1745-1815). Gay's daughter Sally married James B.\n               Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond, clerks'\n               fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n               receipts and a tax bill. The material is\n               business-related, much of it between Gay and John Tabb\n               (1736-1798) of Amelia County.","The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n               fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit\n               papers. The majority of these papers relate to William\n               Pope's activities as attorney for Col. John Syme\n               (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills, Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts,\n               deeds, inventories and appraisements of the estate of\n               Thomas Miller, a lease, lists of judgments recovered\n               against Thomas Miller's executors, and suit papers.","Use microfilm copies, Goochland County (Va.) 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Reels 122-139, Local government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also Goochland County Judgments at the Library of Virginia for civil suits that involved Thomas Miller.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Goochland County Chancery Causes available on the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm\"\u003eChancery Records Index\u003c/extref\u003e at the Library of Virginia web site for chancery suits that involved Thomas Miller and his estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also Goochland County Judgments at the Library of Virginia for civil suits that involved Thomas Miller.\n","See also Goochland County Chancery Causes available on the  Chancery Records Index  at the Library of Virginia web site for chancery suits that involved Thomas Miller and his estate.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1754-1819, of Thomas Miller (1754-1819) of\n         Goochland County, Virginia, as well as the executor of his\n         estate James B. Ferguson (b. ca. 1781), also of Goochland.\n         Includes correspondence, subject files, accounts, receipts,\n         papers of William Gay and William Pope, and oversize items.\n         This collection is part of the Goochland County Circuit Court\n         Records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n         divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and those to\n         and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in the Thomas\n         Miller letters mainly concern business matters relating to the\n         operation of his vast land holdings in Goochland,\n         Spotsylvania, and King William Counties, and his various\n         plantations, including Byrd, Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab\n         City, and Woodville. Subjects include the purchase, sale, and\n         shipments of corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n         plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to work\n         the land. Many of these letters are written by the overseers\n         of his properties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large proportion of the letters are financial in nature\n         as well, and deal with his acting as security for loans, as\n         well as the loaning of money himself, to various individuals.\n         There are orders for payments of money and for goods. There\n         are letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in Richmond,\n         including Gallego, Richard \u0026amp; Company and Lewis Perkins\n         \u0026amp; Company, which sold Miller's products, and also advanced\n         him his needed capital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters deal\n         with his duties representing various clients, including\n         notices of his intention to take depositions in court cases.\n         Miller was also deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County. There are a few letters relating to his duties in\n         these positions, including the issuing of executions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLikewise, the letters of James B. Ferguson are business and\n         financial in nature. Many of them are written by Miller's\n         sons, who inherited their father's estate after his death.\n         James B. Ferguson was one of Miller's executors. There are\n         also many letters from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson\n         had numerous business dealings. There is also a letter from\n         Watkins detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n         Delegates in 1832.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe estate papers concern the estates of Obediah Daniel,\n         Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and Matthew\n         Vaughan. Material found in this series includes accounts,\n         attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, bonds,\n         correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files contain a variety of material, including\n         advertisements, affidavits and depositions, agreements, bonds,\n         clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, deeds, fifas, various lists,\n         powers of attorney, promissory notes, slave bills of sale,\n         suit papers, and other items. There are also files, interfiled\n         in this series alphabetically by name, for individuals with\n         whom Miller had extensive business dealings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are series containing accounts and receipts, both\n         arranged by year. Within the receipts series is a group of\n         receipts for Miller's wheat crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are two series of personal papers of William Gay\n         (1745-1815) and William Pope. Gay's daughter Sally married\n         James B. Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond,\n         clerks' fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n         receipts and a tax bill. The material is business-related,\n         much of it between Gay and John Tabb (1736-1798) of Amelia\n         County. The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n         fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit papers. The\n         majority of these papers relate to William Pope's activities\n         as attorney for Col. John Syme (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills,\n         Hanover County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series of oversize items includes accounts, deeds,\n         inventories and appraisements of the estate of Thomas Miller,\n         a lease, lists of judgments recovered against Thomas Miller's\n         executors, and suit papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n               divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and\n               those to and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in\n               the Thomas Miller letters mainly concern business\n               matters relating to the operation of his vast land\n               holdings in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King William\n               Counties, and his various plantations, including Byrd,\n               Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab City, and Woodville.\n               Subjects include the purchase, sale, and shipments of\n               corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n               plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to\n               work the land. Many of these letters are written by the\n               overseers of his properties. A large proportion of the\n               letters are financial in nature as well, and deal with\n               his acting as security for loans, as well as the loaning\n               of money himself, to various individuals. There are\n               orders for payments of money and for goods. There are\n               letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in\n               Richmond, including Gallego, Richard \u0026amp; Company and\n               Lewis Perkins \u0026amp; Company, which sold Miller's\n               products, and also advanced him his needed capital.\n               Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters\n               deal with his duties representing various clients,\n               including notices of his intention to take depositions\n               in court cases. Miller was also deputy sheriff and\n               sheriff of Goochland County. There are a few letters\n               relating to his duties in these positions, including the\n               issuing of executions. Likewise, the letters of James B.\n               Ferguson are business and financial in nature. Many of\n               them are written by Miller's sons, who inherited their\n               father's estate after his death. James B. Ferguson was\n               one of Miller's executors. There are also many letters\n               from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson had numerous\n               business dealings. There is also a letter from Watkins\n               detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n               Delegates in 1832.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe estate papers concern the estates of Obediah\n               Daniel, Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and\n               Matthew Vaughan. Material found in this series includes\n               accounts, attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               bonds, correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit\n               papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files contain a variety of material,\n               including advertisements, affidavits and depositions,\n               agreements, bonds, clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               deeds, fifas, various lists, powers of attorney,\n               promissory notes, slave bills of sale, suit papers, and\n               other items. There are also files, interfiled in this\n               series alphabetically by name, for individuals with whom\n               Miller had extensive business dealings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains accounts arranged by year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains receipts arranged by year. Within the\n               receipts series is a group of receipts for Miller's\n               wheat crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is a series of personal papers of William Gay\n               (1745-1815). Gay's daughter Sally married James B.\n               Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond, clerks'\n               fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n               receipts and a tax bill. The material is\n               business-related, much of it between Gay and John Tabb\n               (1736-1798) of Amelia County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n               fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit\n               papers. The majority of these papers relate to William\n               Pope's activities as attorney for Col. John Syme\n               (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills, Hanover County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series of oversize items includes accounts,\n               deeds, inventories and appraisements of the estate of\n               Thomas Miller, a lease, lists of judgments recovered\n               against Thomas Miller's executors, and suit papers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1754-1819, of Thomas Miller (1754-1819) of\n         Goochland County, Virginia, as well as the executor of his\n         estate James B. Ferguson (b. ca. 1781), also of Goochland.\n         Includes correspondence, subject files, accounts, receipts,\n         papers of William Gay and William Pope, and oversize items.\n         This collection is part of the Goochland County Circuit Court\n         Records.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n         divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and those to\n         and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in the Thomas\n         Miller letters mainly concern business matters relating to the\n         operation of his vast land holdings in Goochland,\n         Spotsylvania, and King William Counties, and his various\n         plantations, including Byrd, Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab\n         City, and Woodville. Subjects include the purchase, sale, and\n         shipments of corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n         plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to work\n         the land. Many of these letters are written by the overseers\n         of his properties.","A large proportion of the letters are financial in nature\n         as well, and deal with his acting as security for loans, as\n         well as the loaning of money himself, to various individuals.\n         There are orders for payments of money and for goods. There\n         are letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in Richmond,\n         including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and Lewis Perkins\n         \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's products, and also advanced\n         him his needed capital.","Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters deal\n         with his duties representing various clients, including\n         notices of his intention to take depositions in court cases.\n         Miller was also deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County. There are a few letters relating to his duties in\n         these positions, including the issuing of executions.","Likewise, the letters of James B. Ferguson are business and\n         financial in nature. Many of them are written by Miller's\n         sons, who inherited their father's estate after his death.\n         James B. Ferguson was one of Miller's executors. There are\n         also many letters from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson\n         had numerous business dealings. There is also a letter from\n         Watkins detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n         Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah Daniel,\n         Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and Matthew\n         Vaughan. Material found in this series includes accounts,\n         attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, bonds,\n         correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material, including\n         advertisements, affidavits and depositions, agreements, bonds,\n         clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, deeds, fifas, various lists,\n         powers of attorney, promissory notes, slave bills of sale,\n         suit papers, and other items. There are also files, interfiled\n         in this series alphabetically by name, for individuals with\n         whom Miller had extensive business dealings.","There are series containing accounts and receipts, both\n         arranged by year. Within the receipts series is a group of\n         receipts for Miller's wheat crop.","There are two series of personal papers of William Gay\n         (1745-1815) and William Pope. Gay's daughter Sally married\n         James B. Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond,\n         clerks' fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n         receipts and a tax bill. The material is business-related,\n         much of it between Gay and John Tabb (1736-1798) of Amelia\n         County. The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n         fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit papers. The\n         majority of these papers relate to William Pope's activities\n         as attorney for Col. John Syme (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills,\n         Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts, deeds,\n         inventories and appraisements of the estate of Thomas Miller,\n         a lease, lists of judgments recovered against Thomas Miller's\n         executors, and suit papers.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n               divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and\n               those to and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in\n               the Thomas Miller letters mainly concern business\n               matters relating to the operation of his vast land\n               holdings in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King William\n               Counties, and his various plantations, including Byrd,\n               Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab City, and Woodville.\n               Subjects include the purchase, sale, and shipments of\n               corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n               plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to\n               work the land. Many of these letters are written by the\n               overseers of his properties. A large proportion of the\n               letters are financial in nature as well, and deal with\n               his acting as security for loans, as well as the loaning\n               of money himself, to various individuals. There are\n               orders for payments of money and for goods. There are\n               letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in\n               Richmond, including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and\n               Lewis Perkins \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's\n               products, and also advanced him his needed capital.\n               Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters\n               deal with his duties representing various clients,\n               including notices of his intention to take depositions\n               in court cases. Miller was also deputy sheriff and\n               sheriff of Goochland County. There are a few letters\n               relating to his duties in these positions, including the\n               issuing of executions. Likewise, the letters of James B.\n               Ferguson are business and financial in nature. Many of\n               them are written by Miller's sons, who inherited their\n               father's estate after his death. James B. Ferguson was\n               one of Miller's executors. There are also many letters\n               from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson had numerous\n               business dealings. There is also a letter from Watkins\n               detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n               Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah\n               Daniel, Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and\n               Matthew Vaughan. Material found in this series includes\n               accounts, attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               bonds, correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit\n               papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material,\n               including advertisements, affidavits and depositions,\n               agreements, bonds, clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               deeds, fifas, various lists, powers of attorney,\n               promissory notes, slave bills of sale, suit papers, and\n               other items. There are also files, interfiled in this\n               series alphabetically by name, for individuals with whom\n               Miller had extensive business dealings.","Contains accounts arranged by year.","Contains receipts arranged by year. Within the\n               receipts series is a group of receipts for Miller's\n               wheat crop.","There is a series of personal papers of William Gay\n               (1745-1815). Gay's daughter Sally married James B.\n               Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond, clerks'\n               fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n               receipts and a tax bill. The material is\n               business-related, much of it between Gay and John Tabb\n               (1736-1798) of Amelia County.","The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n               fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit\n               papers. The majority of these papers relate to William\n               Pope's activities as attorney for Col. John Syme\n               (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills, Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts,\n               deeds, inventories and appraisements of the estate of\n               Thomas Miller, a lease, lists of judgments recovered\n               against Thomas Miller's executors, and suit papers."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eUse microfilm copies, Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Use microfilm copies, Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"names_ssim":["Gallego, Richard and Company (Richmond, Va.)","Lewis Perkins and Company (Richmond, Va.)","Miller family.","Daniel, Obediah, d. 1790.","Ferguson, James B., ca. 1781-","Gay, William, 1745-1815.","Hatcher, Gideon, d. 1807.","Miller, Thomas, 1754-1819.","Pope, William.","Salmon, John, d. ca. 1799.","Syme, John, 1727-1805.","Tabb, John, 1736-1798.","Vaughan, Matthew, d. ca. 1799.","Watkins, Joseph S."],"corpname_ssim":["Gallego, Richard and Company (Richmond, Va.)","Lewis Perkins and Company (Richmond, Va.)"],"famname_ssim":["Miller family."],"persname_ssim":["Daniel, Obediah, d. 1790.","Ferguson, James B., ca. 1781-","Gay, William, 1745-1815.","Hatcher, Gideon, d. 1807.","Miller, Thomas, 1754-1819.","Pope, William.","Salmon, John, d. ca. 1799.","Syme, John, 1727-1805.","Tabb, John, 1736-1798.","Vaughan, Matthew, d. ca. 1799.","Watkins, Joseph S."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":320,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T09:53:14.259Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00187","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00187","_root_":"vi_vi00187","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00187","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00187.xml","title_ssm":["Thomas Miller Papers, \n         \n         1773-1852"],"title_tesim":["Thomas Miller Papers, \n         \n         1773-1852"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Barcode numbers 1147142-1147154/Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139"],"text":["Barcode numbers 1147142-1147154/Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139","Thomas Miller Papers, \n         \n         1773-1852","African Americans -- History.","Plantation owners -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Plantations -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Plantations -- Virginia -- King William County.","Plantations -- Virginia -- Spotsylvania County.","Slaves -- Virginia.","Accounts.","Agreements.","Bonds.","Deeds -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Estate administration records -- Virginia -- Goochland County.","Financial records.","Judicial records.","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers.","Promissory notes.","Receipts.","5.75 cu.\n         ft.; 18 microfilm reels","There are no restrictions.","I. Correspondence. II. Estate Papers. III. Subject Files.\n         IV. Accounts V. Receipts. VI. William Gay Papers. VII. William\n         Pope Papers. VIII. Oversize.","Thomas Miller was born in Goochland County, Virginia on 20\n         March 1754. He was the son of William Miller and Mary Heath.\n         He was an attorney, deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and a\n         planter with estates in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King\n         William Counties. He married Constance Massie, the daughter of\n         Maj. Nathaniel Massie and Betsy Watkins. Thomas Miller died at\n         his residence Lavallie in Goochland County on 27 April\n         1819.","James B. Ferguson was one of Thomas Miller's executors. He\n         was born circa 1781, and was also a planter and member of the\n         Virginia House of Delegates. He married Sally Gay, the\n         daughter of Willam Gay and Judith Scott.","See also Goochland County Judgments at the Library of Virginia for civil suits that involved Thomas Miller.\n","See also Goochland County Chancery Causes available on the  Chancery Records Index  at the Library of Virginia web site for chancery suits that involved Thomas Miller and his estate.\n","Papers, 1754-1819, of Thomas Miller (1754-1819) of\n         Goochland County, Virginia, as well as the executor of his\n         estate James B. Ferguson (b. ca. 1781), also of Goochland.\n         Includes correspondence, subject files, accounts, receipts,\n         papers of William Gay and William Pope, and oversize items.\n         This collection is part of the Goochland County Circuit Court\n         Records.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n         divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and those to\n         and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in the Thomas\n         Miller letters mainly concern business matters relating to the\n         operation of his vast land holdings in Goochland,\n         Spotsylvania, and King William Counties, and his various\n         plantations, including Byrd, Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab\n         City, and Woodville. Subjects include the purchase, sale, and\n         shipments of corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n         plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to work\n         the land. Many of these letters are written by the overseers\n         of his properties.","A large proportion of the letters are financial in nature\n         as well, and deal with his acting as security for loans, as\n         well as the loaning of money himself, to various individuals.\n         There are orders for payments of money and for goods. There\n         are letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in Richmond,\n         including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and Lewis Perkins\n         \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's products, and also advanced\n         him his needed capital.","Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters deal\n         with his duties representing various clients, including\n         notices of his intention to take depositions in court cases.\n         Miller was also deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County. There are a few letters relating to his duties in\n         these positions, including the issuing of executions.","Likewise, the letters of James B. Ferguson are business and\n         financial in nature. Many of them are written by Miller's\n         sons, who inherited their father's estate after his death.\n         James B. Ferguson was one of Miller's executors. There are\n         also many letters from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson\n         had numerous business dealings. There is also a letter from\n         Watkins detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n         Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah Daniel,\n         Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and Matthew\n         Vaughan. Material found in this series includes accounts,\n         attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, bonds,\n         correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material, including\n         advertisements, affidavits and depositions, agreements, bonds,\n         clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, deeds, fifas, various lists,\n         powers of attorney, promissory notes, slave bills of sale,\n         suit papers, and other items. There are also files, interfiled\n         in this series alphabetically by name, for individuals with\n         whom Miller had extensive business dealings.","There are series containing accounts and receipts, both\n         arranged by year. Within the receipts series is a group of\n         receipts for Miller's wheat crop.","There are two series of personal papers of William Gay\n         (1745-1815) and William Pope. Gay's daughter Sally married\n         James B. Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond,\n         clerks' fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n         receipts and a tax bill. The material is business-related,\n         much of it between Gay and John Tabb (1736-1798) of Amelia\n         County. The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n         fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit papers. The\n         majority of these papers relate to William Pope's activities\n         as attorney for Col. John Syme (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills,\n         Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts, deeds,\n         inventories and appraisements of the estate of Thomas Miller,\n         a lease, lists of judgments recovered against Thomas Miller's\n         executors, and suit papers.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n               divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and\n               those to and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in\n               the Thomas Miller letters mainly concern business\n               matters relating to the operation of his vast land\n               holdings in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King William\n               Counties, and his various plantations, including Byrd,\n               Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab City, and Woodville.\n               Subjects include the purchase, sale, and shipments of\n               corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n               plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to\n               work the land. Many of these letters are written by the\n               overseers of his properties. A large proportion of the\n               letters are financial in nature as well, and deal with\n               his acting as security for loans, as well as the loaning\n               of money himself, to various individuals. There are\n               orders for payments of money and for goods. There are\n               letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in\n               Richmond, including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and\n               Lewis Perkins \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's\n               products, and also advanced him his needed capital.\n               Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters\n               deal with his duties representing various clients,\n               including notices of his intention to take depositions\n               in court cases. Miller was also deputy sheriff and\n               sheriff of Goochland County. There are a few letters\n               relating to his duties in these positions, including the\n               issuing of executions. Likewise, the letters of James B.\n               Ferguson are business and financial in nature. Many of\n               them are written by Miller's sons, who inherited their\n               father's estate after his death. James B. Ferguson was\n               one of Miller's executors. There are also many letters\n               from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson had numerous\n               business dealings. There is also a letter from Watkins\n               detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n               Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah\n               Daniel, Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and\n               Matthew Vaughan. Material found in this series includes\n               accounts, attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               bonds, correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit\n               papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material,\n               including advertisements, affidavits and depositions,\n               agreements, bonds, clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               deeds, fifas, various lists, powers of attorney,\n               promissory notes, slave bills of sale, suit papers, and\n               other items. There are also files, interfiled in this\n               series alphabetically by name, for individuals with whom\n               Miller had extensive business dealings.","Contains accounts arranged by year.","Contains receipts arranged by year. Within the\n               receipts series is a group of receipts for Miller's\n               wheat crop.","There is a series of personal papers of William Gay\n               (1745-1815). Gay's daughter Sally married James B.\n               Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond, clerks'\n               fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n               receipts and a tax bill. The material is\n               business-related, much of it between Gay and John Tabb\n               (1736-1798) of Amelia County.","The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n               fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit\n               papers. The majority of these papers relate to William\n               Pope's activities as attorney for Col. John Syme\n               (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills, Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts,\n               deeds, inventories and appraisements of the estate of\n               Thomas Miller, a lease, lists of judgments recovered\n               against Thomas Miller's executors, and suit papers.","Use microfilm copies, Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139.","Library of Virginia","Gallego, Richard and Company (Richmond, Va.)","Lewis Perkins and Company (Richmond, Va.)","Miller family.","Daniel, Obediah, d. 1790.","Ferguson, James B., ca. 1781-","Gay, William, 1745-1815.","Hatcher, Gideon, d. 1807.","Miller, Thomas, 1754-1819.","Pope, William.","Salmon, John, d. ca. 1799.","Syme, John, 1727-1805.","Tabb, John, 1736-1798.","Vaughan, Matthew, d. ca. 1799.","Watkins, Joseph S.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Barcode numbers 1147142-1147154/Goochland County (Va.) 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Correspondence. II. Estate Papers. III. Subject Files.\n         IV. Accounts V. Receipts. VI. William Gay Papers. VII. William\n         Pope Papers. VIII. Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["I. Correspondence. II. Estate Papers. III. Subject Files.\n         IV. Accounts V. Receipts. VI. William Gay Papers. VII. William\n         Pope Papers. VIII. Oversize."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas Miller was born in Goochland County, Virginia on 20\n         March 1754. He was the son of William Miller and Mary Heath.\n         He was an attorney, deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and a\n         planter with estates in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King\n         William Counties. He married Constance Massie, the daughter of\n         Maj. Nathaniel Massie and Betsy Watkins. 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Thomas Miller died at\n         his residence Lavallie in Goochland County on 27 April\n         1819.","James B. Ferguson was one of Thomas Miller's executors. He\n         was born circa 1781, and was also a planter and member of the\n         Virginia House of Delegates. He married Sally Gay, the\n         daughter of Willam Gay and Judith Scott."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas Miller Papers, 1773-1852. Accession 38114, Goochland County Circuit Court Records, Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139, Local government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Thomas Miller Papers, 1773-1852. Accession 38114, Goochland County Circuit Court Records, Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139, Local government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also Goochland County Judgments at the Library of Virginia for civil suits that involved Thomas Miller.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Goochland County Chancery Causes available on the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm\"\u003eChancery Records Index\u003c/extref\u003e at the Library of Virginia web site for chancery suits that involved Thomas Miller and his estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also Goochland County Judgments at the Library of Virginia for civil suits that involved Thomas Miller.\n","See also Goochland County Chancery Causes available on the  Chancery Records Index  at the Library of Virginia web site for chancery suits that involved Thomas Miller and his estate.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1754-1819, of Thomas Miller (1754-1819) of\n         Goochland County, Virginia, as well as the executor of his\n         estate James B. Ferguson (b. ca. 1781), also of Goochland.\n         Includes correspondence, subject files, accounts, receipts,\n         papers of William Gay and William Pope, and oversize items.\n         This collection is part of the Goochland County Circuit Court\n         Records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n         divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and those to\n         and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in the Thomas\n         Miller letters mainly concern business matters relating to the\n         operation of his vast land holdings in Goochland,\n         Spotsylvania, and King William Counties, and his various\n         plantations, including Byrd, Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab\n         City, and Woodville. Subjects include the purchase, sale, and\n         shipments of corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n         plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to work\n         the land. Many of these letters are written by the overseers\n         of his properties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large proportion of the letters are financial in nature\n         as well, and deal with his acting as security for loans, as\n         well as the loaning of money himself, to various individuals.\n         There are orders for payments of money and for goods. There\n         are letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in Richmond,\n         including Gallego, Richard \u0026amp; Company and Lewis Perkins\n         \u0026amp; Company, which sold Miller's products, and also advanced\n         him his needed capital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters deal\n         with his duties representing various clients, including\n         notices of his intention to take depositions in court cases.\n         Miller was also deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County. 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Gay's daughter Sally married\n         James B. Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond,\n         clerks' fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n         receipts and a tax bill. The material is business-related,\n         much of it between Gay and John Tabb (1736-1798) of Amelia\n         County. The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n         fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit papers. The\n         majority of these papers relate to William Pope's activities\n         as attorney for Col. 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Topics covered in\n               the Thomas Miller letters mainly concern business\n               matters relating to the operation of his vast land\n               holdings in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King William\n               Counties, and his various plantations, including Byrd,\n               Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab City, and Woodville.\n               Subjects include the purchase, sale, and shipments of\n               corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n               plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to\n               work the land. Many of these letters are written by the\n               overseers of his properties. A large proportion of the\n               letters are financial in nature as well, and deal with\n               his acting as security for loans, as well as the loaning\n               of money himself, to various individuals. There are\n               orders for payments of money and for goods. There are\n               letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in\n               Richmond, including Gallego, Richard \u0026amp; Company and\n               Lewis Perkins \u0026amp; Company, which sold Miller's\n               products, and also advanced him his needed capital.\n               Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters\n               deal with his duties representing various clients,\n               including notices of his intention to take depositions\n               in court cases. Miller was also deputy sheriff and\n               sheriff of Goochland County. There are a few letters\n               relating to his duties in these positions, including the\n               issuing of executions. Likewise, the letters of James B.\n               Ferguson are business and financial in nature. Many of\n               them are written by Miller's sons, who inherited their\n               father's estate after his death. James B. Ferguson was\n               one of Miller's executors. There are also many letters\n               from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson had numerous\n               business dealings. There is also a letter from Watkins\n               detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n               Delegates in 1832.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe estate papers concern the estates of Obediah\n               Daniel, Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and\n               Matthew Vaughan. 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Ferguson (b. ca. 1781), also of Goochland.\n         Includes correspondence, subject files, accounts, receipts,\n         papers of William Gay and William Pope, and oversize items.\n         This collection is part of the Goochland County Circuit Court\n         Records.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n         divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and those to\n         and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in the Thomas\n         Miller letters mainly concern business matters relating to the\n         operation of his vast land holdings in Goochland,\n         Spotsylvania, and King William Counties, and his various\n         plantations, including Byrd, Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab\n         City, and Woodville. Subjects include the purchase, sale, and\n         shipments of corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n         plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to work\n         the land. Many of these letters are written by the overseers\n         of his properties.","A large proportion of the letters are financial in nature\n         as well, and deal with his acting as security for loans, as\n         well as the loaning of money himself, to various individuals.\n         There are orders for payments of money and for goods. There\n         are letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in Richmond,\n         including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and Lewis Perkins\n         \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's products, and also advanced\n         him his needed capital.","Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters deal\n         with his duties representing various clients, including\n         notices of his intention to take depositions in court cases.\n         Miller was also deputy sheriff and sheriff of Goochland\n         County. There are a few letters relating to his duties in\n         these positions, including the issuing of executions.","Likewise, the letters of James B. Ferguson are business and\n         financial in nature. Many of them are written by Miller's\n         sons, who inherited their father's estate after his death.\n         James B. Ferguson was one of Miller's executors. There are\n         also many letters from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson\n         had numerous business dealings. There is also a letter from\n         Watkins detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n         Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah Daniel,\n         Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and Matthew\n         Vaughan. Material found in this series includes accounts,\n         attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, bonds,\n         correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material, including\n         advertisements, affidavits and depositions, agreements, bonds,\n         clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills, deeds, fifas, various lists,\n         powers of attorney, promissory notes, slave bills of sale,\n         suit papers, and other items. There are also files, interfiled\n         in this series alphabetically by name, for individuals with\n         whom Miller had extensive business dealings.","There are series containing accounts and receipts, both\n         arranged by year. Within the receipts series is a group of\n         receipts for Miller's wheat crop.","There are two series of personal papers of William Gay\n         (1745-1815) and William Pope. Gay's daughter Sally married\n         James B. Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond,\n         clerks' fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n         receipts and a tax bill. The material is business-related,\n         much of it between Gay and John Tabb (1736-1798) of Amelia\n         County. The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n         fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit papers. The\n         majority of these papers relate to William Pope's activities\n         as attorney for Col. John Syme (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills,\n         Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts, deeds,\n         inventories and appraisements of the estate of Thomas Miller,\n         a lease, lists of judgments recovered against Thomas Miller's\n         executors, and suit papers.","The correspondence covers the years 1781-1848 and is\n               divided into letters to and from Thomas Miller, and\n               those to and from James B. Ferguson. Topics covered in\n               the Thomas Miller letters mainly concern business\n               matters relating to the operation of his vast land\n               holdings in Goochland, Spotsylvania, and King William\n               Counties, and his various plantations, including Byrd,\n               Lavallie, Manskin Lodge, Slab City, and Woodville.\n               Subjects include the purchase, sale, and shipments of\n               corn, wheat, flour, and timber produced on his\n               plantations, as well as the sale and hire of slaves to\n               work the land. Many of these letters are written by the\n               overseers of his properties. A large proportion of the\n               letters are financial in nature as well, and deal with\n               his acting as security for loans, as well as the loaning\n               of money himself, to various individuals. There are\n               orders for payments of money and for goods. There are\n               letters from brokerage and mercantile houses in\n               Richmond, including Gallego, Richard \u0026 Company and\n               Lewis Perkins \u0026 Company, which sold Miller's\n               products, and also advanced him his needed capital.\n               Thomas Miller was an attorney, and many of his letters\n               deal with his duties representing various clients,\n               including notices of his intention to take depositions\n               in court cases. Miller was also deputy sheriff and\n               sheriff of Goochland County. There are a few letters\n               relating to his duties in these positions, including the\n               issuing of executions. Likewise, the letters of James B.\n               Ferguson are business and financial in nature. Many of\n               them are written by Miller's sons, who inherited their\n               father's estate after his death. James B. Ferguson was\n               one of Miller's executors. There are also many letters\n               from Joseph S. Watkins, with whom Ferguson had numerous\n               business dealings. There is also a letter from Watkins\n               detailing his candidacy for the Virginia House of\n               Delegates in 1832.","The estate papers concern the estates of Obediah\n               Daniel, Gideon Hatcher, Thomas Miller, John Salmon, and\n               Matthew Vaughan. Material found in this series includes\n               accounts, attorneys', clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               bonds, correspondence, fifas, receipts, sales, and suit\n               papers.","The subject files contain a variety of material,\n               including advertisements, affidavits and depositions,\n               agreements, bonds, clerks' and sheriffs' fee bills,\n               deeds, fifas, various lists, powers of attorney,\n               promissory notes, slave bills of sale, suit papers, and\n               other items. There are also files, interfiled in this\n               series alphabetically by name, for individuals with whom\n               Miller had extensive business dealings.","Contains accounts arranged by year.","Contains receipts arranged by year. Within the\n               receipts series is a group of receipts for Miller's\n               wheat crop.","There is a series of personal papers of William Gay\n               (1745-1815). Gay's daughter Sally married James B.\n               Ferguson. His papers include accounts, a bond, clerks'\n               fee bills, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes,\n               receipts and a tax bill. The material is\n               business-related, much of it between Gay and John Tabb\n               (1736-1798) of Amelia County.","The William Pope papers include accounts, attorney's\n               fees, correspondence, powers of attorney, and suit\n               papers. The majority of these papers relate to William\n               Pope's activities as attorney for Col. John Syme\n               (1727-1805) of Rocky Mills, Hanover County.","The series of oversize items includes accounts,\n               deeds, inventories and appraisements of the estate of\n               Thomas Miller, a lease, lists of judgments recovered\n               against Thomas Miller's executors, and suit papers."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eUse microfilm copies, Goochland County (Va.) Reels 122-139.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Use microfilm copies, Goochland County (Va.) 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In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877.\n","The volumes were used as exhibits in a chancery suit, Widow of William Taylor versus Children of William Taylor by others, heard in the County Court of Accomack County during the 1790's.","Additional Accomack County Fiduciary Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. 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