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Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, are digitized and available through  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website. Please use digital images.\n","This collection is arranged:\n Series I: Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, arranged chronologically.","Arranged chronologically\n","Context for Record Type:  In 1778, Governor Patrick Henry enacted legislation preventing importation of enslaved people into the commonwealth. Those that did bring their enslaved people were required to register them with the county court and sign a certificate of importation agreeing that they were not bringing enslaved people into the commonwealth with the intent to sell. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state from which the individuals were moving. According to Section 3 of the act \"every slave imported into this commonwealth contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, shall upon such importation become free.\" By this clause, those enslaved people who were brought into Virginia illegally could pursue their freedom in the local courts. \n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n","Accomack County Certificates of Importation were originally described as part of the Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, but were removed to the present Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, record to enhance discoverability in August 2024.","These records were processed, scanned, and indexed by LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.\n","Encoded by C. Collins: August 2024.\n","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861","Records related to free and enslaved people of Accomack County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Accomack County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website.","Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that they have not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that the enslaver has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from. \n","The records are comprised of general certificates and affidavits, 1795-1802, in which the enslaver swore that none \"of the slaves now in my Possession have been Imported from Africa or any of the West Indian Islands since the first day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight.\" The enslaved persons referred to in the certificates and affidavits are not named. The enslavers include Charles Beard, Matthew Beard, John Marchant, George Merrill, Rachel Cowles, Jacob Boston, Samuel Holland, Colmore (or Colmon) Bayne, and John Massey.\n","The records also consist of the following certificates: 1799, of Joseph Crocket, who moved from Maryland to Accomack County with Rachel (or Rachil), Nell, and Phillis; 1801, of Custis Jenkins, who brought Leah into Accomack County from Maryland; 1813, of Lemuel Hall, who brought Tamar (20), M[illegible] (5), and Esther (2) into Accomack County; 1814, of Rachel R. Bayley, who removed Sarah (13) to Accomack County from Baltimore; 1814, of James Gibbons, who brought Rachel (7) into Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Benjamin Cluff, who removed Levin (37 or 38) and David (16) to Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Stephen J. 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The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Locality Note:\u003c/emph\u003e A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. 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Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that they have not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that the enslaver has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe records are comprised of general certificates and affidavits, 1795-1802, in which the enslaver swore that none \"of the slaves now in my Possession have been Imported from Africa or any of the West Indian Islands since the first day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight.\" The enslaved persons referred to in the certificates and affidavits are not named. The enslavers include Charles Beard, Matthew Beard, John Marchant, George Merrill, Rachel Cowles, Jacob Boston, Samuel Holland, Colmore (or Colmon) Bayne, and John Massey.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe records also consist of the following certificates: 1799, of Joseph Crocket, who moved from Maryland to Accomack County with Rachel (or Rachil), Nell, and Phillis; 1801, of Custis Jenkins, who brought Leah into Accomack County from Maryland; 1813, of Lemuel Hall, who brought Tamar (20), M[illegible] (5), and Esther (2) into Accomack County; 1814, of Rachel R. Bayley, who removed Sarah (13) to Accomack County from Baltimore; 1814, of James Gibbons, who brought Rachel (7) into Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Benjamin Cluff, who removed Levin (37 or 38) and David (16) to Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Stephen J. Lewis, who removed Scott (26), George (23), Nanny (also called Nancy) (27), Let (7), Comfort (6), Sabra (4), Savage (4), and Jinny (3) to Accomack County from Maryland; and 1815, of Benjamin Cluff, who brought Jim (40) into Accomack County from Maryland. Most of these certificates contain general physical descriptions of the individuals named within.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that they have not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that the enslaver has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from. \n","The records are comprised of general certificates and affidavits, 1795-1802, in which the enslaver swore that none \"of the slaves now in my Possession have been Imported from Africa or any of the West Indian Islands since the first day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight.\" The enslaved persons referred to in the certificates and affidavits are not named. The enslavers include Charles Beard, Matthew Beard, John Marchant, George Merrill, Rachel Cowles, Jacob Boston, Samuel Holland, Colmore (or Colmon) Bayne, and John Massey.\n","The records also consist of the following certificates: 1799, of Joseph Crocket, who moved from Maryland to Accomack County with Rachel (or Rachil), Nell, and Phillis; 1801, of Custis Jenkins, who brought Leah into Accomack County from Maryland; 1813, of Lemuel Hall, who brought Tamar (20), M[illegible] (5), and Esther (2) into Accomack County; 1814, of Rachel R. Bayley, who removed Sarah (13) to Accomack County from Baltimore; 1814, of James Gibbons, who brought Rachel (7) into Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Benjamin Cluff, who removed Levin (37 or 38) and David (16) to Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Stephen J. Lewis, who removed Scott (26), George (23), Nanny (also called Nancy) (27), Let (7), Comfort (6), Sabra (4), Savage (4), and Jinny (3) to Accomack County from Maryland; and 1815, of Benjamin Cluff, who brought Jim (40) into Accomack County from Maryland. 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Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03288#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi03288","ead_ssi":"vi_vi03288","_root_":"vi_vi03288","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi03288","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi03288.xml","title_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, \n1718-1912 (bulk 1870-1912)"],"title_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, \n1718-1912 (bulk 1870-1912)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) 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According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Records Note:  One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton County in 1643, reverted to Accomack about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to Accomack for the final time in November 1673. A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist."," Chancery Causes, 1718-1899, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.\n","Chancery Causes, 1900-1912, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.\n","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2011; updated by M. Mason: February 2023; updated by V. Brooks: August 2023; Updated nr M. Mason, December 2024","Additional Accomack County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  See  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available the Library of Virginia website.\n","Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. 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Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History: \u003c/emph\u003eAccomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Records Note:\u003c/emph\u003e One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton County in 1643, reverted to Accomack about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to Accomack for the final time in November 1673. A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type:  Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Records Note:  One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton County in 1643, reverted to Accomack about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to Accomack for the final time in November 1673. A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1718-1912 (bulk 1870-1912). (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local Government Records Collection, Accomack County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1718-1912 (bulk 1870-1912). (Cite style of suit and chancery index no.). Local Government Records Collection, Accomack County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Chancery Causes, 1718-1899, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery Causes, 1900-1912, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by G. Crawford: 2011; updated by M. Mason: February 2023; updated by V. Brooks: August 2023; Updated nr M. Mason, December 2024\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":[" Chancery Causes, 1718-1899, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.\n","Chancery Causes, 1900-1912, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.\n","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2011; updated by M. Mason: February 2023; updated by V. Brooks: August 2023; Updated nr M. Mason, December 2024"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional Accomack County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  See \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA001\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available the Library of Virginia website.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Accomack County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  See  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available the Library of Virginia website.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeparate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. Included is a list of individuals taxed while it was incorporated.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case which notes that Harry Taylor shot at Bertie Holeston, his wife, 5 years prior to divorce during a court session.\n     \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. 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Arranged chronologically.\n","Arrangement of documents within each folder are as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)","Context for Record Type:  Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Records Note:  One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton County in 1643, reverted to Accomack about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to Accomack for the final time in November 1673. A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist."," Chancery Causes, 1718-1899, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.\n","Chancery Causes, 1900-1912, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.\n","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2011; updated by M. Mason: February 2023; updated by V. Brooks: August 2023; Updated nr M. Mason, December 2024","Additional Accomack County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  See  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available the Library of Virginia website.\n","Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. 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See \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA001\"\u003eA Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available the Library of Virginia website.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Additional Accomack County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  See  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available the Library of Virginia website.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeparate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. Included is a list of individuals taxed while it was incorporated.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case which notes that Harry Taylor shot at Bertie Holeston, his wife, 5 years prior to divorce during a court session.\n     \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. 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(2 boxes); 1 volume; 1 microfilm reel","The bulk of the Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, are digitized and available through  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website. Please use digital images where possible.\n","The Accomack County (Va.) List of “Free Negroes,” 1804, is available on microfilm, Accomack County (Va.) Reel No. 193. \n ","This collection is arranged\n Series I: Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, arranged loosely by record type then chronologically.","Arranged loosely by record type then chronologically \n","Context for Record Type:","Free and Enslaved Records","The Free and Enslaved Records collection is comprised of miscellaneous records related to the regulation and policing of both enslaved and free Black and Multiracial people in Accomack County. The localities/local government authorities were largely responsible for enforcing laws that restricted the movement of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people and the resulting documentation was often filed in the circuit courts. The ways in which local authorities enacted legal measures against or on behalf of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people varied from locality to locality; therefore, records were not necessarily standardized or filed and retained in a consistent manner. This collection is topical and a means by which to compile miscellaneous documents related to free and enslaved people that are not established local government record types.","See:  the  Virginia Untold Record Types  on the Library of Virginia website for additional context concerning Fiduciary Records, \"Free Negro\" Tax Records, Requisitions for Public Use, and Runaway Records.","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means “on-the-other-side-of-water place” or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac. \n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n","Starting in 2023, Library of Virginia archival staff in partnership with the Virginia Untold Project Manager began efforts to describe records related to free and enslaved Black and multiracial people in a manner that improved the historical context of the records. In doing so, in some cases material once described within the \"Free and Enslaved\" record group for a locality may no longer be described within this record. When this has occurred, please see the Processing Information and Related Materials section for records that have been described separately.","Apprenticeship Indentures were removed from this record in October 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872.","Certificates of Importation were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815.","Deeds of Emancipation were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1824.","\"Free Negro\" Registrations were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1793-1863.","Petitions to Remain were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854.","These records were processed, scanned, and indexed by LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.","Encoded by S. Nerney: October 2005; updated by C. Collins: August 2024.","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1824","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1793-1863","Records related to free and enslaved people of Accomack County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Accomack County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  ”A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.”","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website.","Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.","Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, consist of Fiduciary Records, 1815-1823; “Free Negro” Tax Records, 1802-1825, 1850-1861; Requisitions for Public Use, undated; Runaway Records, 1758; and additional records of various types, 1799, 1816-1831, 1851.","Fiduciary Records, 1815-1823, undated, consist of reports compiled by representatives of the court that document either the sale or the valuation and division of enslaved persons. They contain the names of the enslaved, their appraised value or the amount for which they were sold, and the names of those to whom they were sold or devised. The sale or valuation and division of the enslaved persons occurred as part of the settling of estates.\n","“Free Negro” Tax Records, 1802-1825, 1850-1861, are comprised of lists of “free negroes,” 1804-1805, 1850-1861, as well as lists of insolvent “free negroes” and “free negroes” owing taxes, 1802, 1813-1815, 1824-1825, 1851. The lists of “free negroes,” compiled by commissioners of revenue, list \"free negroes\" over twelve years of age residing in several Accomack County parishes or districts. They varyingly document the names, sex, ages, places of abode, and occupation of each individual. The lists of insolvent “free negroes” and “free negroes” owing taxes include the names of each individual and sometimes the amount of taxes owed. Several of the lists include language directing that the free individuals be hired out for their taxes.\n","Requisitions for Public Use, undated, consist of a list of “free negroes” who worked on Civil War fortifications. The list records the names of 40 individuals, as well as the number of days each individual worked on the fortifications.\n","Runaway Records, 1758, include an advertisement concerning Will, who was enslaved by Landon Carter of Richmond County. The ad posits that Will traveled to Rippon Hall in Williamsburg, where he formerly worked, and retrieved Sarah, his sister. According to the ad, Will and Sarah then removed to the Eastern Shore with a man named Peter.\n","Additional single items relating to the documentation of free and enslaved Black and multiracial individuals in and around Accomack County, Va., include:\n","An account, undated, of persons enslaved by George Abbott who were hired out between 1766 and 1774. The enslaved individuals named include Sue, Hagar, Bob, Stephen, Fame, Rachel, Jane, Spencer, Branton, Leah, George Douglas, Jacob, and Sarah.\n","An account, undated, of Black persons held in slavery during the lifetime of the unnamed widow of [illegible] Saylor. The persons held include Babel (55), Suthey [or Southey] (45), Thomas (32), Ned (28), and Ader (33).\n","An affidavit, undated, related to the free status of Agness and Laura. The affiant asserts that Agness and Laura were not free, despite both John Watters and Soloman Ewell emancipating Agness and Laura in their wills. Instead, the affiant claims that they belong to Soloman Ewell’s heirs.","A certificate, 1831, concerning William Henderson’s desire to avoid paying taxes on Mery and Harry, whom he considered to be “of no value.”\n","Two lists, 1831, undated, of “free negroes” who remained in the Commonwealth more than 12 months following their emancipation or the occurrence of their “right to freedom.” The lists include the name of the emancipated person, and sometimes the method of their emancipation and the name of their former enslaver.","An order, undated, revoking the sale made of John Brister, a “free negro,” due to its illegality.","An order, undated, commanding the deputy sheriff to remove Jacob Burton from jail and “put him on board some vessel bound to the Port of New York.”","A report, undated, related to the sale of Nat, enslaved by Obediah John Godwin. David D. Abbott, Godwin’s guardian, was directed to sell Nat by the court because of his supposed “bad character”.","Reports, 1816, pertaining to the manumission of Joseph and Nancy, who were enslaved by Azeriah Bloxum. Peggy, Bloxum’s widow, sought compensation for their emancipation.","A report of sale, 1799, concerning the sale of George, enslaved by the estate of Henry Garrett, to Smith Horsey.","A schedule, 1822, of property “given up at the suit of Edmund Nock” belonging to Tinney Dennis, a free woman of color. The property includes a “negroe man” named Isaac.","A warrant, 1821, for James Selby, who was accused of selling Peter, a “free negroe Boy,” as an enslaved person.","A warrant and bond, 1851, concerning Levin Crippin, a free man “not entitled to residence in the Commonwealth.” Crippin was born in Virginia, but resided in Philadelphia for an indeterminate amount of time before returning to Virginia.","There are no restrictions.","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861"],"collection_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court.\n"],"creator_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) 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Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1793-1863.","Petitions to Remain were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854.","These records were processed, scanned, and indexed by LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.","Encoded by S. Nerney: October 2005; updated by C. Collins: August 2024."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org//vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi04091.xml\"\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org//vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi06155.xml\"\u003eAccomack County (Va.) 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Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available on the Library of Virginia website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1824","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1793-1863","Records related to free and enslaved people of Accomack County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Accomack County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  ”A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.”","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMaterials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. 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Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, consist of Fiduciary Records, 1815-1823; “Free Negro” Tax Records, 1802-1825, 1850-1861; Requisitions for Public Use, undated; Runaway Records, 1758; and additional records of various types, 1799, 1816-1831, 1851.","Fiduciary Records, 1815-1823, undated, consist of reports compiled by representatives of the court that document either the sale or the valuation and division of enslaved persons. They contain the names of the enslaved, their appraised value or the amount for which they were sold, and the names of those to whom they were sold or devised. The sale or valuation and division of the enslaved persons occurred as part of the settling of estates.\n","“Free Negro” Tax Records, 1802-1825, 1850-1861, are comprised of lists of “free negroes,” 1804-1805, 1850-1861, as well as lists of insolvent “free negroes” and “free negroes” owing taxes, 1802, 1813-1815, 1824-1825, 1851. The lists of “free negroes,” compiled by commissioners of revenue, list \"free negroes\" over twelve years of age residing in several Accomack County parishes or districts. They varyingly document the names, sex, ages, places of abode, and occupation of each individual. The lists of insolvent “free negroes” and “free negroes” owing taxes include the names of each individual and sometimes the amount of taxes owed. Several of the lists include language directing that the free individuals be hired out for their taxes.\n","Requisitions for Public Use, undated, consist of a list of “free negroes” who worked on Civil War fortifications. The list records the names of 40 individuals, as well as the number of days each individual worked on the fortifications.\n","Runaway Records, 1758, include an advertisement concerning Will, who was enslaved by Landon Carter of Richmond County. The ad posits that Will traveled to Rippon Hall in Williamsburg, where he formerly worked, and retrieved Sarah, his sister. According to the ad, Will and Sarah then removed to the Eastern Shore with a man named Peter.\n","Additional single items relating to the documentation of free and enslaved Black and multiracial individuals in and around Accomack County, Va., include:\n","An account, undated, of persons enslaved by George Abbott who were hired out between 1766 and 1774. The enslaved individuals named include Sue, Hagar, Bob, Stephen, Fame, Rachel, Jane, Spencer, Branton, Leah, George Douglas, Jacob, and Sarah.\n","An account, undated, of Black persons held in slavery during the lifetime of the unnamed widow of [illegible] Saylor. The persons held include Babel (55), Suthey [or Southey] (45), Thomas (32), Ned (28), and Ader (33).\n","An affidavit, undated, related to the free status of Agness and Laura. The affiant asserts that Agness and Laura were not free, despite both John Watters and Soloman Ewell emancipating Agness and Laura in their wills. Instead, the affiant claims that they belong to Soloman Ewell’s heirs.","A certificate, 1831, concerning William Henderson’s desire to avoid paying taxes on Mery and Harry, whom he considered to be “of no value.”\n","Two lists, 1831, undated, of “free negroes” who remained in the Commonwealth more than 12 months following their emancipation or the occurrence of their “right to freedom.” The lists include the name of the emancipated person, and sometimes the method of their emancipation and the name of their former enslaver.","An order, undated, revoking the sale made of John Brister, a “free negro,” due to its illegality.","An order, undated, commanding the deputy sheriff to remove Jacob Burton from jail and “put him on board some vessel bound to the Port of New York.”","A report, undated, related to the sale of Nat, enslaved by Obediah John Godwin. David D. Abbott, Godwin’s guardian, was directed to sell Nat by the court because of his supposed “bad character”.","Reports, 1816, pertaining to the manumission of Joseph and Nancy, who were enslaved by Azeriah Bloxum. Peggy, Bloxum’s widow, sought compensation for their emancipation.","A report of sale, 1799, concerning the sale of George, enslaved by the estate of Henry Garrett, to Smith Horsey.","A schedule, 1822, of property “given up at the suit of Edmund Nock” belonging to Tinney Dennis, a free woman of color. The property includes a “negroe man” named Isaac.","A warrant, 1821, for James Selby, who was accused of selling Peter, a “free negroe Boy,” as an enslaved person.","A warrant and bond, 1851, concerning Levin Crippin, a free man “not entitled to residence in the Commonwealth.” Crippin was born in Virginia, but resided in Philadelphia for an indeterminate amount of time before returning to Virginia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":4,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:47:20.293Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi01386","ead_ssi":"vi_vi01386","_root_":"vi_vi01386","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi01386","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi01386.xml","title_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861"],"title_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861"],"text":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861","1.35 cu. ft. (2 boxes); 1 volume; 1 microfilm reel","The bulk of the Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, are digitized and available through  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website. Please use digital images where possible.\n","The Accomack County (Va.) List of “Free Negroes,” 1804, is available on microfilm, Accomack County (Va.) Reel No. 193. \n ","This collection is arranged\n Series I: Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, arranged loosely by record type then chronologically.","Arranged loosely by record type then chronologically \n","Context for Record Type:","Free and Enslaved Records","The Free and Enslaved Records collection is comprised of miscellaneous records related to the regulation and policing of both enslaved and free Black and Multiracial people in Accomack County. The localities/local government authorities were largely responsible for enforcing laws that restricted the movement of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people and the resulting documentation was often filed in the circuit courts. The ways in which local authorities enacted legal measures against or on behalf of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people varied from locality to locality; therefore, records were not necessarily standardized or filed and retained in a consistent manner. This collection is topical and a means by which to compile miscellaneous documents related to free and enslaved people that are not established local government record types.","See:  the  Virginia Untold Record Types  on the Library of Virginia website for additional context concerning Fiduciary Records, \"Free Negro\" Tax Records, Requisitions for Public Use, and Runaway Records.","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means “on-the-other-side-of-water place” or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac. \n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n","Starting in 2023, Library of Virginia archival staff in partnership with the Virginia Untold Project Manager began efforts to describe records related to free and enslaved Black and multiracial people in a manner that improved the historical context of the records. In doing so, in some cases material once described within the \"Free and Enslaved\" record group for a locality may no longer be described within this record. When this has occurred, please see the Processing Information and Related Materials section for records that have been described separately.","Apprenticeship Indentures were removed from this record in October 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872.","Certificates of Importation were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815.","Deeds of Emancipation were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1824.","\"Free Negro\" Registrations were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1793-1863.","Petitions to Remain were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854.","These records were processed, scanned, and indexed by LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.","Encoded by S. Nerney: October 2005; updated by C. Collins: August 2024.","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1824","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1793-1863","Records related to free and enslaved people of Accomack County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Accomack County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  ”A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.”","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website.","Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical and mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.","Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, consist of Fiduciary Records, 1815-1823; “Free Negro” Tax Records, 1802-1825, 1850-1861; Requisitions for Public Use, undated; Runaway Records, 1758; and additional records of various types, 1799, 1816-1831, 1851.","Fiduciary Records, 1815-1823, undated, consist of reports compiled by representatives of the court that document either the sale or the valuation and division of enslaved persons. They contain the names of the enslaved, their appraised value or the amount for which they were sold, and the names of those to whom they were sold or devised. The sale or valuation and division of the enslaved persons occurred as part of the settling of estates.\n","“Free Negro” Tax Records, 1802-1825, 1850-1861, are comprised of lists of “free negroes,” 1804-1805, 1850-1861, as well as lists of insolvent “free negroes” and “free negroes” owing taxes, 1802, 1813-1815, 1824-1825, 1851. The lists of “free negroes,” compiled by commissioners of revenue, list \"free negroes\" over twelve years of age residing in several Accomack County parishes or districts. They varyingly document the names, sex, ages, places of abode, and occupation of each individual. The lists of insolvent “free negroes” and “free negroes” owing taxes include the names of each individual and sometimes the amount of taxes owed. Several of the lists include language directing that the free individuals be hired out for their taxes.\n","Requisitions for Public Use, undated, consist of a list of “free negroes” who worked on Civil War fortifications. The list records the names of 40 individuals, as well as the number of days each individual worked on the fortifications.\n","Runaway Records, 1758, include an advertisement concerning Will, who was enslaved by Landon Carter of Richmond County. The ad posits that Will traveled to Rippon Hall in Williamsburg, where he formerly worked, and retrieved Sarah, his sister. According to the ad, Will and Sarah then removed to the Eastern Shore with a man named Peter.\n","Additional single items relating to the documentation of free and enslaved Black and multiracial individuals in and around Accomack County, Va., include:\n","An account, undated, of persons enslaved by George Abbott who were hired out between 1766 and 1774. The enslaved individuals named include Sue, Hagar, Bob, Stephen, Fame, Rachel, Jane, Spencer, Branton, Leah, George Douglas, Jacob, and Sarah.\n","An account, undated, of Black persons held in slavery during the lifetime of the unnamed widow of [illegible] Saylor. The persons held include Babel (55), Suthey [or Southey] (45), Thomas (32), Ned (28), and Ader (33).\n","An affidavit, undated, related to the free status of Agness and Laura. The affiant asserts that Agness and Laura were not free, despite both John Watters and Soloman Ewell emancipating Agness and Laura in their wills. Instead, the affiant claims that they belong to Soloman Ewell’s heirs.","A certificate, 1831, concerning William Henderson’s desire to avoid paying taxes on Mery and Harry, whom he considered to be “of no value.”\n","Two lists, 1831, undated, of “free negroes” who remained in the Commonwealth more than 12 months following their emancipation or the occurrence of their “right to freedom.” The lists include the name of the emancipated person, and sometimes the method of their emancipation and the name of their former enslaver.","An order, undated, revoking the sale made of John Brister, a “free negro,” due to its illegality.","An order, undated, commanding the deputy sheriff to remove Jacob Burton from jail and “put him on board some vessel bound to the Port of New York.”","A report, undated, related to the sale of Nat, enslaved by Obediah John Godwin. David D. Abbott, Godwin’s guardian, was directed to sell Nat by the court because of his supposed “bad character”.","Reports, 1816, pertaining to the manumission of Joseph and Nancy, who were enslaved by Azeriah Bloxum. Peggy, Bloxum’s widow, sought compensation for their emancipation.","A report of sale, 1799, concerning the sale of George, enslaved by the estate of Henry Garrett, to Smith Horsey.","A schedule, 1822, of property “given up at the suit of Edmund Nock” belonging to Tinney Dennis, a free woman of color. The property includes a “negroe man” named Isaac.","A warrant, 1821, for James Selby, who was accused of selling Peter, a “free negroe Boy,” as an enslaved person.","A warrant and bond, 1851, concerning Levin Crippin, a free man “not entitled to residence in the Commonwealth.” Crippin was born in Virginia, but resided in Philadelphia for an indeterminate amount of time before returning to Virginia.","There are no restrictions.","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861"],"collection_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records,\n1758, 1799-1861"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court.\n"],"creator_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court.\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Accomack County (Va.) in 2007 under accession number 43554, in 2009 under accession number 44262, and as part of an undated accession.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["1.35 cu. ft. (2 boxes); 1 volume; 1 microfilm reel"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, are digitized and available through \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan\"\u003eVirginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e on the Library of Virginia website. Please use digital images where possible.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The bulk of the Accomack County (Va.) 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The localities/local government authorities were largely responsible for enforcing laws that restricted the movement of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people and the resulting documentation was often filed in the circuit courts. The ways in which local authorities enacted legal measures against or on behalf of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people varied from locality to locality; therefore, records were not necessarily standardized or filed and retained in a consistent manner. This collection is topical and a means by which to compile miscellaneous documents related to free and enslaved people that are not established local government record types.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSee:\u003c/emph\u003e the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/aan_record_types.pdf?v=3.0\"\u003eVirginia Untold Record Types\u003c/extref\u003e on the Library of Virginia website for additional context concerning Fiduciary Records, \"Free Negro\" Tax Records, Requisitions for Public Use, and Runaway Records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means “on-the-other-side-of-water place” or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. 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The ways in which local authorities enacted legal measures against or on behalf of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people varied from locality to locality; therefore, records were not necessarily standardized or filed and retained in a consistent manner. This collection is topical and a means by which to compile miscellaneous documents related to free and enslaved people that are not established local government record types.","See:  the  Virginia Untold Record Types  on the Library of Virginia website for additional context concerning Fiduciary Records, \"Free Negro\" Tax Records, Requisitions for Public Use, and Runaway Records.","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means “on-the-other-side-of-water place” or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. 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. The county seat is Accomac. \n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861. 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In doing so, in some cases material once described within the \"Free and Enslaved\" record group for a locality may no longer be described within this record. When this has occurred, please see the Processing Information and Related Materials section for records that have been described separately.","Apprenticeship Indentures were removed from this record in October 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872.","Certificates of Importation were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815.","Deeds of Emancipation were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1824.","\"Free Negro\" Registrations were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1793-1863.","Petitions to Remain were removed from this record in August 2024 and are now described in Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854.","These records were processed, scanned, and indexed by LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.","Encoded by S. Nerney: October 2005; updated by C. Collins: August 2024."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org//vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi04091.xml\"\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://search.arvasarchive.org//vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi06155.xml\"\u003eAccomack County (Va.) 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Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/lost\"\u003eLost Records Localities Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e available on the Library of Virginia website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1783-1824","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1854","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) 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