Essex County (Va.) List of Negroes Belonging to Those Under a Guardian and Unsettled Estates, 1821-1825

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Essex County (Va.) List of Negroes Belonging to Those Under a Guardian and Unsettled Estates, 1821-1825. Local government records collection, Essex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Essex County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Essex County (Va.) List of Negroes Belonging to Those Under a Guardian and Unsettled Estates, 1821-1825. Local government records collection, Essex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Essex County (Va.) List of Negroes Belonging to Those Under a Guardian and Unsettled Estates, 1821-1825, is a volume that records lists of slaves held by persons who inherited via a will still in probate or as a result of widow's dower rights, and lists of the slaves belonging to an unsettled estate. Several of these lists are for slaves held by a guardian for his charge. The lists give the name of the owner, widow, and/or guardian; to whose estate the slaves belong; the names and ages of the slaves; some familial relationships, especially that of mother and child; and the date that the list was recorded by the court. Some of the lists are additions to previous lists that give slave births or deaths since the original list was recorded. There is an index at the beginning of the volume that lists in alphabetical order by surname the names of either the estate holder or the legatee and the page number where the list can be found.

Biographical / historical:

Essex County was formed in 1692 from Rappahannock County, a now extinct Virginia county.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Essex County.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 vol. (7 p.)