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Spotsylvania County (Va.) Court Records, 1820-1842

Spotsylvania County (Va.) Court Records, 1820-1842. The collection contains nine documents removed from Spotsylvania County court records: a letter from Thomas Smith to Carter L. Stephenson, 1820; a letter from Thomas R. Rootes to John Tayloe Lomax concerning a case against Rootes by Walker's Executors, 1820; a letter from S. Humphrey to Richard Jackson, 1823, asking for money; the answer of B. Harrison and Mary his wife from the chancery cause John Turning vs. Administrator of Mann Page, 1825; letters from Mann Page and Mary Harrison to Dr. William Brown concerning the sale of slaves to pay debts, 1825 and 1829; a notice of publication from the Superior Court of Chancery, Fredericksburg District, for the chancery cause Benjamin Porter, etc., vs. John Porter, Executor of Benjamin Porter, etc., 1830; and a letter from Robert N. Trice to George W. Bassett, Administrator of J. Bassett, 1837. Also included is a Spotsylvania County Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery judgment, Assignee of Joseph Dabney vs. Harvey G. Sharp, 1842.

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Spotsylvania County (Va.) Court Records, 1820-1842

Spotsylvania County (Va.) Circuit Court

Spotsylvania County (Va.) Court Records, 1820-1842. The collection contains nine documents removed from Spotsylvania County court records: a letter from Thomas Smith to Carter L. Stephenson, 1820; a letter from Thomas R. Rootes to John Tayloe Lomax concerning a case against Rootes by Walker's Executors, 1820; a letter from S. Humphrey to Richard Jackson, 1823, asking for money; the answer of B. Harrison and Mary his wife from the chancery cause John Turning vs. Administrator of Mann Page, 1825; letters from Mann Page and Mary Harrison to Dr. William Brown concerning the sale of slaves to pay debts, 1825 and 1829; a notice of publication from the Superior Court of Chancery, Fredericksburg District, for the chancery cause Benjamin Porter, etc., vs. John Porter, Executor of Benjamin Porter, etc., 1830; and a letter from Robert N. Trice to George W. Bassett, Administrator of J. Bassett, 1837. Also included is a Spotsylvania County Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery judgment, Assignee of Joseph Dabney vs. Harvey G. Sharp, 1842.

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