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Records, 1779-1865, of Augusta County consist of a copy of William Christian's will (1779) and a court order (1865) giving the county's response to the governor of Virginia's request for one hundred slaves in the county to work for sixty days on the fortifications in Richmond. The court order list the reasons why the county wanted to be exempt from the requistion of slaves stating that one third of the county's slaves have escaped and one fourth had been impressed into Confederate military service.

Certificate, 1776, of Brunswick County providing proof that a slave was tried and convicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer.

Records, 1759-1897, of Cumberland County consist of free negro and slave records (1799), court papers related to judgments (1787, 1850, 1881) and chancery suits (1847), papers related to court finance (1809), tax and fiscal records (1759, 1775, 1894, 1897), and wills (1793, 1892.)

Records, 1750-1868, of Hanover County Circuit Court consist of papers related to fiduciary records (undated, 1750, 1753-1786, 1797, 1829, 1830, 1854, 1860), wills (1777, 1779, 1783, 1795, 1797, 1800, 1806, 1815, 1820, 1823, 1824, 1842, 1843, 1849, 1858), chancery papers (undated, 1807, 1822, 1823, 1825, 1835, 1845), judgments (1792, 1794, 1803, 1862), marriage licenses (1816-1817, 1831-1835, 1838-1847), sheriffs' records (1807), clerks' records (1783, 1817, 1827, 1868), land records (1806, 1829), free negro and slave records (1791), and tax and fiscal records (1798, 1804, 1813.)

Records, 1762-1879, of Henrico County Circuit Court consist of papers related to fiduciary records (1822, 1842, 1851), wills (no date, 1762, 1766, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1819, 1820, 1828, 1835), documents related to judgments (no date, 1777, 1778, 1783, 1784, 1805, 1819, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1839, 1840, 1845, 1868, 1873), criminal records (1823, 1846), marriage records (1828, 1832, 1843), clerks' records (1801, 1804, 1814, 1816), bonds/commissions/oaths records (1851), tax and fiscal records (1818, 1829, 1858), accounts and transactions related to the estate of Judith Bullington (1810-1816), and miscellaneous records (1789, 1828, 1830, 1841, 1857, 1867.)

Pittsylvania County (Va.) Fee book, 1779, for the county court contains the date of the charge, the person to whom charged, the reason, the style of suit, and the cost of the service to be paid to the clerk of court. There is an alphabetical index by surname at the beginning of the volume.

Soldier's Joy Plantation Journals and Ledgers, 1826-1846, consist of two journals and two ledgers that record the business activities of Soldier's Joy, a plantation owned by the Higginbotham family located in Nelson County.