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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record. Created by Kathleen A. Stewart, [1791] Description is in English Feb 14, 2004 PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi00129::A Guide to the William Hunt Suit Papers, [1791])//EN" "vi00129.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl 2014-01-08 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the William Hunt Suit Papers, [1791] A Collection in the Library of Virginia 22355

Library of Virginia 2002 Trenton Hizer Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia William Hunt Suit Papers, [1791] 22355 Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 22355. 2 leaves. (Negative photostats.) English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

William Hunt. Suit Papers, [1791]. Accession 22355, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Martha Woodroof Hiden, Newport News, Virginia, April 1945.

 Biographical/Historical Information

William Hunt of Lancaster County, Virginia, was the son of George Hunt (d. 1744) and Elizabeth Barber Hunt (d. 1791), and the grandson of Charles Barber (d. 1726) of Richmond County, Virginia.

 Scope and Content Information

A bill of complaint filed by William Hunt of Lancaster County, Virginia, filing suit in a court of chancery of Richmond County against Ezekiel Levy (d. 1812), George Davis (d. 1826), Dennis McCarty (d. ca. 1803), Henry Dobyns, and Kister Toon [Tune] (d. ca. 1803). Hunt is suing over part of the estate of his grandfather, specifically the "increase" of two slave women. The bill of complaint includes genealogical information on the Barber family, the Hunt family, and the McCarty family. It also contains genealogical information on the children of two slave women, Jean and Betty.