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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from Marc record. Created by Renee M. Savits 13 April 2002 Description is in English Feb 14, 2004 PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi00244::A Guide to the Samuel Jones Bill of sale, 1811)//EN" "vi00244" 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 Samuel Jones Bill of sale, 1811 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 38575

Library of Virginia 2002 Alex Lorch 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 Samuel Jones Bill of sale, 1811 38575 Personal papers collection, Acc. 38575 2 pages English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Samuel Jones. Bill of sale, 1811. Accession 38575, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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Purchased, 21 November 2000.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Samuel Jones was a resident and sheriff of Buckingham County. While no military service record for Jones has been located, he was at various times also known as Captain Samuel Jones and Major Samuel Jones. His estate is listed in the Buckingham County Personal Property Tax records in 1839; thus, he likely died circa 1839.

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Bill of sale, 29 December 1811, noting the purchase of nine slaves from Pleasant (b. 1774) and Sally Talbott of Campbell County, Virginia, by Samuel Jones (d. ca. 1839) of Buckingham County, Virginia. Includes slaves' given names and gender. Proven in Buckingham County on 13 April 1812.