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Slaves -- Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Grover family papers

 Collection — Box BW 18, Folder: 1 [X030899286]
Identifier: MSS 16394
Scope and Contents

The Grover family papers (1825-1917; 0.04 cubic feet) also includes papers from the Watts and Harris families. This collection contains receipts, a deed of gift for enslaved people (Dolly, and children Nancy, Elvira, and James from Mary Harris to Rosa M. N. Harris, circa 1845-47), a newspaper clipping of Preston Watt, and ration books of Bettie and William Grover. The papers came in a fabric packet stamped, “The Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of Richmond, VA” which is included.

Dates: 1825-1906, 1917

Hugh Ivey emancipation deed

 Item — Box BW 20, Folder: [X030869178]
Identifier: MSS 16395
Scope and Contents Note

Sussex County, Virginia plantation owner Hugh Ivey (1826; 0.04 cubic feet) names the twenty-seven enslaved persons in the body of the document to be freed; this is not Ivey's original signed copy, but rather a transcript by a county clerk made at the time.

Dates: 1826-02-02

Record Book Listing of Enslaved People of the Massie Family

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 12705
Scope and Contents This collection contains two volumes of record books from the Massie family of Virginia. One volume contains information on enslaved people owned by the family, giving name, parentage, date of birth and occasionally status (deceased, sold). The oldest enslaved person recorded was born in 1739. In a few instances, fathers are listed as well as mothers. The volume also lists stock, and farm tools, owned in the years 1783, 1785, 1786, 1789, 1790, and 1793. Most of the information in...
Dates: 1823-1863

William Massie Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 4269
Scope and Contents

This collection, containing an account book of William Massie's, lists personal and family expense items, as well as the names of enslaved persons.



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Dates: 1847-1863