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1860 Tax list of Free Blacks
This small booklet is among the 1860 tax records. It contains the names, family relationships, location and occupation of free persons of color on the eve of the Civil War. The list contains many names but does not seem to be comprehensive.
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Tags: African-American, Free Blacks
1828 Milepost
This is a stone road marker placed by General John Hartwell Cocke, the Fluvanna County Overseer of Roads, in 1828. This specific marker directed people from the Fluvanna County seat at Palmyra to the James River at New Canton. There were multiple…
Tags: roads, transportation
1827 Will and Settlement of William Morris
ESTATE OF WILLIAM MORRIS-- 1830
In the name of God amen; I William Morris of Louisa County and State of Virginia, do make this my last will and testament hereby revoking all wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
Item x I give to my beloved…
In the name of God amen; I William Morris of Louisa County and State of Virginia, do make this my last will and testament hereby revoking all wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
Item x I give to my beloved…
Tags: slaves