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Reel No. 345.","This collection is arranged:\n Series I: Bound and Loose Apprenticeship Indentures, 1786-1796, 1820-1872, arranged chronologically. Series II: Records Related to Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1865, arranged chronologically.","Arranged chronologically\n","Arranged chronologically\n","Context for Record Type:  In 1765, the General Assembly established that illegitimate children of \"woman servants, Negroes, white women by Negroes were to be bound out\" until the age of 21 for males and 18 for females. In the late eighteenth century, the General Assembly established the Overseers of the Poor, an appointed body that provided food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment for people who were too poor to support themselves or too ill to provide for their basic needs. They also bound out children whose parents could not support them and those who were orphaned through apprenticeship contracts. These agreements arranged for white children to be taught a trade or domestic skills as well as educated in reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1805, the General Assembly amended the previous act to no longer require the master of \"black or mulatto orphans\" to teach reading, writing, or arithmetic, with the intent that this would prevent Black children from learning these skills.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means “on-the-other-side-of-water place” or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county’s name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith’s Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac. \n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.","One Accomack County certificate, dated 1744, was originally described as part of the Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, but was removed to the present Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872, record to enhance discoverability in October 2024. \n","The Accomack County (Va.) Reel No. 345 was generated by Backstage Library Works though the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program at an unknown date. Additional microfilm reels (Reel No. 127, 142, 193, and 199) were generated at an unknown date. ","These records were scanned and indexed by E. Jordan and LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.","Encoded by L. Jones: March 2010; Updated by C. Collins: October 2024.","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861","Records related to free and enslaved people of Accomack County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Accomack County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult   \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\" ","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website.","Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872, consist of contracts or agreements binding out white, Black, or multiracial children, sometimes those who were orphaned, to learn a particular trade or craft. These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. 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The original indentures include the indentures of 17 white individuals, as well as the indentures of five Black and multiracial individuals: Isaac, identified as a “black free boy,” to George Marshall, 1789; Mary and John Gaskins to Elijah W. Wright, 1851; Olivia Drummond to William H. Bayne, 1852; and Julia A. Selby to James Johnson, 1856.","Additionally, these records consist of various record types, 1744, 1846-1865, related to apprenticeship indentures. These records include accounts, bonds, certificates, and orders, in which the person bound, or in the process of being bound, is named. They also contain such information as the name of the person to whom each individual was bound and the name of the person binding the apprentice(s). 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Apprentice Indentures, 1820-1835, is available on microfilm, Accomack County (Va.) Reel No. 127 and 142.","The Accomack County (Va.) Apprentice Indentures, 1835-1859, is available on microfilm, Accomack County (Va.) Reel No. 345.","The Accomack County (Va.) Apprentice Indentures, 1850-1872, is available on microfilm, Accomack County (Va.) Reel No. 345.","This collection is arranged:\n Series I: Bound and Loose Apprenticeship Indentures, 1786-1796, 1820-1872, arranged chronologically. Series II: Records Related to Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1865, arranged chronologically.","Arranged chronologically\n","Arranged chronologically\n","Context for Record Type:  In 1765, the General Assembly established that illegitimate children of \"woman servants, Negroes, white women by Negroes were to be bound out\" until the age of 21 for males and 18 for females. In the late eighteenth century, the General Assembly established the Overseers of the Poor, an appointed body that provided food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment for people who were too poor to support themselves or too ill to provide for their basic needs. They also bound out children whose parents could not support them and those who were orphaned through apprenticeship contracts. These agreements arranged for white children to be taught a trade or domestic skills as well as educated in reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1805, the General Assembly amended the previous act to no longer require the master of \"black or mulatto orphans\" to teach reading, writing, or arithmetic, with the intent that this would prevent Black children from learning these skills.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means “on-the-other-side-of-water place” or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county’s name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith’s Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac. \n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.","One Accomack County certificate, dated 1744, was originally described as part of the Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, but was removed to the present Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872, record to enhance discoverability in October 2024. \n","The Accomack County (Va.) Reel No. 345 was generated by Backstage Library Works though the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program at an unknown date. Additional microfilm reels (Reel No. 127, 142, 193, and 199) were generated at an unknown date. ","These records were scanned and indexed by E. Jordan and LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.","Encoded by L. Jones: March 2010; Updated by C. Collins: October 2024.","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861","Records related to free and enslaved people of Accomack County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Accomack County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult   \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\" ","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website.","Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872, consist of contracts or agreements binding out white, Black, or multiracial children, sometimes those who were orphaned, to learn a particular trade or craft. These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.\n","These records are comprised of three bound volumes, 1820-1872; loose apprenticeship indentures, 1786-1796, 1835-1862; and various records related to apprenticeship indentures, 1744, 1846-1865.","The first volume, 1820-1835, is comprised of about 201 apprenticeship indentures. All of the indentures are standardized forms with the relevant information handwritten in the spaces provided.","The second volume, 1850-1872, consists of around 114 apprenticeship indentures. Many of the indentures of accompanied by bonds. Some indentures are entirely handwritten and attached to pages in the volume, while others are standardized forms with the relevant information handwritten in the spaces provided.","The third volume, 1835-1859, contains about 104 apprenticeship indentures. All of the indentures are standardized forms with the relevant information handwritten in the spaces provided.","The loose apprenticeship indentures, 1786-1796, 1835-1862, are comprised of 21 original indentures, 1786-1796, 1851-1856; four folders of facsimile indentures from the bound volumes, 1835-1862; and one folder of indenture templates, 1786-1796. The original indentures include the indentures of 17 white individuals, as well as the indentures of five Black and multiracial individuals: Isaac, identified as a “black free boy,” to George Marshall, 1789; Mary and John Gaskins to Elijah W. Wright, 1851; Olivia Drummond to William H. Bayne, 1852; and Julia A. Selby to James Johnson, 1856.","Additionally, these records consist of various record types, 1744, 1846-1865, related to apprenticeship indentures. These records include accounts, bonds, certificates, and orders, in which the person bound, or in the process of being bound, is named. They also contain such information as the name of the person to whom each individual was bound and the name of the person binding the apprentice(s). For example, a certificate, 1744, records the “free consent” given by Sarah Aleworth for Jacob Aleworth, her son, to be bound to Moses Killiam until the age of 21.","There are no restrictions.\n","Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures\n1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872"],"collection_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures\n1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"creator_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Accomack County (Va.) as part of an undated accession. The Accomack County (Va.) Apprentice Indentures, 1820-1835, volume was transferred to the library in December 2023 under accession number 54030.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":[".675 cu. ft. (2 boxes); 3 volumes; 5 microfilm reels; 1 item"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIN PROGRESS: Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872, involving white and Black and multiracial individuals are digitized and available through \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan\"\u003eVirginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection\u003c/extref\u003e on the Library of Virginia website. 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These agreements arranged for white children to be taught a trade or domestic skills as well as educated in reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1805, the General Assembly amended the previous act to no longer require the master of \"black or mulatto orphans\" to teach reading, writing, or arithmetic, with the intent that this would prevent Black children from learning these skills.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means “on-the-other-side-of-water place” or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county’s name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith’s Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Locality Note:\u003c/emph\u003e A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. 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In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith’s Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac. \n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872. Local government records collection, Accomack County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1744, 1786-1796, 1820-1872. Local government records collection, Accomack County Court Records. 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These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese records are comprised of three bound volumes, 1820-1872; loose apprenticeship indentures, 1786-1796, 1835-1862; and various records related to apprenticeship indentures, 1744, 1846-1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first volume, 1820-1835, is comprised of about 201 apprenticeship indentures. All of the indentures are standardized forms with the relevant information handwritten in the spaces provided.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second volume, 1850-1872, consists of around 114 apprenticeship indentures. 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All of the indentures are standardized forms with the relevant information handwritten in the spaces provided.","The second volume, 1850-1872, consists of around 114 apprenticeship indentures. Many of the indentures of accompanied by bonds. Some indentures are entirely handwritten and attached to pages in the volume, while others are standardized forms with the relevant information handwritten in the spaces provided.","The third volume, 1835-1859, contains about 104 apprenticeship indentures. All of the indentures are standardized forms with the relevant information handwritten in the spaces provided.","The loose apprenticeship indentures, 1786-1796, 1835-1862, are comprised of 21 original indentures, 1786-1796, 1851-1856; four folders of facsimile indentures from the bound volumes, 1835-1862; and one folder of indenture templates, 1786-1796. The original indentures include the indentures of 17 white individuals, as well as the indentures of five Black and multiracial individuals: Isaac, identified as a “black free boy,” to George Marshall, 1789; Mary and John Gaskins to Elijah W. Wright, 1851; Olivia Drummond to William H. Bayne, 1852; and Julia A. Selby to James Johnson, 1856.","Additionally, these records consist of various record types, 1744, 1846-1865, related to apprenticeship indentures. These records include accounts, bonds, certificates, and orders, in which the person bound, or in the process of being bound, is named. They also contain such information as the name of the person to whom each individual was bound and the name of the person binding the apprentice(s). 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The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac.\n","A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.","Laws requiring the recording of births and deaths in Virginia were enacted as early as 1632, when a law directed ministers or churchwardens in each parish to present a \"register of all burialls, christenings, and marriages\" yearly at the June meeting of the court. A similar act passed in 1659 stated that \"enquiries are often made for persons imported into the collonie, of whose death no positive certificate can be granted for want of registers.\" Few records survive from these early decades.","In 1713, the General Assembly noted that earlier acts had \"for a long time been disused\" and once again directed the recording of births and deaths by the minister or clerk of each parish. A return made the same year noted that the list of births and deaths was not complete since many parishes failed to make returns \"for tis a thing so new to the people that neither they care to Register their Births and Burials, nor are the Parish Clerks yet brought into a regular method of transmitting them.\"","The recording of vital statistics continued to be an ecclesiastical function throughout the colonial period. With the disestablishment of the Anglican church after the American Revolution and the rise of other religious denominations, the record-keeping process for vital statistics fell more and more to the individual family. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, medical science began to recognize the advantages of accurate birth and mortality information in controlling and treating communicable diseases. Pressure from local and national health organizations and medical professionals resulted in the passage of vital statistics registration laws. Virginia was one of the earliest states to pass such a law.","A law requiring the systematic statewide recording of births and deaths was passed by the General Assembly on April 11 1853. Every commissioner of revenue registered births and deaths in his district annually, at the same time personal property subject to taxation was ascertained. The commissioner recorded births and deaths that had occurred prior to 31 December of the preceding year and returned the record to the clerk of court by 1 June. Information was obtained from heads of family, physicians, surgeons, or coroners. The law imposed penalties for failing to furnish or collect the information.","The clerk of court in each locality entered the information supplied by the commissioner into registers and prepared an accompanying alphabetical index. A copy of each register was forwarded to the Auditor of Public Accounts. The law went into effect on 1 July 1853, and continued until 1896, when an economy-conscious legislature repealed the recording provisions.","There was no statewide recording of births and deaths between 1896 and 1912. Several metropolitan areas continued to keep records of births and deaths for all or part of the period between 1896 and 1912. Systematic statewide registration began again in June 1912.","Accomack County Vital Statistic Records can be obtained through the  Virginia Department of Health.","Additional Accomack County Vital Statistic Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. 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According to Section 3 of the act \"every slave imported into this commonwealth contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, shall upon such importation become free.\" By this clause, those enslaved people who were brought into Virginia illegally could pursue their freedom in the local courts. \n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.\n","Accomack County Certificates of Importation were originally described as part of the Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861, but were removed to the present Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, record to enhance discoverability in August 2024.","These records were processed, scanned, and indexed by LVA staff for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative at an unknown date.\n","Encoded by C. Collins: August 2024.\n","See also:  Accomack County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1758, 1799-1861","Records related to free and enslaved people of Accomack County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection  on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Accomack County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\"","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available on the Library of Virginia website.","Accomack County (Va.) Certificates of Importation, 1795-1815, sometimes entitled certificates of nonimportation, contain information whereby an enslaver swears that they have not imported the enslaved person from Africa and that the enslaver has not brought the enslaved person into Virginia with the purpose of selling the enslaved person. 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The enslavers include Charles Beard, Matthew Beard, John Marchant, George Merrill, Rachel Cowles, Jacob Boston, Samuel Holland, Colmore (or Colmon) Bayne, and John Massey.\n","The records also consist of the following certificates: 1799, of Joseph Crocket, who moved from Maryland to Accomack County with Rachel (or Rachil), Nell, and Phillis; 1801, of Custis Jenkins, who brought Leah into Accomack County from Maryland; 1813, of Lemuel Hall, who brought Tamar (20), M[illegible] (5), and Esther (2) into Accomack County; 1814, of Rachel R. Bayley, who removed Sarah (13) to Accomack County from Baltimore; 1814, of James Gibbons, who brought Rachel (7) into Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Benjamin Cluff, who removed Levin (37 or 38) and David (16) to Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Stephen J. 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The enslavers include Charles Beard, Matthew Beard, John Marchant, George Merrill, Rachel Cowles, Jacob Boston, Samuel Holland, Colmore (or Colmon) Bayne, and John Massey.\n","The records also consist of the following certificates: 1799, of Joseph Crocket, who moved from Maryland to Accomack County with Rachel (or Rachil), Nell, and Phillis; 1801, of Custis Jenkins, who brought Leah into Accomack County from Maryland; 1813, of Lemuel Hall, who brought Tamar (20), M[illegible] (5), and Esther (2) into Accomack County; 1814, of Rachel R. Bayley, who removed Sarah (13) to Accomack County from Baltimore; 1814, of James Gibbons, who brought Rachel (7) into Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Benjamin Cluff, who removed Levin (37 or 38) and David (16) to Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Stephen J. 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Those that did bring their enslaved people were required to register them with the county court and sign a certificate of importation agreeing that they were not bringing enslaved people into the commonwealth with the intent to sell. The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state from which the individuals were moving. According to Section 3 of the act \"every slave imported into this commonwealth contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, shall upon such importation become free.\" By this clause, those enslaved people who were brought into Virginia illegally could pursue their freedom in the local courts. \n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Locality Note:  A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. 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The enslaved person is sometimes named, but not always, and occasionally information is given as to age, birthdate, and the state the individuals are moving from. \n","The records are comprised of general certificates and affidavits, 1795-1802, in which the enslaver swore that none \"of the slaves now in my Possession have been Imported from Africa or any of the West Indian Islands since the first day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight.\" The enslaved persons referred to in the certificates and affidavits are not named. The enslavers include Charles Beard, Matthew Beard, John Marchant, George Merrill, Rachel Cowles, Jacob Boston, Samuel Holland, Colmore (or Colmon) Bayne, and John Massey.\n","The records also consist of the following certificates: 1799, of Joseph Crocket, who moved from Maryland to Accomack County with Rachel (or Rachil), Nell, and Phillis; 1801, of Custis Jenkins, who brought Leah into Accomack County from Maryland; 1813, of Lemuel Hall, who brought Tamar (20), M[illegible] (5), and Esther (2) into Accomack County; 1814, of Rachel R. Bayley, who removed Sarah (13) to Accomack County from Baltimore; 1814, of James Gibbons, who brought Rachel (7) into Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Benjamin Cluff, who removed Levin (37 or 38) and David (16) to Accomack County from Maryland; 1814, of Stephen J. Lewis, who removed Scott (26), George (23), Nanny (also called Nancy) (27), Let (7), Comfort (6), Sabra (4), Savage (4), and Jinny (3) to Accomack County from Maryland; and 1815, of Benjamin Cluff, who brought Jim (40) into Accomack County from Maryland. 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According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Records Note:  One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton County in 1643, reverted to Accomack about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to Accomack for the final time in November 1673. A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist."," Chancery Causes, 1718-1899, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.\n","Chancery Causes, 1900-1912, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.\n","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2011; updated by M. Mason: February 2023; updated by V. Brooks: August 2023; Updated nr M. Mason, December 2024","Additional Accomack County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  See  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available the Library of Virginia website.\n","Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. 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Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeparate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. Included is a list of individuals taxed while it was incorporated.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case which notes that Harry Taylor shot at Bertie Holeston, his wife, 5 years prior to divorce during a court session.\n     \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. Included is a list of individuals taxed while it was incorporated.\n     ","Divorce case which notes that Harry Taylor shot at Bertie Holeston, his wife, 5 years prior to divorce during a court session.\n     "],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":54,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T11:02:54.840Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi03288","ead_ssi":"vi_vi03288","_root_":"vi_vi03288","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi03288","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi03288.xml","title_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) 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Arranged chronologically.\n","Arrangement of documents within each folder are as follows: Bill, Answer, and Final Decree (if found.)","Context for Record Type:  Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are \"administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law.\" A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case; however, the judge is basing the decision on findings compiled and documented by Commissioners. Chancery causes are useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac.\n","Lost Records Note:  One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton County in 1643, reverted to Accomack about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to Accomack for the final time in November 1673. A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist."," Chancery Causes, 1718-1899, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.\n","Chancery Causes, 1900-1912, digital images were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2024.\n","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2011; updated by M. Mason: February 2023; updated by V. Brooks: August 2023; Updated nr M. Mason, December 2024","Additional Accomack County Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia.  See  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm","Accomack County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Accomack County Records may be found in the  Lost Records Localities Digital Collection  available the Library of Virginia website.\n","Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. Included is a list of individuals taxed while it was incorporated.\n     ","Divorce case which notes that Harry Taylor shot at Bertie Holeston, his wife, 5 years prior to divorce during a court session.\n     ","There are no restrictions.\n","Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, \n1718-1912 (bulk 1870-1912)"],"collection_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, \n1718-1912 (bulk 1870-1912)"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court.\n"],"creator_ssim":["Accomack County (Va.) 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In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. The county gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset County, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The county seat is Accomac.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLost Records Note:\u003c/emph\u003e One of the original shires recognized in 1634, it became part of Northampton County in 1643, reverted to Accomack about 1663, merged into Northampton again in October 1670, and reverted to Accomack for the final time in November 1673. A significant number of loose records from the 1700s suffered extreme water and pest damage. 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Chancery causes document the lived experiences of free and enslaved individuals; women; children; people living with physical disabilities or mental health struggles; people living in poverty; defunct institutions and corporate entities; or those that may not have otherwise left traditional written histories.\n","Locality History:  Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. 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Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. 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The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeparate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. Included is a list of individuals taxed while it was incorporated.\n     \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivorce case which notes that Harry Taylor shot at Bertie Holeston, his wife, 5 years prior to divorce during a court session.\n     \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Accomack County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1727-1876 (bulk 1769-1876) consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.\n","Because the locality includes many of the islands located in the Chesapeake Bay, there are a fair amount of causes dealing with property on Chincoteague, Tangier, and various smaller islands. These causes in general detail life and business along the bay and Atlantic Ocean including maritime shipping, trade, and shipbuilding. Additionally, due to proximity to Delaware and Maryland, there are a number of causes that deal with disputes across these boards. \n","Chancery causes before 1870 contain a substantial amount of information concerning enslaved Black men, women, and children. While there are several suits concerning the freedom of enslaved individuals, these cases largely represent the perspective of white enslavers and their disputes involving the sale, hiring, financial responsibilities, and legality of ownership of Black individuals. ","Chancery causes from the 1830s-1850s contain several instances of disputes concerning military land bounty warrants and various issues concerning property acquire as part of these bounties.  ","There are a fair amount of cases, 1908-1912, which include shorthand notes.","Bill of complaint describes trip to collect oysters on Cedar Island, discovery of a ship wreck, and gathering of scraps.  Plaintffs were charged with theft by Arbuckle, who had already bought rights to the wreck.\n","Case involves a dispute over a contract to manage cattle grazing on Cedar Island. \n","Case involves a widow who acquired assets of her own after her husband's death.  \n","Contract dispute.  Case contains lengthy depositions about alleged fraud.  The plaintiff claims he was held against his will and kept drunk, then swindled from his land.   \n","The case contains a 1777 letter with a reference to the Battle of Brandywine. \n","Freedom suit.  The suit claims Sampson is held illegally in slavery because he was imported illegally to Virginia from Delaware by Robert Foreman, citizen of Delaware, after the Virginia legislature passed a Non-Importation Act in 1778.  The only document in the case is the petition, with notes from the court on the reverse indicating Foreman is not available for questioning.  \n","The case involves a dispute over an agreement stipulating Hinman would help Baviere navigate his ship to Philadelphia. \n","The case involves a vessel that was condemned in Admiralty Court for trading contraband with the enemy during the Revolutionary war.    \n","The plaintiff seeks compensation for her share of inheritance, on the grounds that the slaves she inherited didn't do much work.  The case includes a deposition about the division of the estate in which a slave asked \"where he and his wife should go.\"\n","Contract dispute involving a business deal to ship timber from the Eastern Shore to the West Indies.     \n","Case involves a business partnership to trade in small vessels along the coast.\n","Plaintiff sues for separate maintenance and alimony to support an unborn child.   \n","Freedom suit.  The plaintiff purchased his own freedom.  London alleges his former enslaver illegally sold him after he had purchased his freedom. The case contains depositions in which witnesses describe how the enslaved man London took care of two little girls after their father, his enslaver, moved away and left them to fend for themselves.\n","Case contains a letter that describes military action during the Revolutionary War: the march of the 9th Virginia Regiment to Philadelphia in 1777, and small pox.\n","Case contains an exhibit from a jury trial describing alleged theft of corn by enslaved people. \n","The case involves a business partnership involving the Schooner Sally, which made several voyages from the West Indies to Baltimore.  \n","The case involves an emancipation of enslaved people.  \n","Case identifies Joseph Outten as someone who helped Henry Trader repair a vessel, and Smith as owning a counting house in Baltimore.   \n","The case pertains to the sale of a  Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Drummond that was sold under the provisons of disestablishment.\n","The case documents the sale of a child to satisfy debts on her father's estate.\n","The case concerns the estate of a person presumed lost at sea in a severe gale of wind, circa 1788. \n","The suit indicates that the enslaved individuals named in the suit had previously sued for their freedom.","Freedom suit filed by a woman claiming freedom on account of her Native American ancestry through her mother, Mall Cook, \" one of the native aboriginal Indians of this country.\"\n","The case involves a self emancipating enslaved person.    \n","Separate maintenance cause with testimony about the character of the wife alleging she kept her child \"remarkably dirty\" and used spirituous liquors intemperately.    \n","The cause contains a reference to a suit in Maryland in which Esther, the admx. Of Mckeel Wise, had sued Elizabeth Wise for her freedom and won.    \n","Cause concerns the military land warrant of Levin Bird, pilot in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary war. Warrant No. 6835.    \n","Cause involved a dispute between partners of Bull and Mason, a firm involved in trafficking enslaved people. The records include a folder of receipts for the sale of enslaved people, slave prison charges, names of purchasers of enslaved people, charges for passage to Norfolk, and other information about the firm.     \n","Cause concerns the estate of Charles Mason, partner in the firm Bull and Mason which was invovled in the trafficking of enslaved people. Mason's will provided for the emancipation of several slaves he owned.     \n","Cause records genealogy of the Bull family.     \n","Cause involves a dispute among heirs over emancipation of enslaved people in an estate. Includes references to other case law on emancipation and rights of heirs.\n","Contract dispute pertaining to construction of a Presbyterian Church in Drummondtown. Suit contains accounts documenting construction of the church. \n","Freedom suit filed by Ned, who along with other enslaved people was emancipated by the will of John Custis, Sr.  \n","The plaintiff sues the defendant for fraud for his part in drawing up an agreement between himself and his wife intended to persuade his wife to return to the marriage.  The cause contains Emily Smith's petition for a divorce in Maryland. The husband charges his wife with disobedience, and she accuses him of physical abuse.   \n","Cause involves fraud. It contains copies of warrants 7204-7209 and land surveys issued to Luke Cannon for his service during the Revolutionary War.\n","Cause involves a business enterprise to sell spirits in the Republic of Texas. \n","Freedom suit filed by Wharton on behalf of herself and her daughter. The plaintiff claims she and her daughter were the property of Elizabeth Wharton, who freed all her enslaved people in her will, proven in 1831, not the property of William H. West. She and her daughter have been seized by the sheriff and are being offered for sale to pay West's creditors.  West claims he owns Polly Wharton because Elizabeth Wharton gave him to her. Polly Wharton claims she was loaned, or hired, to West, and that Elizabeth Wharton reclaimed possession of her and received rents for her labor when West moved back into Wharton's household. In 1833, the court awarded an injunction preventing the sale, and Bayly, Administrator of Elizabeth Wharton, waived the court's demand for security. The cause wasn't dismissed until 1851. See also 1851-035, Admr. of Elixabeth Wharton vs. William H. West.     \n","Cause contains an oversize partially colored plat of parts of Wallop's  Island marshes, adjacent to Wallop's Island and Cingateague [sic]. Includes rough sketch of home near marshes near present-day NASA launch site. See also 1840-013 for copy of original land grant.     \n","Cause contains detailed depositions giving a portrait of how food and rations were used as a measure of control over enslaved people and servants. Describes store-keeping and keeping food from servants and enslaved people after a hog-killing.     \n","Cause involves a dispute over property claimed by a Methodist congregation that divided over enslavement. Depositions describe the split of the congregation in Onancock.     \n","Elizabeth F. Seymour died in Accomack County in 1864. She did not have any children. Her husband, parents, and brothers were dead. Her heirs were the descendants of her grandfather, Henry Fisher. There were people claiming to be the descendants of her maternal grandfather, but they were not successful in getting shares of her estate. Mrs. Seymour's heirs lived in different parts of the United States: Benton County, Oregon; City of Cincinnati, Ohio; City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kent County, Delaware; Talbot  and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland; Tennessee;  Boston, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Sonoma County, California; San Francisco, California; and a few lived in Accomack County.  \n     ","James J. Edwards was tax collector for the Township of Lee. He advertised the sale of Mr. Snead and  eight other men's property for not paying the free school tax. The plaintiffs sued for an injunction to prevent the sale of their land. The bill of complaint provide a detailed account of how the rules of law were not followed in creating the school tax. The court agreed with the plaintiffs and issued a perptual injunction.  \n\n     ","This cause contains information about enslaved people who were hired out by Zadock Nock. There are depositions given by white individuals and former enslaved people concerning which enslaved people where hired out, to whom they were hired, and for how long they were hired. The enslavers were named in the depositions. One deponent Stephen Godwin was asked when the Federal troops came into Accomack and when enslaved people were freed. Godwin was asked if he, Emma, Let, Eliza, and Handy remained in the homes of the people who hired them from the time of the arrival of the Federal troops until March 1864 when the slaves were freed in Accomack County. He was also asked about the names of the mothers of the enslaved people and their children. This cause has a copy of an agreement between James C. Taylor and Zadock Nock made on February 28, 1857 in whicj Taylor agreed to keep an enslaved woman named Mary and her children for the first year. If Mary had a child during that first year, Zadock Nock was to pay James Taylor five dollars. There is a receipt from James C. Taylor for \"five dollars for keeping some negroes belonging to Z. Nock children\" for the year 1857. Another receipt from \"Zadock Nock in cash ten dollars in part pay for a claim against Nock for keeping some negroes belonging to the children of A. Nock. April 19, 1856.\"  \n     ","Laura Maddox sued Robert S. Drummond for not marrying her after promising to do so.  She won the suit but this current suit is to receive the judgment that she was awarded by the court previously that Robert Drummond did not pay.  She is suing for part of his real estate to pay for the judgment.   \n     ","Estate Dispute involves families arguing over estate with two wills at the highlight of the dispute.  First will is for James Russell 1868 where he leaves much of the estate to Mary, a woman he enslaved, with provisions for her children.  Also, he leaves part of his estate to his brother George Russell.  The second will 1871, is for Virnetta Russell the niece of George Russell, featuring division of land and possessions to her specific family members. \n     ","Contract Dispute case involves the selling of a skooner/or schoonerboat.  This boat was owned by both the William T. Bell and William H. Lewis.  Dispute occurred over the lack of payment by Bell to the Lewis for his portion of the boat. \n     ","Contract Dispute involves a dispute over payment for land that George Bradford charged to Peter Savage.  The allegation was that Peter Savage, \"colored\" man, made partial payment on the agreed upon price but did not pay the full amount. \n     ","Divorce case.  Case features two receipts certified in judicial court from the Territory of Arizona, County of Cochise and the other receipt features a court receipt heard in Napa Valley California. \n     ","Estate Dispute involving a guardian David Whealton suing his half-sister Ellen Rayne wo marries Edward P. Timmons and no longer needs a guardian for her portion of the estate.  Whealton claims he has not received his proper portion of the estate and it is owed to him by Ellen Timmons.  The property is on Chincoteague Island.\n     ","Encumber case concerning members of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South and their desire to sell the church in order to purchase land for burial ground for members.\t\n     ","Trespass case concerning a dispute with plaintiff and the Mayor of Occomack and town officials over the maintenance of Norham property and building.  Northam claimed town condemned the property despite his improvements. \n     ","William Lewis claims that Mary S. Lewis, his wife, left him only 11 hours after their marriage. See also: 1907-006 William J. Lewis vs. Mary S. Lewis which contains the same dispute but was dismissed by William Lewis. \n     ","Cause mentions that Chincoteague was incorporated 1900 March 7 and unincorporated 1901 July 1. Included is a list of individuals taxed while it was incorporated.\n     ","Divorce case which notes that Harry Taylor shot at Bertie Holeston, his wife, 5 years prior to divorce during a court session.\n     "],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":54,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T11:02:54.840Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03288"}},{"id":"vi_vi04260","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Accomack County (Va.) 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Commissioner of Wrecks Records, 1842-1880 (bulk 1846-1850), are also available in their original format - Barcode number 0007718955.\n","During its session begun in May 1782 the General Assembly created the office of commissioner of wrecks. The governor appointed two commissioners for each county bordering the ocean or Chesapeake Bay to assist in saving the crews and cargoes of stranded vessels. Persons who helped save a stranded ship or its cargo were paid by the ship's owner or the merchants whose goods had been saved. If no one claimed the goods they were advertised and, if still unclaimed, they were sold at public auction. Money raised at the auction was sent to the treasurer who kept an account of it for the owner of the cargo sold. The owner, upon proving his claim to the state auditor, was given a warrant to present to the treasurer for payment.","Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means \"on-the-other-side-of-water place\" or \"across the water.\" It was one of the original eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The county's name was changed to Northampton County in 1643. The present county was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited Accomack and Northampton Counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. In early records, the county's name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, Accomack. 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