1754-001: Richard Davison vs. George Walker.

Scope and content:

Contract Dispute. Davison, who was hired by Walker to work as an overseer of a plantation and eight enslaved persons, alleges he never received his share of the crop. He accuses Walker of allowing a horse and hogs to be turned into the cornfield, damaging the crop, then hiring another overseer and refusing to settle with Davison.

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The Library of Virginia
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Chancery Causes, 1754-1913 digital images found on theChancery Records Index available electronically at the website of the Library of Virginia.

Chancery Causes 1952-1953 unprocessed, Contact Archives Research Services for availability.

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