1760-001: Judith Morton, by etc. vs. Thomas Crawford, etc.

Scope and content:

Debt. The plaintiff is trying to recover 100 pounds awarded to her in common law court for slander by forcing the sale of two enslaved individuals. She charges the defendants with fraud for promising to sell the enslaved person, but refusing to carry out the sale, thereby evading the judgment against them.

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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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