Legal papers

Extent:

0.16 Cubic Feet Four folders in one legal size document box. Box 1

Scope and content:

Legal papers, 1808-1879, including the sale of Nathaniel Burnley's estate and slaves executed by James F. Burnley and Samuel Goodman Burnley; Deeds and wills. Horace and Jenny L. Burnley 1873; Samuel G. Burnley and debts to Thomas Gilbert and Ann B. Michie; (James F. Burnley, James H. Burnley, Cornelia Burnley); Land in Albemarle County to James H. and Mildred Jane Burnley, James F. and Amanda Burnley, Drury Wood Burnley, Martha Caroline Burnley 1879; auction of Burnley's property (signed D. R. Goodman), receipts from Henry Mills Burnley as executor of Abner Burnley's estate, token, and coat of arms. One of the terms of sale documents (James Fendall Burnley and Samuel Goodman Burnley selling the estate of Nathaniel Burnley) notes that "in selling the negroes any defect that is known will be mentioned, but the negroes will not be warranted in any way."

Language:

English

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