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Sussex County (Va.) Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of Sinner, a Negro Slave, Sussex County, 1754 May 22. The document provides for the establishment of a commission to try a slave accused of murder. The slave was the property of John Leath of Sussex County. He was accused of insurrection and plotting and conspiring the murder of Robin, a slave owned by John Smith of Sussex County.

Sussex County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1787-1850, are comprised of Free Negro lists, 1801-1812; deeds of emancipation, 1787-1788; Free Negro certificates, 1805 and 1813-1826; lists of dower slaves, 1804-1821, and a Free Negro register, 1800-1850.

Sussex County (Va.) Register of Convicts, 1871-1932, is a comprehensive register of "every person convicted in the County Court or other Court of Record of Henrico County, of Felony, or other infamous offence." Based on a form, the listings of each conviction include the individual's name in full and any aliases, the present and last known residence of the accused, the color or race of the individual (including white, black, yellow and mulatto), the individual's height, eye color, hair color and any identifying marks, the apparent or known age of the accused, his or her occupation, the offence, the court in which convicted, the date of conviction and page of record and whether the judgment was reversed or pardon granted and date thereof. The volume has an internal index. The index is arranged by the surname of the individual (A-Y) as it appears in the volume.