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Start Over Repository Library of Virginia Subjects Slavery--Virginia--Middlesex County.
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Middlesex County (Va.) Deed of Trust, C.B. Fontaine to Carter B. Berkeley, 1807 June 22

Middlesex County (Va.) Deed of Trust, C.B. Fontaine to Carter B. Berkeley, 1807 June 22. In the deed, Fontaine grants Carter Berkeley the right to sell, as necessary, certain slaves inherited by his wife, Alice Berkeley, in order to satisfy debts against her inheritance from the estate of her father, the late Edmund Berkeley.

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Middlesex County (Va.) Deed of Trust, C.B. Fontaine to Carter B. Berkeley, 1807 June 22

Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Middlesex County (Va.) Deed of Trust, C.B. Fontaine to Carter B. Berkeley, 1807 June 22. In the deed, Fontaine grants Carter Berkeley the right to sell, as necessary, certain slaves inherited by his wife, Alice Berkeley, in order to satisfy debts against her inheritance from the estate of her father, the late Edmund Berkeley.

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Middlesex County (Va.) Deed, Robert Pollard to Carter Braxton, 1824 Nov.

Middlesex County (Va.) Deed, Robert Pollard to Carter Braxton, 1824 Nov. The deed documents the transfer of ownership of four slaves held in trust by Pollard back to Carter.

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Middlesex County (Va.) Summonses, 1863

Middlesex County (Va.) Summonses, 1863, consists of two summonses. The first summons commands William F. Pressen to testify on the behalf of the Commonwealth in the felony case against Nancy, a slave owned by Prosser Tabb. The other summons calls for Alfred Healy to answer Richard H. Bristow in a plea of damages for five hundred dollars.

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Middlesex County (Va.) Summonses, 1863

Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court

Middlesex County (Va.) Summonses, 1863, consists of two summonses. The first summons commands William F. Pressen to testify on the behalf of the Commonwealth in the felony case against Nancy, a slave owned by Prosser Tabb. The other summons calls for Alfred Healy to answer Richard H. Bristow in a plea of damages for five hundred dollars.

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