Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

Record Detail

Record #48 from Virginia Freedom Suits, 1723-1860 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)

File Name _0001_0003_0001-0009
Year 1837
First Name Hester
Middle Name Jane
Surname Carr
Alias
Additional Plaintiffs
Defendant's First Name Richard
Defendant's Middle Name
Defendant's Surname Beasley
Additional Defendants
Slave Owners Carr
Plaintiff's Claim Born of free parents in Accomack County Virginia
Freedom no
Additional Slave Names
Additional Free Black Names Henry Tilghman; Anne Jane Carr
Deponents/Affiants
Additional Documents
See Also Lunenburg Co. Chancery 1860-026 and Lunenburg Co. Beasley; Jones and Wood Slave trade account book; 1835-1851
Processor's Notes
EAD http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi04757.xml
Locality Petersburg
Source Petersburg (Va.) Judgments (Freedom Suits), 1824-1852

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