434. GENERAL JOEL LEFTWICH PAPERS
ca. 2,500 items, 1780-1890
Correspondence, financial and legal papers, printed material, and
miscellaneous related papers of this Bedford
County businessman and farmer. Tax statements for the year 1802 depict Joel Leftwich
as the owner of seven slaves for which he paid a tax of $13.90 (the tax for
Pilgrim was ten dollars). Other documents pertain to the hiring of his
slaves and the legal dispensations of them for the payment of debts,
1796-1826. Among these
legal documents is a complaint against a slave named Bill who was owned by Jesse Leftwich;
the slave had shot a dog belonging to his owner's brother Augustine, and Joel
Leftwich, as justice of the peace, issued a warrant for his arrest.
(Acc. 38-32)
