Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts

See A Guide to State Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1985), compiled by John Salmon. The following list surveys both the state records and the personal papers in the archives. For newly accessioned material, consult the Annual Reports of Archival Accessions.

840. AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH

1, 1842-56 microfilm
Included as part of the minutes of Quarterly Conferences of the Monumental Methodist Church of Portsmouth are reports from this Portsmouth church formed in 1843 when black members separated from the Dinwiddie Street Methodist Church.
(Acc. 29799f)

841. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, BOARD OF COLONIZATION

11 items, 1856-58
Vouchers of the board that was created on April 6, 1853, to supervise the transportation of free blacks to Liberia on a voluntary basis.
(RG 48.110)

842. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES

2 item, 1861 and n.d.
Lists of male and female blacks over twelve years of age in Amherst County.
(RG 48.409)

843. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES

ca. 100 items, 1850-52
Alphabetical lists by locality of free blacks who were delinquent in payment.
(RG 48.413)

844. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES

2 items, 1856
A list of free blacks of Westmoreland County delinquent in payment.
(RG 48.414)

845. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES

1 item, 1852
A list of free blacks of Page County delinquent in payment.
(RG 48.417)

846. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES

76 vols, 1910-27
These volumes list those who were assessed a penalty for nonpayment of the capitation or poll tax. The lists denote race.
(RG 48.415 &416)

847. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, COMMISSIONERS OF REVENUE

1 item, 1837
A list of free blacks in Williamsburg.
(RG 48.614)

848. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, DELINQUENT PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BOOKS

ca. 350 items, 1819-82
The Richmond City lists contain the names of delinquent free blacks for hire.
(RG 48.629)

849. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, FINES

ca. 75 items, 1917-18
Lists of deeds for the partition and conveyance of land. The records contain names of grantors and grantees and their race.
(RG 48.571)

850. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, GUN FACTORY AT FREDERICKSBURG

14 items, 1778, 1783
Consists of apprentices' indentures and vouchers. Included among the vouchers are those for pay due the Afro-American workers.
(RG 48.173)

851. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, INDUSTRIES

ca. 50 items, 1778-89
Accounts and receipts of the lead mines. Of particular interest are references to slaves employed at the Oxford Iron Works in Bedford County.
(RG 48.661)

852. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, INDUSTRIES

16 items, 1781-92
Accounts of the public foundry at Westham. Included are references to black workers.
(RG 48.662)

853. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, INDUSTRIES, PUBLIC ROPEWALK

ca. 250 items, 1776-89
Correspondence, accounts, and receipts of the ropewalk at Norfolk and then Warwick. Included are records that refer to Afro-American workers. ( RG 48.663)

854. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES

ca. 19,000 vols. and 130 microfilm reels, 1782-1927
Tax books listing those who paid taxes on personal property, which included slaves until1865.
(RG 48.633)

855. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, OVERSEER OF THE POOR

ca. 6,000 items, 1800-1909
Included in these materials are the annual reports of the superintendent of the poor for the various counties. Arranged chronologically, the reports identify individuals by name and race.
(RG 48.739)

856. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, BLACK TITHABLES

ca. 500 items, 1846
Reports on the numbers of free blacks and slaves subject to taxation in each locality.
(RG 48.755)

857. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, CONDEMNED BLACKS

ca. 2,000 items, 1783-1865
General records of slaves and free blacks condemned, executed, and transported. If a slave was condemned, the value to the owner was estimated and certified to the auditor.
(RG 48.756)

858. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, FREE BLACKS

ca. 500 items, 1833-37, 1839, 1850-60, 1862-63
Reports on free blacks, including acts for removal, assessments, capitation taxes, and voluntary enslavements.
(RG 48.757)

859. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, INSURRECTIONS

ca. 400 items, 1800-1801, 1831-33
Records, consisting mainly of militia payrolls and accounts of other expenses involved in the official reaction to two slave revolts, Gabriel's Insurrection and Nat Turner's Rebellion.
(RG 48.758)

860. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, RUNAWAY AND ESCAPED SLAVES

ca. 200 items, 1806-59, 1863
Receipts and reports, including reports of runaways, reports of the sales of runaways, and receipts of the sales of runaways.
(RG 48.759)

861. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, REVENUE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION, CAPITATION LISTS

ca. 500 items, 1879-83
Capitation and property tax lists from different localities, divided by race.
(RG 48.335)

862. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, REVENUE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION, FREE NEGROES

1 item, 1851
A return that lists free blacks in Norfolk.
(RG 48.339)

863. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, VIRGINIA MANUFACTURY OF ARMS

ca. 130,000 items, 1798-1828, 1830-64
Records of the operation of this factory, including pay vouchers for Afro-American workers.
(RG 48.175)

864. PHILIP AND WILLIAM R. AYLETT

1 item, 1813-31, 1866-71, microfilm
Business accounts of these King William County residents. Included are entries on the purchase of slaves.
(Acc. 29438)

865. REVEREND ALEXANDER BALMAIN RECORD BOOK

1 item, 1782-1821 photocopy
Church record kept by this rector of the Winchester Episcopal Church. Included are entries for slave births.
(Acc. 20562)

866. SAMUEL H. BELL LEDGER

1 item, 1844-67
Accounts of this Augusta County farmer, including an 1852-53 account of the hiring of slaves belonging to the estate.
(Acc. 25459)

867. BIBLE RECORDS

Copies of records from family Bibles, some including vital statistics. The Guide to Bible Records (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1985), compiled by Lyndon H. Hart III, is available.

868. JOHN AND JOHN R. BILLUPS LEDGER

1 item, 1774-1838 photocopy
A ledger primarily concerned with the collection of the parish levy of Gloucester and Mathews counties. Later entries of 1803-38 include records of births, deaths, or sales of slaves.
(Acc. 20998)

869. BINNS FAMILY PAPERS

2 item, 1814 and n.d.
Included in these estate papers of New Kent County is a listing of slaves with their surnames added later.
(Acc. 20543)

870. RICHARD BLOW RECEIPT BOOK

1 item, 1784-96 and 1809-14
Business account of this Portsmouth judge, president of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and president of the Farmer's Bank of Norfolk. Included are receipts for the hire of slaves.
(Acc. 27744)

871. GEORGE BOLLING LElTER

1 item, January 1, 1850
Written to Mrs. Rebecca B. Colquhoun of Petersburg concerning the division of the slaves of her mother's estate.
(Acc. 23709f)

872. BOULWARE FAMILY MEMORANDUM BOOK

1 item, 1762-1863 photocopy
Included in this Caroline County document are pages noting the births of slaves.
(Acc. 27162)

873. BOARD OF BRIERY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS

3 items, 1760-1847 photocopies
Session books and the treasurer's book of this Prince Edward County church. Most of the entries in the treasurer's book deal with the hiring of slaves.
(Acc. 20586, 20587, &23834)

874. ROBERT BRISTOW PAPERS

2 items, 1688-1750
Ledger for 1688-90 and letterbook for 1705-37 and 1746-50 of this London merchant relating to Virginia activities including tobacco production and plantation management. Some of the letters concern clothing for slaves.
(Acc. 22953)

875. J. WILCOX BROWN REMINISCENCE

1 item, 1904
This Afton resident's recollection of relations with his slaves before and during the Civil War.
(Acc. 92)

876. BRYAN FAMILY PAPERS

ca.2,650 items, 1679-1943
Business, legal, personal, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this Virginia family. Included is material on slavery.
(Acc. 24882)

877. SLAUGHTER B. BULLOCK DOCUMENT

1 item, June 17, 1865, photocopy
An agreement of terms of employment with former slaves. Bullock resided in Spotsylvania County.
(Acc. 22133)

878. JOHN BUTTERWORTH COLLECTION

7 items, 1790-1890
Dinwiddie County records including a slave deed.
(Acc. 21509)

879. CARTER FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 10,000 items, 1736-1923, microfilm
Business, legal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Shirley, Charles City County. The records contain many documents concerning slave labor, such as an 1835-64 slave record book and a list of provisions supplied to the slaves.
(Acc. 28429)

880. CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM DOCUMENT

1 item, 1853
A certificate noting that America Wood of Albemarle County was a free black.
(Acc. 21096)

881. JOSHUA CHAFFIN LEDGERS

3 items, 1792-1818
Business ledgers of this Amelia County sheriff. Included are 1792-1803 lists slave births with dates of sale and death.
(Acc. 25114d-f)

882. GENERAL DUNCAN L. CLINCH DOCUMENT

1 item, January 8, [18]60
A division of the slaves of an estate which may have been Refuge Plantation, Georgia.
(Acc. 26902)

883. COAN BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS

2 item, 1804-1923, photocopy and microfilm
Minute book for 1804-51 and the membership book for 1805-1923 of this Northumberland County church. Entries in the minute book for 1814 note that some black members were influenced by the British to run away.
(Acc. 20555 &29808)

884. COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

ca. 22,200 items, 1958-69
Correspondence, financial records, minutes, and reports of the commission created to oppose school desegregation and to support the "massive resistance" movement.
(RG 70)

885. CONVENTION OF 1901-2

ca. 700 items, 1901-2
Attendance books, committee reports, constitution, and minutes of the convention called with the explicit purpose of disfranchising the black voter.
(RG 97)

886. ELSIE COOPER COLLECTION

2 items, 1855, 1864
Included is a June 12, 1855, letter from Samuel F. McGill in Monrovia, Liberia, writing about the settlement of immigrants from America.
(Acc. 23715)

887. COUNTY RECORDS

Included in these voluminous records, in addition to wills, deeds, loose papers, etc., are documents such as free black certificates. A Records Management Manual for State and Local Government Agencies (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1985) by William Grady Ray contains a good description of the records as well as a list of records by county available on microfilm in Appendix K, p. 77.

888. GENERAL JOHN CROPPER, JR., LEDGER

1 item, 1789-1800 microfilm
A ledger of this Accomack County resident which includes accounts for free blacks and charges placed against runaway slaves.
(Acc. 32062)

889. DANDRIDGE-PAYNE PAPERS

4 items, 1751-93
Included is a 1751 deed of gift for two slaves.
(Acc. 24722)

890. DAYBOOK

1 item, 1825-70
Business account of an unidentified tailor of New Kent County. Included are entries on the hire of slaves.
(Acc. 21386)

891. DAYBOOK

1 item, 1823-28
Business account of an unidentified merchant of Alexandria. Included is a March 1828 record of slaves purchased.
(Acc. 20608)

892. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, NEGRO REFORMATORY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

2 items, 1905-42
Minutes of the board of trustees of the association, also called the Virginia Industrial Schools for Colored Children.
(RG 42)

893. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, VIRGINIA MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS

1 item, 1922-40
Minute book of the executive committee.
(RG 42)

894. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCHOOLS

ca. 4,800 items, 1965-70
Files concerning the desegregation of Virginia public schools.
(RG 27)

895. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DIVISION OF VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS, BIRTH RECORDS

82 vols. & 68 reels of microfilm, 1853-96
Virginia jurisdictions began keeping vital records in 1853. The birth registers contain names, sex, race, birth date, and for slaves, owners.
(RG 36)

896. JAMES AND JOHN DUNLOP RECORDS

4 items, 1809-41 photocopies
Business records of these Chesterfield County planters and merchants. An 1830-31 memorandum and account book concerns the hire of slaves.
(Acc. 23873)

897. MARTHA BURKE EPPES COMMONPLACE BOOK

1 item, 1823-57
Included in this Buckingham County document are entries concerning the distribution of clothing and blankets to slaves.
(Acc. 20856)

898. JOHN E. FLETCHER PAPERS

54 items, 1858-84
Military and personal correspondence and accounts of this Fauquier County farmer and soldier. Included are agreements to hire slaves.
(Acc. 31718)

899. WILLIAM GATEWOOD LEDGER

1 item, 1772-1822, 1861, microfilm
Business accounts of this Essex County merchant. Included are 1773-1861 records on the births of slaves, at times noting parentage.
(Acc. 30056)

900. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Includes documents such as sound recordings of Commission on Public Education, a public hearing on school desegregation, November 15, 1954 (Acc. 32117; copies in Acc. 32403 and RG 122), and the transcript of a public hearing on July 27, 1959, on the integration of public schools in Floyd County
(Acc. 32749).

901. WILLIAM ORVILLE GEORGE PAPERS

7,000 items, 1695-1869
Legal, business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this Richmond businessman. Included are 1729-74 slave deeds.
(Acc. 24642)

902. JOSEPH R. GOODMAN REGISTER

1, 1803-29 photocopy
This Cumberland and Roanoke County document includes births of slaves.
(Acc. 27882)

903. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, LETTERS RECEIVED

ca. 2,151 feet, 1776-1984
Of special interest in this voluminous amount of correspondence directed to Virginia governors are the administrations of the governors during the period when Virginia struggled to desegregate the public school system, Thomas B. Stanley, J. Lindsay Almond, and Albertis S. Harrison.
(RG 3)

904. GRAVES FAMILY PAPERS

57 items, 1731-1863
Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Madison County. Included are a number of slave appraisals for estate purposes.
(Acc. 20563)

905. GREGORY FAMILY PAPERS

359 items, 1764-1855
Financial and legal correspondence and documents of this family of Elsing Green, King William County. Included are estate records listing slaves.
(Acc. 25325)

906. NANCY GUTHRIDGE PAPERS

5 item, 1834, 1856, photocopies
Papers relating to the emancipation of this woman in Louisa County and her registration in Halifax County as a free black.
(Acc. 30892)

907. JOSEPH GWATHMEY PAPERS

1 item, December 27, 1836, photocopy
An inventory and appraisement of slaves of the Gwathmey estate in King William County.
(Acc. 26315)

908. RICHARD HALEY DOCUMENT

1 item, March 18, 1779
A Washington County runaway time account by a slave.
(Acc. 25201)

909. OVERTON HARRIS LETTER

1 item, September 17, 1825, photocopy
A letter from Todd County, Kentucky, to Benjamin Harris of Louisa County. There is discussion of illness among the slaves.
(Acc. 23388)

910. ALLEN HINES PAPERS

6 items, 1830-43 photocopies
Legal and business correspondence and accounts of this Surry and Sussex County resident. Included is a note regarding the hire of blacks in 1840.
(Acc. 32483)

911. WILLIAM HODGSON LETTERBOOK

1 item, 1803-07
Document concerning the estate of William Ludwell Lee, Green Spring, James City County. Included are letters discussing the disposition of the estate's slaves.
(Acc. 29067)

912. WALTER G. HUDGINS AND WILLIAM HOULDER PAPERS

236 items, 1850-94
Business correspondence and accounts of a Mathews County general store. An 1869-70 volume details the accounts with local black residents.
(Acc. 24667)

913. C. STERLING HUTCHESON PAPERS

ca. 12,000 items, 1940-69
Personal, business, and professional correspondence of this noted jurist from Mecklenburg County. Included are materials relating to the desegregation of public schools in Prince Edward County when he was U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
(Acc. 32432)

914. ROBERT R. JACKSON LEDGER

1, 1828-50 microfilm
Business accounts of this deputy sheriff of Fairfax County which include the hire of slaves and the 1841 sale of slaves in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
(Acc. 29377)

915. JERDONE FAMILY ACCOUNT BOOK

1 item, 1761-1865 photocopy
An "Age Book" of slaves of this Louisa County family.
(Acc. 20415)

916. JARRETT A. JETER DOCUMENT

1 item, August 6, 1825, photocopy
Bill of sale for a slave sold by this Amelia County resident to Pleasant Richards.
(Acc. 24846)

917. JONES FAMILY DOCUMENTS

12 items, 1844-64
Business accounts of this family of Buckingham County, which include physicians' accounts for the medical treatment of slaves.
(Acc. 21359)

918. IRENE BLAND JURIX LETTER

1 item, August 15, [1941?]
Includes biographical information on Mrs. Jurix's brother, James A. Bland, the Afro-American composer of various songs including the state song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny."
(Acc. 27469)

919. KERSEY AND DAVIS COMPANY RECORDS

127 items, 1858-1910
Business records of this Richmond general contracting company. Included is a receipt of premiums from the Lynchburg Hose and Fire Insurance Company for insurance on a slave.
(Acc. 23319)

920. LAND OFFICE, REGISTER

ca. 150,000 items, 416 vols. & 285 microfilm reels, 1790 to present
Included in the volumes are deed and will books. Manumissions are sometimes entered in the deed books. The will books specify race only if the writer so chose. Some of the bounty warrant claims were filed by black veterans.
(RG 4)

921. MARY CUSTIS LEE LETTER

1 item, February 17, 1858
Letter from Mrs. Robert E. Lee at Arlington to [W. G.] Webster discussing agitation among her slaves.
(Acc. 22404)

922. FIELDING LEWIS PAPERS

ca. 1,400 items, 1783-1900, microfilm
Business, legal, plantation, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Charles City and Gloucester counties. Included is material on slavery such as lists of taxable slaves and accounts for their clothing. Originals are in the Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
(Restricted Acc. 29514)

923. CYRUS H. McCORMICK LETTER

1 item, December 2, [18]54
Written from Washington, D.C., to "My Faithful Servant, Joseph" granting him the right to work as he pleased.
(Acc. 22121e)

924. MACON FAMILY DOCUMENT

1 item, 1780-1861
Book detailing slave ownership of this family of New Kent and Hanover counties.
(Acc. 31564)

925. WILLIAM MASSIE ACCOUNT BOOK

1, 1836-65 photocopy
A "Slave record book" kept by this manager of Pharsalia and Level Green, Nelson County. It contains detailed information on names, births, deaths, acquisition, illness, and other pertinent data on slaves.
(Acc. 20610)

926. MOSSINGFORD BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS

1, 1823-69 photocopy
Minute book of this Charlotte County church. The church had a large slave membership, many of whom belonged to John Randolph. The black members applied for and were granted permission to organize a separate church in 1865.
(Acc. 28981)

927. MOUNT TIRZAH BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS

3 items, 1834-1915 photocopies
Minute books of this Charlotte County church. This church had a large black membership, and the minutes reflect debate about their welfare.
(Acc. 24261a, b, c)

928. MOUNTAIN PLAIN BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS

1 item, 1833-69(-1886), photocopy
Minute book of this Albemarle County church known before 1858 as the Escol Baptist Church. Some of the entries refer to slaves whose owners are named in the membership lists.
(Acc. 29393)

929. NOMINI BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS

2 items, 1824-83 photocopies
Minute books of this Westmoreland County church. Of the 875 members reported in 1809, a large number were slaves.
(Acc. 30051a, b)

930. OFFICE OF THE SECOND AUDITOR, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO REMOVE FREE PERSONS OF COLOR

ca. 300 items, 1833-52
Correspondence, certificates, lists, etc., for 1850-52 and the minutes of the board for 1833-39 and 1850-52.

931. SILAS OMOHUNDRO PAPERS

52 items, 1842-82
Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this Richmond- area slave trader. Included in the records are accounts of boarding charges for slaves, 1851-64 records of sales, entries for medical expenses, and fees paid for newspaper advertisements of runaway slaves.
(Acc. 29642)

932. SAMUEL OVERTON DOCUMENT

1 item, April 5, 1806
A deed of emancipation issued to Marcia Smith and John Willis by this resident of Hanover County.
(Acc. 26895)

933. PATTESON FAMILY PAPERS

2,590 items, 1734-1896
Legal, business, and personal correspondence of this Buckingham County family. Included are estate papers.
(Acc. 24295)

934. WILLIAM PORTER DOCUMENT

1 item, September 19, 1803
A deed of emancipation issued to Jenny and her daughter, Jenny, by William Porter of Portsmouth and recorded in Norfolk County.
(Acc. 26898)

935. PUPIL PLACEMENT BOARD

ca. 173,000 items, 1957-66
General records, applications, correspondence, financial records, minutes, and public hearings of the board created by the General Assembly in September 1956 as part of the Commonwealth's opposition to school desegregation under the "massive resistance" program.
(RG 62)

936. PHILIP RAINEY PAPERS

8 items, 1830-51
Business and personal correspondence of this resident of Boydton. Included is information on the hiring out of slaves.
(Acc. 27850)

937. RIDDICK FAMILY PAPERS

19 items, 1798-1860
Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this Nansemond County family, including slave lists.
(Acc. 28524)

938. ROANOKE DISTRICT BAPTIST ASSOCIATION RECORDS

1 item, 1789-1831 photocopy
Minute book of the association which included Pittsylvania and surrounding counties. Included is discussion of a plan to purchase a slave and set him free so that he could "preach the Gospel."
(Acc. 23600)

939. EDMUND RUFFIN JOURNAL

1 item, January 1, 1844-September 15, 1851
Plantation journal for Marlbourne, Hanover County. Included are entries concerning the work of the slaves in the marl fields.
(Acc. 14060)

940. FRANK GILDART RUFFIN PAPERS

22 items, 1874-92
Personal correspondence and manuscripts of this journalist who wrote about race relations and the condition of blacks in Virginia in the 1880s.
(Acc. 28838)

941. WILLIAM HENRY RUFFNER PAPERS

102 items, 1866-1907, photocopies
Personal correspondence and notes of this Presbyterian minister and educator. Of special interest is a folder of research notes on John Chavis, a free black minister.
(Acc. 24814)

942. GARNETT RYLAND COLLECTION

15 items, 1832-60 photocopies
Included are character certificates for slaves seeking to join Bethel Baptist Church, Clarke County.
(Acc. 22681)

943. ROBERT SAMPSON DOCUMENT

1 item, July 18, 1857, photocopy
Registration as a free black in Richmond.
(Acc. 31123)

944. SAUNDERS FAMILY PAPERS

176 items, 1830-99
Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Buckingham County. The records contain an 1819-55 list of slave births and an April 24, 1865, document issued from Headquarters, U.S. Forces, Petersburg, concerning recently freed slaves.
(Acc. 28053)

945. WILLIAM SELDEN ACCOUNT BOOK

1 item, 1811-32
Maintained by William Selden as executor of estates in Henrico and Prince George counties. Among the loose items is an 1827-32 account for the medical treatment of slaves.
(Acc. 27812)

946. SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS

1, 1825-73 photocopy
Minute book of this Charlotte County church. The minutes often refer to church business related to black members.
(Acc. 27453)

947. MRS. E. B. SHORT COLLECTION

2 item, 1783, 1800, photocopies
Dinwiddie County records including a 1783 slave deed.
(Acc. 27289)

948. SKINQUARTER BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS

9 items, 1824-1915 photocopies
Four minute books and five deeds of this Chesterfield County church. A notation was made in 1868 that the black members had withdrawn to form their own church.
(Acc. 26297, 29968a, b, c, &28288)

949. SLAVE LETTER

1 item, November 6, 1864, photocopy
A letter from a slave, Sipe, to "Master" commenting on the foraging of Union soldiers, possibly in Georgia.
(Acc. 26903)

950. SMITH SLAUGHTER DOCUMENT

1 item, April 25, 1791
Bill of sale for a slave sold by this Berkeley County resident to James Graham.
(Acc. 20498)

951. TAYLOE FAMILY PAPERS

3 item, 1844, 1857, photocopies
Includes a letter to W. H. Tayloe permitting his slave to marry.
(Acc. 27154)

952. TELFAIR FAMILY PAPERS

21 items, 1803-93 photocopies
Legal, business, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this family of Wilkes County, Georgia. Included is an 1838 list of slaves.
(Acc. 32226)

953. TREDEGAR IRON COMPANY RECORDS

ca. 550,000 items, 1836-1955
Business correspondence and accounts of this Richmond-area business. Included in the voluminous records is a ledger entitled "Negroes and Rations at Catawba, 1863."
(Acc. 23881a-g)

954. UPPER GOLD MINE BAPTIST CHURCH

1, 1845-73 microfilm
Minute book of this Louisa County church. The minutes refer to attempts to help the black members form their own church after the Civil War.
(Acc. 29815)

955. REVEREND CORTLANDT VAN RENSSELAER COLLECTION

15 items, 1784-1851
Correspondence of this prominent New York Presbyterian minister who included among his duties missionary work among slaves in Virginia.
(Acc. 23002)

956. WALKER FAMILY LEDGER

1 item, 1770-1860 photocopy
A business and plantation ledger kept by this family of King and Queen County. Included are entries about slave labor.
(Acc. 22455)

957. CHARLES M. WALLACE, JR., COLLECTION

88 items, 1896-1912
A compilation entitled "Collection of Negro Melodies"
(Acc. 1)

958. WATKINS FAMILY PAPERS

384 items, 1852-89 microfilm
Personal correspondence of this family of Prince Edward Court House. Included are comments on the conditions of blacks during Reconstruction.
(Acc. 29283)

959. WICKHAM FAMILY PAPERS

8 items, 1836-63
Personal correspondence and accounts of this Hanover County family. Included are a January 1, 1836, list of slaves and a July 31, 1863, list of slaves "carried off by the Yankees."
(Acc. 27679)

960. NATHANIEL WILSON DOCUMENT

1 item, December 26, 1809
An estate division of his slaves of unknown location.
(Acc. 21121)

961. WILSON-HAIRSTON FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 16,800 items, 1751-1928, microfilm
Business, legal, plantation, and personal correspondence and accounts of these families of Henry and Pittsylvania counties and of Davie, Rockingham, and Stokes counties, North Carolina. The mercantile business was primarily associated with tobacco, and there are records of the purchase and hiring of slaves. Lists of slaves are included in the plantation records. Original records are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library.
(Restricted Acc. 30805)

962. JACOB E. YODER DIARIES

3 items, 1861-70
Diaries of this teacher in Lynchburg who taught under the auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau.
(Acc. 27680)

963. ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

2 items, 1834-66 photocopies
Minute books of this Botetourt County church, which until 1840 was known as Patterson's Creek Church.
(Acc. 2G598 &26612)

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