Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia, 1791-1842
Title | Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia, 1791-1842 PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Randolph Bruns |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Bath County (Va.) |
ISBN | 0806345195 |
"Bath County, in western Virginia, was formed from Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties in 1791. It is itself the parent county for part of Alleghany County, Virginia, and Pocahontas County, West Virginia. This work consists of genealogical abstracts of the oldest surviving wills and inventories for Bath County--but that's not all. Interspersed with the inheritance records are abstracts of bonds, powers of attorney, estate settlements, articles of agreement, and other records of genealogical import. In general the will abstracts furnish the name of the testator, his county of residence, the names of witnesses and executors, the date of probate, and the names and relationships to the testator of the heirs to the will. All told, nearly 15,000 early residents of Bath County appear in these pages"--Publisher website (August 2007).
Abstracts of Wills, Inventories & Accounts: Patrick County, Virginia, 1791-1823
Title | Abstracts of Wills, Inventories & Accounts: Patrick County, Virginia, 1791-1823 PDF eBook |
Author | Lela C. Adams |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Patrick County (Va.) |
ISBN |
Abstracts of Wills, Inventories and Accounts
Title | Abstracts of Wills, Inventories and Accounts PDF eBook |
Author | Lela C. Adams |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 1973 |
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The Eight
Title | The Eight PDF eBook |
Author | Albert M. Rosenblatt |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2023-04-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1438492669 |
The Eight tells the story of Lemmon v. New York—or, as it's more popularly known, the Lemmon Slave Case. All but forgotten today, it was one of the most momentous civil rights cases in American history. There had been cases in which the enslaved had won their freedom after having resided in free states, but the Lemmon case was unique, posing the question of whether an enslaved person can win freedom by merely setting foot on New York soil—when brought there in the keep of an "owner." The case concerned the fates of eight enslaved people from Virginia, brought through New York in 1852 by their owners, Juliet and Jonathan Lemmon. The Eight were in court seeking, legally, to become people—to change their status under law from objects into human beings. The Eight encountered Louis Napoleon, the son of a slave, an abolitionist activist, and a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad, who took enormous risks to help others. He was part of an anti-slavery movement in which African-Americans played an integral role in the fight for freedom. The case was part of the broader judicial landscape at the time: If a law was morally repugnant but enshrined in the Constitution, what was the duty of the judge? Should there be, as some people advocated, a "higher law" that transcends the written law? These questions were at the heart of the Lemmon case. They were difficult and important ones in the 1850s—and, more than a century and a half later, we must still grapple with them today.
Abstracts of Bath County, Virginia Will Books 5 and 6 (1843-1875)
Title | Abstracts of Bath County, Virginia Will Books 5 and 6 (1843-1875) PDF eBook |
Author | Holly Wanless Cochran |
Publisher | |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Bath County (Va.) |
ISBN | 9780966639902 |
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print
Title | Genealogical & Local History Books in Print PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 534 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
The Southern Genealogist's Exchange Quarterly
Title | The Southern Genealogist's Exchange Quarterly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 698 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Southern States |
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