At one o’clock in the morning on 1 September 1859, Milly T. King arrived at the home of James Clary and found his slave Hannah…
Bari HelmsNovember 7, 2011
Guest contributor Tricia Noel joins us to share an interesting discovery left by an anonymous artist on some New Kent County church records. Although they…
Guest ContributorSeptember 7, 2011
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that digital images for Franklin County chancery causes, 1787-1912, are now available on the Chancery Records Index. Digital…
Vince BrooksSeptember 2, 2011
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the Accomack County chancery causes, 1727-1805, and Fluvanna County chancery causes, 1779-1882, are now available on the Chancery…
Vince BrooksAugust 23, 2011
The latest images from the Augusta County Chancery Causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. With this addition, one hundred boxes of Augusta County…
Greg CrawfordAugust 16, 2011
Located among the odds and ends of Accomack County court records is this 1758 advertisement from Landon Carter of Richmond County for his runaway slave…
Sarah NerneyAugust 10, 2011
Additional Prince Edward County chancery causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. These additions span the years 1754 through 1883. Combined with the previously…
Dale DulaneyAugust 8, 2011
The staff at Montgomery County’s Circuit Court Clerk’s Office recently rediscovered the county’s cohabitation register, one of the most valuable records used for African American…
Dale DulaneyMay 2, 2011
In July 1814, entrepreneur William Weaver made a chance investment in the Virginia iron industry along with his new partner, Thomas Mayberry. Weaver and Mayberry…
Bari HelmsApril 6, 2011
Editor’s Note: Guest contributor Brent Tarter offers the following post, pointing out some interesting finds made by the creators of the Library of Virginia’s Union or Secession exhibition.…
Brent TarterMarch 30, 2011
On 3 March 2011 the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library announced that it recently purchased a copy of David Walker’s anti-slavery “Appeal…
Roger ChristmanMarch 4, 2011
David Walker, a free black man from Boston, wrote to Thomas Lewis in Richmond on 8 December 1829 enclosing thirty copies of the first edition…
Craig MooreFebruary 9, 2011
Editor's Note: The following editorial is reprinted here courtesy of the Smyth County News & Messenger. It originally ran 28 July 2010. A team from…
Guest ContributorAugust 9, 2010
Genealogists researching enslaved African Americans face serious challenges. Records that exist for the free population do not exist for the enslaved since slaves were considered…
Sarah NerneyJune 23, 2010
