Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Bath County (Va.) Will of Samuel Ross, 1850. Local government records collection, Bath County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 40590.

Historical Information

Bath County was formed in 1790 from Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier (West Virginia) Counties.

Scope and Content

Bath County (Va.) Will of Samuel Ross, 1850. Consists of the last will and testament of Samuel Ross, in which he provides for the emancipation of a black woman named Aggy, along with all property that she has belonging to herself. Ross names as his heirs his wife Elizabeth and his three sons William, Thomas, and Joseph.

Related Material

Additional Bath County Wills can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. See Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia web site.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Bath County (Va.)--Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Slavery--Virginia--Bath County.
• Slaves--Emancipation--Virginia--Bath County.

Geographical Names:

• Bath County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Bath County.
• Wills--Virginia--Bath County.

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