John Clark sued Peter Crawford, claiming that an enslaved man [unnamed] he hired from Crawford ran away while with Clark. Clark argued that he should not be responsible for paying the entire sum for the hire originally agreed upon. Conversely, Crawford claimed that Clark neglected the enslaved person and did not provide appropriate clothing as stipulated in their contract.

Anthony Haden sued in chancery to overturn a verdict on the law side of the court, in which Thomas Jefferson collected a debt Haden owed him for legal services in 1772, 1773, and 1774. The case also involves Edmund Randolph and Thomas Garth, Virginians and associates of Jefferson.

This suit involves a dispute over the value of a castrated horse. It was castrated because neighbors complained that he was a nuisance.

John Williamson volunteered to serve, and died, in the "late rebellion in the Northern people" in 1794, [possibly the Whiskey Rebellion].

This suit mentions, to varying degrees, a partnership in a mercantile store at "Old Ferry," circa 1780-1781; a house at Point of Fork (Fluvanna, Va.); business interests in Richmond and Petersburg; the mental health of Mary, an enslaved woman; and the murder of Stephen, an enslaved man. Ross' answer includes details about his business with McLaughlan (also spelled McLauchlan) in the town of Columbia (Fluvanna, Va.) in the 1790s and early 1800s, as well as copies of letters about the business.

William Price claimed that several enslaved persons purchased by John Peyton and held by the executor of Price’s estate were obtained on behalf of Peyton and Price, a business operated by Price, Peyton and John W. Price. Therefore, Price believed that the enslaved people belonged to him, rather than Peyton’s estate, as Peyton’s surviving business partner.

This suit mentions a dispute over whether to sell Philis, a woman enslaved by Thomas Appleberry, and her children together or separately to satisfy a debt owed by Appleberry to McLauchlan & Company. A deposition included in the suit contains a description of a sale of enslaved people, called a “crying.”

This cause involves a dispute over the title to land formerly owned by a British subject and escheated by Act of the Commonwealth in 1779. Included in the suit are a 1725 land patent and a list of Fluvanna County land in 1796 containing the names of landowners and the extent of their landholdings in the county.

The bill and answer in this suit provide a detailed description of a sharecropping lease agreement for the cultivation of tobacco.

This suit involves a contract dispute over the hire of an enslaved waterman [unnamed]. The bill and answer describe the terms of the contract.

Samuel Peyton and other enslaved persons were emancipated by the will of John Peyton. When Alexander Crawford sued to collect a debt from John Peyton’s estate, Peyton’s executors threatened to sell Samuel Peyton to satisfy Crawford’s claim. See also 1832-008: Elijah May vs. Exr. of John Peyton and 1832-009: Mary Duncan vs. Exr. of John Peyton.

The bill in this suit describes a business partnership between Anderson Johnson and George Holman that involved farming tobacco in Goochland County. As part of the partnership, Johnson and Holman were to each provide an equal number of working hands, provisions, horses, and cattle. The suit includes a copy of the agreement, accounts, and several depositions describing the farming operation.

David A. Gillaspy purchased Matilda, an enslaved girl, from John R. Perkins, a slave trader, after being assured by Perkins of her “health and soundness.” A month or two after arriving in Gillaspy’s household, Matilda passed away from what Gillaspy referred to as a “lingering illness.” Gillaspy accused Perkins of fraud following Matilda’s death, arguing that Matilda was not as healthy as Perkins had claimed. Documents included in the suit describe suspected poor treatment of Matilda.

Louisa A. Tompkins loaned Charles Tompkins, her father, money she earned while working as a schoolmistress. As repayment, he entered into a deed a trust, under which Albert, an enslaved boy, was conveyed to Louisa for her benefit and use. Craven Peyton, a man to whom Charles was indebted, hoped to sell Albert to satisfy Charles’ debt. Louisa, however, was strongly opposed to this course of action.

This suit includes a letter, written in 1840, from David Shepherd, a resident of Crawford County, Arkansas, to George Turner in Kentucky, describing land, farming, and politics, including Martin Van Buren's presidential candidacy.

This suit concerns provisions made in Robert Kent’s will for Jack, who was enslaved, to “have the benefit of his own [labor]” and the support of the Kent family when he was no longer able to work.

Catharine Bruce petitioned the court for permission to sell persons enslaved by Andrew Bruce, her late husband. She believed they were involved in the murder of her husband, which occurred in November 1843. According to Catharine, one enslaved person [unnamed] was executed for the murder after confessing to the crime, but she was convinced that others were either directly or peripherally concerned in the murder and its concealment.

This suit involves a dispute over authorization to treat enslaved persons with “numerous and costly medicines.” W. J. Farrar, the plaintiff, was the physician who treated them.

This suit contains two letters of interest. One letter, dated 1844, mentions Yazoo City, Mississippi, while the other letter, dated 1850, describes agricultural conditions in Limestone County, Alabama.

While not the central dispute of the suit, Walter Key’s will stipulates that Linah, an enslaved woman, "who has a husband in the [neighborhood] should be sold by my executors privately. . . to some humane master, convenient to her husband." Additionally, Key requests that Caesar, Peter, and Rosanna, also married to enslaved individuals in the neighborhood, be similarly sold.

The estate of Samuel Clarke, Susan Moore’s father, solely consisted of a land warrant for 80 acres of land. The land warrant was granted to Clarke by an act of Congress in 1855 because of his military service.

Judith Mayo, John H. Mayo’s mother, was the widow of Benjamin Mayo, a private in the Revolutionary War. She received a land warrant for 160 acres from the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions for the United States shortly before her death in 1856.

A commissioner’s report in this suit mentions the purchase of John, an enslaved man, by the Union Manufacturing Company in 1863.

The will of Booth Woodson, included in this suit, contains a bequest to aid the education of poor children of Fluvanna County. This suit also includes a reference to an enslaved person's mental health.