Dispute among members of the Hansbrough family over the control of enslaved people. Dispute originated in 1789 with the sale of Nan, a 13 year old enslaved girl. Cause lists the names of her descendants who were at the center of the dispute almost 50 years after the sale of Nan. The cause references the migration of Hansbrough family members to Kentucky.

Cause includes receipt for medical services rendered to people enslaved by Sinclair. Services included extracting teeth, bleeding, and an abortion.

Plaintiff accused one of the defendants, James C. Mitchell, of secretly carrying enslaved people from Fauquier County to Washington, D.C. in the cover of night and sold them to Joseph Bruin, a "slave trader." Mitchell did so in order to avoid repaying a debt owed to Johnston.

The deceased, William Hopewell, wrote in his will that the people he enslaved were to be emancipated, hired out, and the wages they received to fund their transportation to Liberia. However, several enslaved people wanted to remain in the Virginia and keep the wages they earned from being hired out. The enslaved peoples' desires made it difficult for the administrator to carry out Hopewell's will. He wanted the court's assistance in the matter.

Duskin, an enslaved person, was emancipated by the will of Henry Self. In the will, Self left a legacy worth $3000 to Duskin to assist in purchasing property in Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois where he would reside. Duskin had yet to receive his legacy. He sued to recover it. The will records additional names of enslaved people who were to be emancipated and removed to Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois.

At the center of the cause is Tom,an enslaved man, who fled from his enslaver. Tom was captured in Bedford, Pennsylvania and jailed in Winchester, Virginia. The plaintiff wanted to recover his expenses in the recovery and sale of Tom. The suit includes exhibits related to the recovery and sale of Tom.

Divorce cause. Husband had an ongoing affair with a "mulatto" enslaved woman he hired from James Ash. Hicks had a child by the man.

Reed, a free Black man, sued to receive the portion of Shambaugh's estate left to him and his children (Jacob, Jonas, and Sarah Reed) in Shambaugh's will. Reed needed it in order to purchase property in a free state for his family to live on. According to Virginia law, Reed had to leave the commonwealth within one year of his emancipation. A copy of Reed's free registration included in cause as an exhibit [See also: Warren County chancery causes 1839-006 and 1880-007].

In his will, William Lewin offers David Mitchell, a free person, to purchase Mitchell's wife Nancy and youngest child, both enslaved, at an appraised value of 500 dollars.

Divorce cause. Defendant had an affair while plaintiff served in the Confederate army.

Cause originated out of Union control and destruction of large flour mill in Warren County. Numerous references to Union occupation and impact on the region. Union troops under Brigadier General James Shields used counterfeit Confederate money to purchase flour. The manager of the mill recognized it as counterfeit and refused to take it. He was forced to take it under threat of violence.

Several defendants are formerly enslaved people of sisters Margaret and Mary Shambaugh. In the Shambaugh wills, they left financial legacies to the people they enslaved. The plaintiff wants the court's guidance on how to proceed now that they are no longer enslaved. The enslaved people have following surnames: Reid (or Reed) and Jackson.

Mary Ann Morgan, wife of William Morgan, and her daughter Elizabeth Gilkinson were the wife and daughter of Gabriel Gilkinson, a free Black man, who died in the mid-1850's. Mary Ann Gilkinson, Gabriel's wife, remarried a man named William Morgan and moved to Iowa. The plaintiffs are seeking to recover their legacy from their deceased husband and father's estate in Virginia [See also: Warren County Chancery Cause 1872-003].

A business dissolution suit that involves the partners, Ricards, Buck, and Blakemore, who purchased the property, built, and operated the Mountain House Hotel located at Capon Springs in present-day Hampshire County, West Virginia.

Cause relates to "boom town" period of 1890's Virginia. One of the deponents, Dr. Stephen Hansburger, was editor of a Front Royal newspaper who heavily promoted "boom town" concept in Front Royal.

Plaintiffs purchased a life insurance policy based on the Tontine investment plan. Includes a 1900 map of Alabama.

The defendant challenged the plaintiff's right to string telephone wires across its rail lines near Front Royal. The defendant ripped down the wires and threatened to tear down the telephone poles. The rail company claimed the right of way extended to the air above their rails. The plaintiff challenged this argument saying it had "the same undisputed right to maintain and use them there, and with no more use of any right of the R.R. Co. than the buzzards make, who fly high above the R.R. tracks."

Plaintiff and defendant are Japanese. Tom Lee purchased a laundry business located in Front Royal from Moy Sing Lee for 350 dollars. The cause includes the agreement written in Japanese.

Defendant was an agent for a labor union called the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. The plaintiff accused him of stirring up dissension among the workers preventing them from building a bridge across the Shenandoah River.

Divorce. The plaintiff accused her husband of committing adultery with sex workers while attending the Peace Jubilee parade in Washington, D.C. The Peace Jubilee was a celebration of the end of the Spanish-American War.

Dispute over burial property. According to a deed creating a burial plot near Front Royal known as the "Old Grave-yard" recorded in 1857, it was to be used only as cemetery. The defendant Beaty purchased the property and built a warehouse on it in violation of the terms of the original deed. The causes include names of individuals and families buried in the "Old Grave-yard" including Isaac Trout, Dr. George Carter's heirs, Bush Keeler's heirs, Inman H. Thompson, Berryman Jones, and John Bennett, Sr. The causes reference the creation of a second cemetery known as "Prospect Hill" because no more space was available at the "Old Grave-yard." The causes include depositions with detailed testimony concerning the two cemeteries. One deponent was asked if a road currently under construction would go over any graves found in the "Old Grave-yard." His response: "I know it runs over old Mrs. Hope, I know that very well, right in the middle of it. I was there at the burying." He listed the graves of other individuals threatened by the road. It also includes a plat showing where the "Old Grave-yard" was located.

Cause involves the sale of a public school building. Four fraternal organizations leased the third floor of the public school building. The purpose of the suit was to protect the interests of the fraternal organizations. A broadside advertising the sale included in suit.