Glass served in the North Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. He wanted to be exempt from serving. He made an agreement with Armstrong who informed Glass he could find him a substitute. Armstrong also agreed to provide Glass with two horses in exchange for an enslaved man owned by Glass. Armstrong failed to provide a substitute to serve in the militia in Glass' place.

Smith made an agreement with Sutherland to furnish a substitute in the militia for Smith's son. Both parties accused the other of not fulfilling their end of the agreement.

Thurman lost a slander suit heard in common law to Ward. Thurman accused Ward of collecting bounties on dog ears and not wolf's ears. Thurman wanted the chancery court to overturn the law court's verdict.

Mary Haynes was an enslaved person who won her freedom from Davis in a lawsuit heard in Pittsylvania County court. She also won financial damages. According to Davis and witnesses, Haynes' attorney offered a deal to Davis: he would not have to pay damages or court costs in return for the freedom of Haynes' children and never trouble Haynes or her children regarding their freedom. Haynes did not acknowledge such an agreement. She claimed that once the court gave her freedom that here children were immediately freed as well. Haynes wanted Davis to pay the damages owed her.

Daniel Fisher's wife, Susanna, claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of William Dunning. She was sent to Loudoun County to live in order to avoid family embarrassment where she married Daniel Fisher. Dunning requested that they move to Pittsylvania County to take care of him in his old age. In return, he would leave them his estate when he died. Plaintiffs claimed Dunning reneged on the agreement.

The defendant was a doctor who Mitchell asked to cure his enslaved people alleged to have been poisoned. Cause includes depositions from individuals who hired Dr. Walker to cure their enslaved people who suffered from poisoning. The deponents shared ingredients for medicine Walker prescribed to cure their enslaved people.

Freedom Suit. The Herndons joined the Society of Friends and Mr. Herndon offered to free Mary Justice. After he died, Mary stayed with his widow, Sarah Herndon, who refused to free Mary.

Mark Anthony, of Bedford County, sued James Arthur to prevent him from removing enslaved people fom the jurisdiction of the Pittsylvania County Court. The enslaved people had been given permission by the Court to sue for their freedom.

Tom Butcher was to be freed at 21 years of age by a manumission from Joshua Smith. After Mr. Smith died, his son-in-law, Josiah Askew, received Tom as part of his share in the division of Mr. Smith's estate. Tom was age 14 years when Josiah Askew transported Tom to North Carolina. Tom was sold a number of times and ended up the property of a Mr. Rice of Chester District, South Carolina. Tom fled to Dinwiddie County, Virginia to get his freedom papers. He was arrested in Pittsylvania County. Samuel M. Lovell wrote to Austin Billups of Dinwiddie County asking him to send money to Tom to pay the prison charges and obtain his freedom papers.

James Fowlkes hired an enslaved girl named Sarah from Martha Grigg and made her his mistress. Fowlkes' wife asked him to stop hiring the girl but he would not. Mrs. Fowlkes sued for divorce and asked for alimony.

Enslaved woman named Sarah was murdered as consequence of a contract dispute between the plaintiff and defendant. The cause includes multiple depositions that gave information regarding Sarah's death, the search to find the killer, and Fowlkes' agreement with Griggs.

The Linns moved from Pittsylvania County to Grayson County Court House where he opened a tailor's business. Thomas Linn had and affair with one of his employees. They ran away to Philadelphia, Hiwassee District, Tennessee. The plaintiff sued her husband for divorce and custody of their three children.

The defendant had children by an enslaved woman named Ann. The cause includes affidavits identifying the defendant being with Ann in a building where the enslaved people lived. The cause was moved to Powhatan County by order dated 28 May 1833. See Powhatan Chancery Cause 1834-001: Henry Calloway and wife, etc. VS admx. of Francis Lewis, etc.

Cause involves dispute over a enslaved runaway named Moses. Cause details circumstances surrounding Moses' efforts to be free.

Pollok and his brother's Robert and Allen were merchants from Scotland. Naturalization records of the Pollock family are filed as exhibits.

Defendants in cause were lawyers hired to defend William Bennet in a suit instituted and prosecuted by Milly Chavis, a free woman, for the purpose of establishing her right to freedom. The freedom suit had been instituted twenty years before the start of this cause. See Pittsylvania County Chancery Causes 1822-020, 1849-037, and 1851-011.

Per agreement, Williams and Allen were attempting to establish a slave trading business. According to deposition, enslaved people were bought in Richmond and sold in Alabama. Zachariah L. Hooper was identified as a slave trader by Samuel Cobb. Cause also relates to the selling of enslaved people in Georgia and North Carolina. Samuel Cobb and Henry Badgett, both based in North Carolina, were named as slave traders as well.

Parties in cause were slave traders. They purchased enslaved people in Richmond and sold them in South Carolina.

Defendant was a free person seeing to establish her freedom. See also Pittsylvania County Chancery Causes 1822-020, 1846-013 and 1851-011. Defendant was owned by plaintiff.

Freedom suit. Defendant is the daughter of Milly Chavis.

Plaintiff cites that his brother, the defendant, has sold six enslaved people to George W. Hall who sold them in Georgia. According to depositions, the defendant emancipated an ensaved man named Tom in his will. However, Tom was one of the six enslaved persons sold in Georgia.

Parties in cause formed "a co-partnership, Witcher and Adams, for the purpose of carrying on the negro trade and buying negroes in Virginia and carrying them to the South for sale." In depositions, George W. Hall is also identified as a partner in the business. Slave Sam~, in receipt, is identified as a blacksmith.

Numerous defendants are not residents of Virginia. Peter Hairston died in North Carolina. He is the father of Ruth S. Hairston. According to cause, Ruth S. Hairston is in possession of and holds 684 enslaved people as executrix of her father's will. The enslaved people reside in North Carolina and Patrick, Henry, and Pittsylvania counties in Virginia. Heirs of Robert Hairston, Ruth's husband, are claiming 550 of those enslaved people. Other heirs reside in Henry County, Virginia. In the second cause, Robert Hairston left estates in Virginia, North Carolina, and Mississippi. He migrated from Virginia in 1841 for Mississippi and died there in 1852. His wife Ruth essentially ran his estates in Virginia and North Carolina.

Thomas Williams and Robert W. Williams owned a slave trading business. Robert W. Williams resides in Henry County, Virginia.

Debt suit that involves the establishment of a female seminary in the town of Chatham. At one point it was named the Female Academy of Chatham.

In John Wilson's will, he emancipated his enslaved people after 50 years. At the time of his death, he proposed measures to give his enslaved quasi freedoms. In an opinion filed in the cause, Richard Logan argued that "slaves born during the time of the testator making his will and the testator's death will be slaves for life."