To add to Jim's suggestion:
 
 I have the whole series of Abstracted Will and Deed Book by Dee Ann  Buck 
for Frederick County, Virginia. She includes the names of slaves mentioned  
in the documents. Many have ages, sex, value and trades and some show  
relationships between the slaves. In some, if you read between the lines, you  
can guess at which slaves were related by blood to the owner. Some of the  
earliest documents sometime mention slaves that were given to the owner by a  
certain owner.
 
Her books for Frederick County, Virginia start with the year 1743 when  
Frederick County was Old Frederick County that included Shenandoah, Warren, and 
 Clark Counties. In addition, last year she published the deed books for 
Warren  County for 1836-1861 (Books A-G). Warren County also shows a lot of 
slave  history back through Old Frederick County plus Fauquier County (she has 
a series  here, too). The Warren and Fauquier County line is the Leeds 
Manor area where  many slave transactions can be found.
 
Chocy

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