Have any of you encountered records of white indentured servants in 
Frederick County or the western part of it that became Hampshire Co. VA-WV 
in 1754?  'Old Frederick' was originally a very large county.  Accounts in 
Chalkey's Chronicles seem to be scant.
Thanks,
Neil McDonald

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From: "Chocy Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Slavery in the Valley


> 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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