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Use microfilm, Lunenburg County (Va.) Reel 410 or chancery microfilm.
Lunenburg County (Va.) Beasley Jones and Wood Slave Trade Account Book, 1835-1851. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Lunenburg County under the accession number 43641. This item was microfilmed by the Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Division.
Lunenburg County was formed in 1745 from Brunswick County. Part of Charlotte County was added in 1777.
Lunenburg County (Va.) Beasley Jones and Wood Slave Trade Account Book, 1835-1851, is composed of lists of sales of enslaved people and lists of accounts generated as part of the business. The volume was created as part of a partnership between Richard R. Beasley, Robert R. Jones, and William H. Wood who purchased enslaved people in Virginia and sold them in Mississippi and New Orleans. The majority of the volume consists of lists of the sales of enslaved people. The lists record the name of the enslaved person, the price of purchase, and the price of sale. Some lists give ages and occupations for the enslaved persons. Some notes exist about the hires of enslaved persons, to whom hired, and the price of the hire. Some of the lists are titled "Natcheze", "carried to the South" or "sold by William H. Wood Port Gibson [Mississippi]". There are notes about an enslaved female named Hester who claimed to be a free person. Other notes and accounts concern the settlement of the partnership of Beasley and Wood and other accounts of the business. There is a list of land and enslaved persons purchased in Lunenburg in 1840 that also includes purchases of livestock and other goods. Another person named in the account book who appears to be involved with the business is a William H. Williams. This volume was used as an exhibit in the Lunenburg County chancery cause Christopher Wood, etc. versus Executor of William H. Wood (1860-026).
Christopher Wood, Etc. versus Executor of William H. Wood (Lunenburg County Chancery Cause, 1860-026) Local Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
Additional Lunenburg County records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."