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Contains 145 Results:

Note of payment, September 27, 1796

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Note of payment of 110 pounds for the sale of a Negro boy named Elijah due to Joseph Dickson from John Ewdend of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: September 27, 1796
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Slave Documents

Note of payment, December 8, 1796

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Note of payment of 130 pounds from the sale of a Negro boy named Joel from Joel Walker of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson.

Dates: December 8, 1796
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Slave Documents

Transfer of a slave notice, October 1809

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Transfer of a "Negro Girl slave" named Jude from Catherine McClung to Joseph Dickson.

Dates: October 1809
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Slave Documents

Sale of a slave to Joseph Dickson, October 20, 1809

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Sale of "Jeff, a Mulatto slave," to Joseph Dickson for 51 pounds from Catherine McClung.

Dates: October 20, 1809
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Slave Documents

Sale of a slave to Joseph Dickson, June 11, 1810

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Sale of "Jane, a Negro woman slave," for $300, by James Kincaide to Joseph Dickson.

Dates: June 11, 1810
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Slave Documents

Bonds and Contracts, 1773-1822

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content Information From the Collection: The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the family represented. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several slave sale documents from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Many of the land, slave, and goods exchanged were with neighbors and others in the area. Most of Joseph Dickson's documents are individually described in this inventory....
Dates: 1773-1822
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson

Transfer of debt, December 2, 1773

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Transfer of debt of Joseph Dickson from John Murray of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to John Dickenson of Augusta County, Virginia.

Dates: December 2, 1773
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Bonds and Contracts

Contract, June 7, 1774

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Contract of James Connelly to pay John Dickenson twenty-two pounds.

Dates: June 7, 1774
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Bonds and Contracts

Contract, June 7, 1774

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note

Contract of John and Joseph Dickson to pay John Dickenson 200 pounds owed.

Dates: June 7, 1774
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Bonds and Contracts

Promise note, February 19, 1776

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Promise of Joseph Dickson of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Leonard Beall of Augusta County, Virginia, fifteen pounds owed.

Dates: February 19, 1776
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech / Dickson Family Papers, / Joseph Dickson / Bonds and Contracts

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