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Mitchel, John T. Affidavit, 1808 March 26.

Title: Affidavit, 1808 March 26.

Certifies that Mitchel, of Hanover County, Va., has brought in a slave, Joseph, who says he belongs to Francis Jordan [sic] [Jerdone] of Louisa [County, Va.]. States that it is twenty-five miles from the place where Joseph was apprehended to Jerdone's residence and sets amount owed to Mitchel for Joseph's capture and return. Signed by Henry Robinson, Justice of the Peace for Hanover County.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18921652 View

Jerdone, family. Papers, 1749-1873 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1749-1873 [microform].

This accession includes a typescript of the accounts of Francis Jerdone of Louisa County, with a number of individuals. The status of the debt is listed in some instances. There is also a slave birth register, tax list, and crop accounts. The slave registers cover Louisa, Albermarle, and Spottsylvania counties, Virginia. There are journals (1749-1760), estate records (1836-1845), sawmill accounts (1873), and a memorandum book (1766-1767).

ArchivalResource: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122553698 View

Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860. Letter, 1809 January 26, Norfolk [Va.], to Francis Jerdone, Mitchel's Store, Louisa County [Va.].

Title: Letter, 1809 January 26, Norfolk [Va.], to Francis Jerdone, Mitchel's Store, Louisa County [Va.].

Tazewell has agreed to defend Daniel McClaren on a murder charge in the Virginia District Court at Williamsburg. As payment McClaren has given Tazewell a letter of credit from Francis Jerdone stating that he owed McClaren one hundred dollars. Jerdone has refused to pay, saying his accounts with McClaren are not settled. In this letter Tazewell threatens to sue if Jerdone refuses to honor the debt.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. on 1 leaf ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18921968 View

Jerdone family. Jerdone family papers, 1753-1890, 1771-1845.

Title: Jerdone family papers, 1753-1890, 1771-1845.

Includes letters, letterbooks, and account books of immigrant Francis Jerdone merchant of Yorktown, Va. and Hanover County, Va. Most of the collection consists of letters, accounts and diaries of the next two generations of members of the Jerdone family, including Francis Jerdone and his sons John, Francis and William Jerdone. The papers concern the management of two estates "Providence Forge," New Kent County, Va. and "Mount Sterling," Charles City County, Va. Subjects covered in the collection include agriculture, commission merchant business, daily routine of men, education, farm management by stewards and various aspects of slavery. In addition, there are many letters written to Virginia from Scotland and England. The papers contain the letterbook of Thomas Jett, Virginia representative of John Morton Jordan and Co., London, Eng. and documents, 1769-1799, concerning the lawsuit of Jordan v. Skinker.

ArchivalResource: 2,663 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22549683 View

Jerdone, Francis, 1756-1841. Account, 1798 September 12.

Title: Account, 1798 September 12.

Account with Ryal Thompson and Jos[eph] Chew, jailors of Spotsylvania County, [Va.] for apprehending a runaway slave, Nathan. Receipted by Chew.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 18 cm.

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Macauley, Alexander, 1787-ca. 1813. Letter, 1803 September 29, Hampton, Va., to uncle Francis Jerdone[?].

Title: Letter, 1803 September 29, Hampton, Va., to uncle Francis Jerdone[?].

Reports Jerdone's crops are half-destroyed by winds. [Raphaelle] Peale the profile cutter has just left to go to Williamsburg and will probably proceed to Richmond. Describes Peale's machine and method of operation.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18921594 View