Powhatan County (Va.) Taxes Collected in Macon Township, 1871 Aug.

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Powhatan County (Va.) Taxes Collected in Macon Township, 1871 Aug.

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Township of Macon (Powhatan County, VA)

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Slaves sued for emancipation in freedom suits based on the following: they were descendant(s) of a free female ancestor, typically a Native American (Hening Statutes, volume 2, p.170); failure of slaveowner(s) to abide by the 1778 slave nonimportation act (Henings Statutes, volume 9, pp. 471-472); or claimed to have been freed by slaveowner(s) by deed of emancipation or last will and testament (Henings Statutes volume 11, pp. 39-40) Powhatan County was named for the para...