Crenshaw and Miller family papers, 1751-1916 (bulk 1820- 1860) [manuscript].

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Crenshaw and Miller family papers, 1751-1916 (bulk 1820- 1860) [manuscript].

Crenshaw and Miller family papers, 1751-1916 (bulk 1820- 1860) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31693174

The collection is chiefly legal papers useful for study of 19th century Virginia estates. Many papers relate to the estates of Major Nathaniel Crenshaw of Pittsylvania County and Charles Crenshaw, Jr., of Hanover County. Included are deeds, wills, bonds, writs of summons, legal correspondence, contracts, slave bills of sale, land plats, court orders, articles of agreement, broadsides, and work contracts. Most of the Crenshaw family materials are dated between 1751 and 1839. Almost no information appears on day-to-day operations of the Crenshaw and Miller plantations. Significant, but limited, information appears on slave revolts and manumitting of slaves in the early 1800s and contracting work with freedmen in 1865. There are only a few financial items. A very small amount of material relates to politics at the turn of the 19th century.

83 items.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill