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Official Records - County Records - Augusta County
Augusta County, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was formed in 1738
from Orange County. Little tobacco was grown there, and the county had
fewer slaves than Virginia’s more eastern counties: a 14 percent slave
population by the 1790 census. But as the records make very clear,
Augusta had a very large servant population, many of whom appear in
the order books.
Records for 1768
Court case involving George and Poll
Court case, November, 1769, involving George and Poll, two slaves traveling with a man claiming to be their Dutch master. See ad for George and Poll, Virginia Gazette, Dec. 22, 1768. And another ad for George, July 1769.
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