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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 1780
Thomas Jones, runaway servant
Thomas Jones, runaway servant, January 18, 1780.
Violet, slave of Sampson Sawyers
Violet, slave of Sampson Sawyers, convicted of arson and sentenced to hang, February 18, 1780.
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