John D. Pennybacker Paternity Claim Settlement 1860
Sale Agreement for Tom 1858
Col. Abraham Lincoln 1848 Letter – “Black Men’s Shoes”
Col. Abraham Lincoln 1847 Letter
Farm Animals Sale Receipt 1841
Squire Court Documents 1841
John Lineberger 1840 Letter – Alcohol Abuse
Nathan’s 1833 Petition
This is a petition submitted to the General Assembly of Virginia in 1833 by a man named Nathan. Nathan was a free African American man seeking to remain in Rockingham County with his enslaved wife and children. At the time, Virginia law required recently-freed African Americans to leave the state soon after their emancipation, unless they petitioned and were granted permission to remain in the area. This petition was signed by Jacob Lincoln Jr. and dozens of other white men from Rockingham County.