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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Churchilll v. Blackburn 1 Va. Col. Dec. 137 1730 0 Contracts General Ct. of VA
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 Action of trover General Ct. of VA
Hearne v. Roane 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 90 1790 0 Marriage Settlement H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 Libel and Slander H.Ct of Chancery VA
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Pendleton v. Whiting 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 38 1791 0 Trusts H.Ct of Chancery VA
Hinde v. Pendleton 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 354 1799 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Fowler v. Saunders 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 0 Fraudulent gifts of slaves H.Ct of Chancery VA
Harrison v. Allen 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 291 1794 1 Virginia
Farley v. Shippen 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 254 1794 0 Trusts H.Ct of Chancery VA
Aylett v. Minnis 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 219 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Hooe v. Kelsick 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 190 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Cary v. Buxton 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 183 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Nance v. Woodward 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 180 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Bailey v. Teackle 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 173 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Yates v. Salle 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 163 1792 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Turpin v. Turpin 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 137 1791 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Hoomes v. Kuhn 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 136 1791 1 Virginia
Dandridge v. Lyon 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 123 1791 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 Action to recover a slave H.Ct of Chancery VA