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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shelton v. Shelton 1 Va. 53 1791 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Dandridge v. Lyon 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 123 1791 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Seekright v. Carrington 1 Va. 45 1791 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Crump v. Dudley 7 Va. 507 1790 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Taliaferro 8 Va. 93 1786 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Herndon v. Carr 1 Jefferson 132 1772 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Scarbury v. Barber 2 Va. Col. Dec. 274 1739 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Dunn v. Wythe 2 Va. Col. Dec. 76 1739 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Farrow v. Farrow 2 Va. Col. Dec. 243 1737 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Slaughter v. Whitelock 2 Va. Col. Dec. 358 1737 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Waddy v. Sturman 1 Va. Col. Dec. 171 1731 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Waddy v. Sturman 1 Jefferson 5 1731 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Edmonds v. Hughes 1 Jefferson 2 1730 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Edmonds v. Hughs 1 Va. Col. Dec. 146 1730 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Lanier v. Br. Bank 18 Ala. 625 1851 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Puryear v. Cabell 65 Va. 260 1874 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Buck v. Wroten 65 Va. 250 1874 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Moss v. Moorman's Adm'r 65 Va. 97 1873 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Johns v. Scoot 64 Va. 704 1873 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
May v. Joynes 61 Va. 692 1871 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA