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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Robert Crockett Property Assessment, Ms1988-076, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Robert Crockett Property Assessment was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Robert Crockett Property Assessment was completed in 2021. Minimal processing and description was completed in 2000.

Biographical Note

Robert Crockett, son of Samuel and Jane Steele Crockett, was born in 1767. He served as Wythe County court clerk for more than 25 years. Crockett married Jane Lewis Stuart (1780-1855), and the couple would have seven children. Major Robert Crockett died in 1819 and was buried in Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single document appraising the values of enslaved persons and land held by Robert Crockett of Wythe County, Virginia. The assessment lists two enslaved men, aged between 12 and 50, and one enslaved woman, aged between 12 and 50 years, one of those enslaved persons being "subject to fits." Also listed is Crockett's 280-acre farm "lying on the main road at the ford of Reed Creek" with a description of the home and outbuildings thereon, together with another 280-acre tract.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Slavery -- United States
• Wythe County (Va.)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Robert Crockett Property Assessment by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).