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Preferred Citation:

Jane Poindexter Receipt for Purchase of Negroes, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Scope and Contents

Receipt for Mrs. Jane Poindexter for the purchase of "the lot of negroes" which were the part of the division of the estate of William Quarles and Colonel John Quarles, dec'd.  Purchase price was $680.81.  Signed by [?] Twyman and James D. Dillard, commissioners of Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Quarles family
• Receipts (financial records)
• Slavery--Virginia--19th century
• Spotsylvania County (Va.)--History--19th century