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• 1863-05-11, Nancy, Mention (Inventory)
  Nancy is mentioned on an 1863 list of people enslaved by John Barbee Minor. She is described as being forty-two years old. This event is recorded on a May 11, 1863, tax list in the Davis-Preston Saunders Papers.
• 1863-05-11, Patsy, Mention (Inventory)
  Patsy is mentioned on an 1863 list of people enslaved by John Barbee Minor. She is described as being nineteen years old. This event is recorded on a May 11, 1863 tax list in the Davis-Preston Saunders Papers.
• 1863-05-11, Rachel, Mention (Inventory)
  Rachel is mentioned on an 1863 list of people enslaved by John Barbee Minor. She is described as being fify-one years old. This event is recorded on a May 11, 1863 tax list in the Davis-Preston Saunders Papers.
• 1863-05-11, Simon, Mention (Inventory)
  Simon is mentioned on an 1863 list of people enslaved by John Barbee Minor. He is described as being forty-six years old. This event is recorded on a May 11, 1863 tax list in the Davis-Preston Saunders Papers.
• 1863-05-11, Susan, Mention (Inventory)
  Susan is mentioned on an 1863 list of people enslaved by John Barbee Minor. She is described as being six years old. This event is recorded on a May 11, 1863 tax list in the Davis-Preston Saunders Papers.
• 1863-09-15, Milly, Life Event (Death)
  In a letter to his wife Anna, white enslaver and University of Virginia Rector Thomas Lewis Preston wrote he was making provisions for Milly's funeral "and will have it performed properly." He continues, stating "Our servants are human beings & deserve the rights of Christian sepulcher." This letter, dated September 15, 1863, is in the Davis-Preston-Saunders Papers.
• 1863-09-17, Milly, Life Event (Burial)
  In a letter to his wife Anna, white enslaver and University of Virginia Rector Thomas Lewis Preston wrote, "we burried Milly in the new cemetery. She was the first, & selected a section for our servants when should they die here, they can be buried in families. The old grave yard is full. I also selected a section for us." This letter, dated September 17, 1863, is in the Davis-Preston-Saunders Papers.
• 1864-01-05, John, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  In a letter written by white enslaver Elizabeth Govan Hill to J. P. Effinger, Hill agrees to being paid $250 per year by Effinger for contracting John's labor. This event is recorded in a letter, January 5, 1864, located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
• 1865-03-08, Armistead, Mention
  In a letter by a daughter of John B. Minor to an unidentified aunt, Armistead and Milly are named as Humphrey's parents. This letter, dated March 8, 1865, is in the Minor and Wilson Family Papers.
• 1865-03-08, Burkley Bullock, Resistance (Freedom Seeking)
  During the Union Army's occupation of Charlottesville, Burkley Bullock stole his white enslaver Socrates Maupin's horse, gathered his family, and rode off seeking freedom. This event is recorded in a letter written by an unidentified daughter of John B. Minor addressed to an unidentified aunt, March 8, 1865, in the Minor and Wilson Family Papers.
• 1865-03-08, Humphrey, Mention
  In a letter by a daughter of John B. Minor to an unidentified aunt, the writer describes the United States Army's occupation of Charlottesville and how "All the horses from Little Run are gone & two of the men. Armistead & Milly's son - Humphrey was taken but begged so hard to be allowed to come back to his "old miss" that they agreed & he arrived today." This letter, dated March 8, 1865, is in the Minor and Wilson Family Papers.
• 1865-03-08, Milly, Mention
  In a letter by a daughter of John B. Minor to an unidentified aunt, Milly and Armistead are named as Humphrey's parents. This letter, dated March 8, 1865, is in the Minor and Wilson Family Papers.
• 1865-03-08, Rachel, Violence
  In a letter by an unidentified daughter of John B. Minor to an unidentified aunt, Rachel is described in "close confront" with two Union "stragglers." They asked Rachel if the daughter and her cousin, Nannie, had "watchers," to which she replied she "didn’t know nothing I stay in the kitchen.” This event is recorded in a March 8, 1865, letter in the Davis-Preston Saunders Papers.
• 1869, Cupping, Health
  Cupping is mentioned in correspondence written by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis to Dr. J. B. McCarty. In this letter, Davis lists an accounting of the doctor's visits to the estate of white enslaver William T. McCarty in 1869. Cupping is listed as having been visited by the doctor during one of his visits on February 2 and 4, 1869. This letter is located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
• 1869, Henry, Health
  Henry is mentioned in correspondence written by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis to Dr. J. B. McCarty. In this letter, Davis lists an accounting of the doctor's visits to the estate of white enslaver William T. McCarty in 1869. Henry is listed as having been visited several times by the doctor, January-March, 1869. This letter is located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
• 1869, Mason, Health
  Mason is mentioned in correspondence written by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis to Dr. J. B. McCarty. In this letter, Davis lists an accounting of the doctor's visits to the estate of white enslaver William T. McCarty in 1869. Mason is listed as having been visited by the doctor during his visit on April 8. This letter is located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
• 1869, Micajah, Health
  Micajah is mentioned in correspondence written by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis to Dr. J. B. McCarty. In this letter, Davis lists an accounting of the doctor's visits to the estate of white enslaver William T. McCarty in 1869. Micajah is listed as having been visited by the doctor during one of his visits on February 2 and 4. This letter is located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
• 1869, Thornton, Health
  Thornton is mentioned in correspondence written by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis to Dr. J. B. McCarty. In this letter, Davis lists an accounting of the doctor's visits to the estate of white enslaver William T. McCarty in 1869. Thornton is listed as having been visited by the doctor during his visit on June 24th. This letter is located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
• Aaron
  Aaron was a man who was enslaved at the University of Virginia. It is unclear who his enslaver was. He is mentioned in the 1841 Wood and Candles Account Book on a list of enslaved people.
• Aaron
  Aaron was a man who was claimed in ownership by white enslaver Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough.
• Aaron
  Aaron was a child who was claimed in ownership by white enslaver Elizabeth Govan Hill. He was one of twenty-nine people enslaved by Hill, documented on a list of her "servants," January 13, 1862. He is recorded as being six years old and residing in Amherst County, Virginia.
• Aaron
  Aaron was a man who was claimed in ownership by white enslaver Rhoda Poindexter. After her death, he was contracted to labor at the University of Virginia on her behalf by Richard Poindexter.
• Abiah Thorn
  Abiah B. Thorn (October 3, 1795 - August 8, 1835) was a white enslaver and builder who supplied the bricks for the construction of the Pavilions of the Academical Village at the University of Virginia.
• Adelaide
  Adelaide (b. 1861) was a child who was claimed in ownership by white enslaver John Barbee Minor. On an 1863 list of the twenty-one people Minor enslaved, Adelaide is recorded as being two years old.
• Aggy
  Aggy was a woman who was claimed in ownership by white enslaver John Hartwell Cocke. In 1828, Cocke contracted Aggy and ten other enslaved people to labor for Captain John Winn.