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Essex

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Title

Essex

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Woodstock (Va.)

Date

October 3, 1821

Contributor

Dan Smith

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18316

Birth Date

1771 to 1773

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

Jailed in Woodstock, Virginia. for being a runaway. He was committed to jail.

Bibliography

Geo. C. Kniesley, "Was Committed," Woodstock Herald (Woodstock, VA), Oct. 3, 1821.

Additional Information

Enslaved by Lewis Webb (Richmond, Virginia).
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Citation

“Essex,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed January 11, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14735.

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