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  Hanover County Court certificate issued to John Mitchell, 1808 March 26

  Certificate of the Hanover County Court signed by Henry Robinson, a justice of the peace, issued to John Mitchell for taking up a runaway belonging to Francis Jordan [Jerdone] (1756-1841) of Louisa. The certificate notes the price for apprehending a runaway is $1.67 and 10 cents per mile for transportation. The certificate names Joseph as the runaway slave but the verso states the enslaved man is Isaac who ran away from the forge [Providence Forge in New Kent County].
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  Francis Jerdone account with the Spotsylvania County jail, 1798

  Account of Francis Jerdone (1756-1841) with the Spotsylvania County jail for jailing his slave Nathan. The account covers the period August 8 - September 12, 1798 the period Nathan was committed to the jail. The jailer, Joseph Chew, signed the account acknowledging payment in full. The account includes payments to R. Thompson for "taking up ye. Negro fellow Nathan as a Runaway" and for conveying him to the jail.

  Francis Jerdone was the son of Francis Jerdone (1720/1-1771) who arrived in Virginia from Jedburgh, Scotland about 1740 and Sarah Macon Jerdone (1731/2-1818). His father ran a mercantile firm in New Ken County and lands in New Kent and Louisa Counties which he inherited upon his father's death.