Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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

Item

Dublin Core

Title

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

Date

Description

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].

Identifier

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

Recto

Hanover County to wit.

I do hereby certify that John Mittitchel hath
this day brought a Negro boy, [illegible] Joseph
before me a Justice of the peace as a runaway.
who says that he belongs to Francis Jordan
of Louisa: and the distance from the place
where the said Slave was apprehended and the
residence of the said Jordan is in my
opinion twenty five miles. Given under
my hand this 26th day of March 1808
Henry Robinson

The price for apprehending
a Slave is one dollar & sixty seven
cents, & ten cents pr mile for carrying him
home.
H.R.

Verso

Henry Robertsons
Certificate
to Jno Mitchell for
Taking up boy Isaac
Run away from the
Forge : for 417 Cents.
or 25/

Original Format

Ink on paper

Citation

“Hanover County Court certificate issued to John Mitchell, 1808 March 26,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed March 28, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/180.
MS1929-06-03-001.jpg
MS1929-06-03-002.jpg