Dinwiddie County Virginia

Dinwiddie County Slavery News & Runaway Slave Notices

This page serves as an archival repository for historical newspaper transcriptions, court valuations, runaway slave advertisements, and estate sales concerning enslaved individuals in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. These primary source records provide essential genealogical and biographical evidence for researchers tracing African American ancestry prior to emancipation.

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📜 Valuation of Joe, a Runaway (Petersburg Jail / Dinwiddie County) – Feb 20, 1829

Enslaved Individual: Joe

Enslaver: Mrs. Elizabeth Harper (Dinwiddie County, VA)

Location: Petersburg Jail, Virginia

Valuation Amount: $400.00

Court Date: February Court 1829

📄 Full Transcription

[Page 1] We the undersigned after having been first duly sworn have viewed a Runaway negro man in the Jail of the Town of Petersburg named Joe belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Harper of the county of Dinwiddie & have valued him to be worth four hundred Dollars Given under our hands this 20th day of Feby 1829. Wm. R. Chieves Lodowick Smith John N Smith

[Page 2 - Docket / Backing] Valuation of Joe, a runaway in Jail. property of Eliz. Harper 400. Feb. Ct. 1829, returned in Ct.

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Last Updated: August 4, 2026

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