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Dabney. There is an account dated 17 December 1783 of Charles Dabney with John Barret & Co.
at Richmond.
There is a bond dated 1784 of George, Charles, Robert, and Samuel Dabney to Samuel
Nicholas. There are true copies of certificates relating to certain tracts, and Charles Dabney’s
military warrants.
There are bonds dated 1785 involving Charles and George Dabney, with Benjamin Forsythe,
Wilson Miles Carey, and George Potter. There are several letters to Charles Dabney from his
surveyors at Louisville and Danville, Kentucky, reporting on their activities in connection with
surveying lands on the Cumberland River.
There are also additional business papers dated 1786 and 1787, including receipts,
memoranda, and general merchandise accounts. In a letter dated 11 January 1787, a Mr. Mitchell
wrote to Samuel Dabney about beef and news of a recent destructive fire in Richmond. There is a
receipt, dated 5 July 1787, of Charles Dabney, for taxes and other accounts with the sheriff.
In a letter dated 3 April 1788, Samuel Nuckols wrote to George Dabney transferring an
obligation of six pounds. There is a copy of resolutions of U.S. Congress, dated 17 July 1788,
concerning bounties for Virginia soldiers south of the Ohio River, which nullified claims north of
that river. In a letter dated 23 July 1788, George Dabney explained the status of and interest on a
bond to General Nelson. There are additional business papers, mostly concerned with debts and
notes.
There are business papers dated 1789 involving George and Charles Dabney, executors of
William Dabney, a debt to Robert Nelson, a bond to William Nelson, and signatures of John
Barret & Co., and George Dabney. There is a receipt for expenses, dated 29 August 1789, from
W. Croghan at Louisville, Kentucky; there is a letter to Charles Dabney largely concerning the
validity of land entries for tracts north of the Ohio River, including efforts to prompt decisions from
Congress and the courts. There are papers (1789?) regarding a settlement among the Dabney
family in regard to a sale of slaves. In a note dated 16 July 1790, Charles Dabney stated his debt
of ten pounds to William Morris for a horse.
There is an agreement dated 14 April 1791, for the division of lands of Charles and Edward
Johnston by George and Charles Dabney. There are also additional accounts, deeds, receipts,
and bills of sale for slaves and land.
Items for the years 1792 to 1797 include business papers of Charles and Samuel Dabney
(accounts, receipts, bills), and correspondence about legal entanglements connected with land in
Kentucky. There is an account of the estate of Benjamin Dickenson, to Thomas Grubbs, with
expenses for board, schooling, and clothes for the Dickenson children.
There is a certificate dated 6 August 1795 stating that John Pendleton was justice of the
peace in Henrico County, Virginia, signed by James Wood, lieutenant governor of Virginia, on a
document in which Charles Dabney gave Benjamin Forsythe power of attorney.
In a letter dated 29 August 1795, John Lee of Kentucky, wrote to Charles Dabney about
arrangements and taxes for Kentucky lands. For the year 1795, there are additional bills of sale,
bonds, and receipts for taxes. There is an account of Charles Dabney with Fenwick & Dabney,
1793–1797, stating interest to 1808. In a letter dated 13 January 1796, Abraham Chapline at
Kentucky wrote to Charles Dabney about military bounty lands; the obligations of the
Commonwealths of Virginia and Kentucky; and how to handle individual tracts. In a letter dated 2
June 1796, John Lee at Woodford County, Kentucky, wrote to Charles Dabney about land affairs
which Lee managed for Dabney in Kentucky. In a letter dated 16 July 1796, William Dabney at
Richmond, Virginia, wrote to his uncle, Charles Dabney, about various business matters. There
are accounts and an appraisement of the estate of Susanna Dabney with Charles Dabney, 1796–
1797. In letters dated 5 August and 15 December 1797, Charles Johnston at Richmond, Virginia,
wrote to Charles Dabney about investing the latter’s funds on the market and selling him a slave.
In a letter dated 31 January 1798, Edward Johnston informed Charles Dabney that he was
sending 16 volumes of an encyclopedia by wagon (purchased from Archibald Currie, agent of
Thomas Dobson who published them in Philadelphia). In a letter dated 30 July 1798, Mathew
Anderson wrote to Charles Dabney with instructions on the repair of a dwelling, fencing, and
other matters of “Goldmine” plantation property. There is a two-year lease, dated 24 August 1798,
of “Goldmine” to Zachariah Walden of Caroline, Virginia, drawn up by Charles Dabney as agent
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