The handwritten document is a portion of a petition filed in 1817 by attorneys Leigh & Anthony on behalf of Edmund & Dorothea Winston against the executors of Patrick Henry's estate.

Dorothea Dandridge married Patrick Henry in 1777 and survived him.
A condition of his 1799 will stipulated that she would forfeit her inheritance upon remarriage.

Dorothea married Judge Edmund Winston in 1802. Edmund Winston was Patrick Henry's first cousin and an executor of his estate. Following the Winstons' marriage, a lawsuit was brought against the couple, which delayed probation of Henry's will.]]>

The collection includes deeds, wills, bills of sale, court cases, indexes, census and tax records for the City of Lynchburg, mostly from the 1800s.]]>

The collection includes a list of land grants, wills, deeds, court records, petitions and other papers about Bedford County. The collection also includes slavery records.]]>

Included in the materials are the names of enslaved persons. ]]>

The will for Thomas Potter's estate lists the names and ages for enslaved persons on the Tweedside Plantation.]]>

Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. This document lists property and personal effects owned by Potter.]]>

Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. This document enumerates and lists named persons enslaved by Potter.]]>

Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. His will includes instructions on disposition of land and enslaved persons.]]>

James Potter owned the Colerain and Tweedside Plantations in Savannah, Georgia. His will includes instructions about the disposition of Potter's property, including lands and enslaved persons.]]>

In the indenture, Potter divides his estate among his heirs while listing and enumerating more than 200 enslaved persons on his estate.

This will is part of Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-2.]]>