Virginia

Name

Virginia

Sex

Female

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 4

Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 1-353

Page and Line Number

IAS4: PP. 31
CLE: PP. 299, 633

Name of Enslaver

Edward Watts

Location

IAS4: Roanoke County

Additional Information

In IAS Book 4, Virginia is listed as having been "confined" in the Roanoke County jail for being "insane." The document says that, "having once committed an act of violence, it is not thought safe to let her go at large." The document also reads that one of the five heirs of Edward Watts would pay the executor one fifth part of the expense of Virginia's clothing and "maintenance" while she remained in jail. This totaled up to "$300 per annum or $60 for each to pay." This incident was covered in Common Law Book E, which documented that "Virgin" was charged with the murder of Martha, a woman enslaved by Edward Watts. She was also deemed to be a "lunatic," and it was ordered that she be kept in one of the "lunatic asylums" as soon as an opening was found.

Mrs. Carr

Letitia W. Rives (Mrs. Rives)

Ann Watts Holcombe

Alice Watts Morris

William Watts