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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hearne v. Roane 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 90 1790 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Woodson v. Woodson 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 129 1791 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Turpin v. Turpin 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 137 1791 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Dandridge v. Lyon 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 123 1791 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Pendleton v. Whiting 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 38 1791 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Hinde v. Pendleton 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 354 1799 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Fowler v. Saunders 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Cary v. Buxton 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 183 1793 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Bailey v. Teackle 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 173 1793 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Nance v. Woodward 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 180 1793 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Hooe v. Kelsick 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 190 1793 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Farley v. Shippen 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 254 1794 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Yates v. Salle 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 163 1792 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Wilson v. Shackleford 25 Va. 5 1826 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williamson's Ex'or v. Howard 41 Va. 39 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Harvey v. Alexander 22 Va. 219 1822 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lathrop v. Lumpkin 41 Va. 49 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA