JUEL ID/KEY: P47363

Robert Battles was a freed man of colour who owned a small farm near the boundaries of the University. His name comes up several times in the John Hartwell Cocke papers surrounding discussions of the purchase of his property by Cocke (P43616). A document signed and dated by Battles on 22 March 1825, for instance, records his having received "six hundred and sixty dollars" from Cocke, as outlined in the 8 March 1825 Deed. 

PRIMARY SOURCE INFORMATION 

1. References to the Individual in the JUEL Digitized Transcripts

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Robert Battles and John Hartwell Cocke Deed March 8, 1825

Proctor's Daybook=NOT YET DIGITIZED 

2. Library Call Numbers/Bibliographic Records

Proctor's Daybook [Manuscript], 1821-1828. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library. RG-5/3/2.102

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