Whereas Nathaniel Dunn late of the County of Essex died seised & possessed of two tracts of land situated in the parish of south Farnham & county of Essex and of the following negro slaves, to wit, named Edy, Hannah, Rachel, Hannah, Tom, Will, Milley, Jenney, Braxton Webb, Barbara, which said Lands descended to Thomas Dunn, Richard Dunn, Billington Dunn, & Wm. Dunn as only Children and joint Heirs of the said Nathanial and the said Thomas Dunn Having obtained administration of the estate of the said Nathanial Dunn decd. is possessed of the said slaves for the Benifit of Himself & the said Richard, Billington, & Wm. Dunn & it being agreed Between the said Thomas & Richard on the one part & Billington & William on the other part that the said Thomas & Richard will convey & transfer all their right, title & interest in the said tracts of Land to the said Billington & William in consideration of the said Billington & William Having agreed on their part to transfer & assign all their right, title & interest in & to the said Slaves, to the said Thomas and Richard, and whereas the said Thomas & Richard Have duly Executed a good & Sufficient Deed to conveyance of their proportions & interest in & of the said land to the said Billington & WIlliam Dunn now these presents witnesses that the said Billington Dunn & William Dunn for & inconsideration of the premises & for & inconsideration of the sum of six shillings to them paid by the said Thomas Dunn & Richard Dunn, the receipt whereof they do Hereby acknowledge, Have granted, bargained & sold, assigned, transfered & released & by these presents do grant, bargain & sell, assign, transfer & release unto the said Thomas Dunn & Richard Dunn & their assigns forever to Hold as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants all their right, title, proportion & proportions, interest, property, claim & demand in all & every of the Slaves whereof Nathaniel Dunn died possessed or entitled to and all the future increase of the females of the said slaves to Have & to Hold the said Slaves & their future increase of the said females of the said Slaves & every of them to the only proper use & behoof of the said Thomas Dunn & Richard Dunn and their assigns forever as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants. In testimony whereof the parties to these presents Have Hereunto subscribed their names & affixed their Seals this 18 Day of February 1800.— Signed Billington Dunn, William Dunn. Witnesses: James Dix, Tola Dunn, Robert Dennett. On 16 June 1800 ordered to record. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 35, pages 230–231.]

On 19 May 1830, Laurence Muse, commissioner, settled the accounts of William Fisher, guardian of the orphans of William Dunn, deceased, namely Sthresley, Sarah, and Delilah Dunn. “Considerable time was taken up in the settlement of these accounts, particularly the General acct. which required the examination of the statements of payments from time to time, made by the attorney, constable & Executors of Billington Dunn for that troublesome account only $6 is charged & for the others a charge in made in proportion to the extent of the individual accounts & entered thereon”. Mentions funds recovered from payments on bonds in Lunenberg County. In the account of Miss Sarah Dunn, 6 February 1828, “paid George Taylor for Board, clothing &c for 1824 with Int. to date”, on the same date “paid Richd. D. Dunn for Board Clothing &c for 1825, 6 & 7”, on 16 June 1829 “paid Richard Dunn for Board & clothing last year” and on 29 June 1829 “Sundry articles furnished with Bed &c when you were sent to Temples to school”. In the account of Sthreshley Dunn, 8 February 1828, “paid George Taylor for Board & Clothing for 1825, 6 & 7 with Interest thereon” and on 1 January 1830 “paid Geo. Taylor for Board & clothing 1829”. In the account of Miss Deliah Dunn, on 8 February 1828 “paid to Geo. Taylor his acct for your Board Clothes &c for the years 1824, 1825, 1826 & 1827” and on 1 January 1831 “paid George Taylor for board clothing &c for 1829”. [Essex County, Virginia, Guardian Book 1831–1837, pages 21–30.]