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Litchfield County Minorities Cases
| ID | Last Name | First Name | Other Name | Sex | Town | Plaintiff Name | Defendant Name | Year | Session | A/N | Location | Subject | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wdt_ID | ID | Last Name | First Name | Other Name | Sex | Town | Plaintiff Name | Defendant Name | Year | Session | A/N | Location | Subject | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Indian | Judith | squaw | F | Harwinton | Rex | Cook | 1765 | Sept | N | Box 24 Folder 8 | Lascivious carriage | Judith was victim |
| 2 | 2 | Indian | Joseph | M | Litchfield | Garnsey | Webster | 1772 | Dec | N | Box 39 Folder 18 | Defamation | Adultery with Joseph | |
| 3 | 3 | Deloon | Oliver | M | unknown | Pembleton | memorial | 1782 | Sept | N | Box 59 Folder 9 | Assault | Deloon was victim | |
| 4 | 4 | Negro | Joseph | M | vagrant | Hills | Negro | 1753 | Nov | A | Box 2 Folder 6 | Theft | ||
| 5 | 5 | Jackson | Joseph | negro | M | transient | Hills | Negro | 1754 | Feb | A | Box 3 Folder 9 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Negro | Joseph | M | transient | Hills | Wolcott | 1754 | Aug | A | Box 3 Folder 9 | Jail break | Oliver Wolcott was sheriff | |
| 7 | 7 | negro | Jack | slave | M | Woodbury | Hubble | Tomblason | 1758 | Sept | A | Box 6 Folder 19 | Fraud | Recover price. Jack aged 22 |
| 8 | 8 | negro | man | slave | M | Woodbury | Levit | Barker | 1760 | Apr | A | Box 9 Folder 3 | Fraud | Yaws. Recover price |
| 9 | 9 | Negro | Coffee | Negeur | M | Stockbridge MA | Negro | Root | 1761 | Jan | A | Box 10 Folder 8 | Debt | Coffee also spelled Coffe |
| 10 | 10 | Trace | slave | M | Woodbury | Catlin | Swan & Trace | 1762 | Apr | A | Box 13 Folder 2 | Theft | Slave of N Durkie |