21678904https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21678904VirginiaWestmorelandCountyy051789Chancery061789Chancerydissolved002Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaIn 1785, William Starke Jett, executor of the estate of the late Richard Bernard, employed Martin Fisher to "over look" the estate's plantation and slaves and to "make crops of corn Tobacco & wheat." When, as early as August, the overseer requested additional corn to feed the slaves and livestock, Jett dismissed him, and made a deduction from his wages. Seeking to obtain a stay in a judgment secured against him by Fisher, Jett asks that the chancery court take up the matter.OverseersCrops (tobacco)