Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Unknown Slaveholders (Slaves listed: Joseph
Johns, Un-named slave, Jack, Lloyd)
- Ainsworth, John (Slaves listed:
Hager)
- Allen, Joseph (Slaves listed: Hannah;
Dinah)
- Allen, William, Jr. (Slaves
listed: James; Moll; Peg)
- Andrews, James (Slaves listed: Solomon
(adult); Pug; Pruss; Phoebe; Samson, Solomon (child))
- Andrews, Hugh (Slaves listed: Peg;
Isaac; Phillis)
- Awl, Jacob (Slaves listed: Rose; Francis;
Gruff; Grace; Jo; Caesar; Phillis; Pete; Cato; Dina)
- Awl, Nancy (Slaves listed: Charles)
- Awl, Sarah (Slaves listed: Peter)
- Beauchamp, Jacob (Slaves listed:
Unnamed male)
- Bell, Andrew M. (Slaves listed: Unnamed
boy)
- Bell, Samuel (Slaves listed: Dinah,
Samuel Reed)
- Bender, Adam (Slaves listed: Lucas, Unnamed slave)
- Boal, Robert (Slaves listed: Tom; Joe;
Adam; Hagar; Dinah; Cato)
- Boyer, Michael (Slaves listed: Jacob)
- Bradley, Daniel (Slaves listed:
Peter; Dinah; Ephraim, Nance)
- Bradley, Samuel (Slaves listed:
Pink; Prince; Pompey; Tom)
- Brenizer, George (Slaves listed:
Charles Butler; Nathaniel Butler; Hannah Butler)
- Brisben, James (Slaves listed: Eve)
- Brown, William (Slaves listed: Peg;
Dina)
- Burd, Elizabeth (Slaves listed:
John)
- Burd, James (Slaves listed: Lucy; John;
Lucey; Cuff; Dina; Venus, unnamed man)
- Burd, Joseph (Slaves listed: Hannah)
- Byers, James (Slaves listed: Saul;
William Sisko)
Enslavement Data
- Owner's Surname: ?
Owner's First Name: ?
Owner's City:
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Fauquier
Owner's State: VA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Date of Registry or Record:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known: Johns
Slave Given Name: Joseph
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 112 at death
Slave Memo: Status: Escaped slave, born in Fauquier County, Virginia. Johns escaped
with two other men in the 1840's or 1850's. Johns settled in
Dauphin County, then moved to Lebanon County. Buried in 1906
in Moonshine Church Cemetery, Route 443, Union Twp., Lebanon
Co.
Source: "Historical Society
acquires relic"
- Owner's Surname: ?
Owner's First Name: ?
Owner's City:
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Washington
Owner's State: MD
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway slave
Date of Registry or Record: 11/11/1815
Source: The
Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser, November 11,
1815
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lloyd
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway slave.
Date of Registry or Record: 11/11/1815
Source: The
Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser, November 11, 1815
- Owner's Surname: Ainsworth
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: East Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hager
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Allen
Owner's First Name: Joseph
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: West Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: In the 1800 census, Joseph Allen Senior of Lower
Paxton Township was enumerated with two slaves in his household.
While this could be the two girls, Hannah and Dinah, registered as
children of slaves, listed below, no matching names are found for
them in the 1800 Septennial Census of Pennsylvania, for Lower Paxton
Township. There are, however, several slaves named Dina listed in
the Septennial Census in West Hanover Township. Usually, though,
only slaves for life were listed in the Septennial Census,
and Hannah and Dinah were to be freed at age 28.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hannah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Allen
Owner's First Name: William, Jr.
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: Registered along with William Wallace, of Hanover
Township.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: James
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 38
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life.
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Moll
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 28
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life.
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peg
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 02
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life.
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
- Owner's Surname: Andrews or
Andrew
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: Married Jean Strain in 1761. James
Andrews died May 2, 1784, aged 54 years. Buried in Hanover
Burial Ground. James Andrew, acting as attorney for David Ramsey
of Hanover Township, registered Ramsey's slaves at Lancaster.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Solomon
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 32 years old at registration
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered in 1780
at Lancaster as "Negroe Man," about 32 years old, a "slave
during life."
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pug (also spelled Pugg)
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 22 years old at registration
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered in 1780
at Lancaster as "Negroe Woman," about 22 years old,
a "slave during life." In his will, dated February
13, 1783 and proved December 27, 1785, James Andrews leaves his "slave
Pugg" to his wife Jean. ("Slaves and
Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills")
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pruss
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 03
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered in
1780 at Lancaster as "Negroe Girl," 3 years old, a "slave
during life." In his will, dated February 13, 1783 and proved
December 27, 1785, James Andrews leaves his "slave Pruss" to
Mary Strain, his step-daughter. ("Slaves
and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills")
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Phoebe
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 02.5
Slave Memo: Aged 2 1/2 years. Status: Slave for life.
In his will, dated February 13, 1783 and proved December 27,
1785, James Andrews leaves his "mulatto girl Phebe" to his daughter
Elizabeth. ("Slaves and Indentured
Servants in Dauphin County Wills")
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Samson
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): "Aged 9 months and 17 days." at
registration
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered in
1780 at Lancaster as "Negroe Boy, Aged 9 months and 17 days,
a slave for life."
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Given Name: Solomon
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): not known, described as "child"
Slave Memo: In his will, dated February 13, 1783 and proved
December 27, 1785, James Andrews leaves his "black male
child Solomon" to his son John.
Date of Registry or Record: December 27, 1785
Source: "Slaves
and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills"
- Owner's Surname: Andrews
Owner's First Name: Hugh
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: East Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: In the 1790
census of Dauphin County, Hugh Andrew is enumerated with four
slaves.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peg
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Isaac
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Phillis
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Awl
Owner's First Name: Jacob
Owner's Location: Lower Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin (Paxtang Township, Lancaster, at time
of 1780 registrations)
Owner's Occupation: Farmer, Tanner
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Rose
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Francis
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Date of Registry or Record:
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Gruff
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Grace
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record: 1/8/1800
Slave Memo: Advertisement for disposal of (deceased) owner's
property. Described in the ad as "a Negro Woman." to
be sold along with a Negro Man named Peter,
aged 22 years. Text of advertisement:
By virtue of sundry Writs of Fieri Facias and
a Writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will be exposed
to Public Sale on Monday the 27th Day of January inst. at
10 o'clock in the Forenoon, at the Dwelling-House of Mrs.
Awl in Lower-Paxton. A NEGRO MAN called Peter, about 22 years
of age, an excellent Tanner to trade, a Negro Woman called
Grace, likewise horses, a Sleigh, Plow, a quantity of Leather,
and a number of Household and Kitchen Furniture. Taken in
execution as the property of Jacob Awl, and will be sold
by Henry Orth, Sheriff, Harrisb. January 2d, 1800.
Source: The Farmer's Instructor,
and Harrisburgh Courant, Wednesday January 8, 1800
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jo or Joe
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 28
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Registered in Lancaster as a "Negroe
Man" with note: "runaway sometime ago." Awl believed
that Joe had run off to join Howe's Army, then encamped in Philadelphia.
He apparently never recovered him. (Source The
Pennsylvania Packet, December 17, 1777) Text of runaway
ad:
December 6, 1777. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN
AWAY from the subscriber, living in Paxton Township, Lancaster
County, on the 4th of this inst. a Negro man named JOE, about
twenty five years old, a thick well set fellow, speaks the
English and German tongues well; had on when he went away,
an orange coloured coat, a lead coloured jacket, a coarse
shirt, and leather breeches. He took with him a black MARE,
big with foal, about six years old, a natural trotter and
carries herself well, and has no brand: It is supposed that
he intends to go to Howe's army. Whoever takes up said Negro
and Mare, shall receive the above Reward, or for any one
of them, secured so that the owner gets them again, the one
half of the above Reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
JACOB AWL
This is a fascinating advertisement. His owner, Jacob Awl, believes
that he has set out for Philadelphia to join the British army
who were in winter quarters there. Awl had not recovered Joe
by 1780, when he registered him as a slave, but with the note "run
away some time ago." It is highly doubtful that Awl ever recovered
Joe. Perhaps this slave made it to Howe's Army and fought on
the British side in the Revolutionary War as did many escaped
slaves.
Status: Runaway.
Sources: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Caesar
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 24
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negro
Man" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Philis
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 25
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negro
Woman" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known: Bung (?)
Slave Given Name: Peter or Nathan
(also spelled Peet, also known as "Black Peter" or "Black
Pete")
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 06
Slave Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negro
Boy" in registration. Registered in Lancaster. Later
sold as part of the estate of Jacob Awl, along with a female
slave named Grace (see the ad, printed with
Grace, above), on January 27th, 1800. (source
06)
By 1800, Peter was listed with slaveholder Sarah
Awl. (Tax Lists, Inhabitants and
Slaves, 1800, 1807) Another source, Egles Notes
and Queries (Vol. 37, page 257), lists "Black Peter,...a
slave of the Awl family" as the occupant of a small log
cabin with a stick chimney, which was formerly used by Francis
Kerr as a school house. It was supposedly located three
hundred yards southwest of Paxton Church. The source, identified
by Egle simply as "H.R." also noted that "Peter
lived alone, and so died in his chair. My brother, the
doctor, desired to place a memorial stone over him, but could
not find his grave." H. R. was probably Hiram Rutherford,
a frequent contributor of history articles to Egle's column,
and his brother the doctor would have been the abolitionist and
Underground Railroad supporter, Dr. William Rutherford.
Writing later, W. Frank Rutherford identifies his full name
as Nathan Bung, and says he "died near Linglestown about
forty years ago." This places his death in the late
1840s or early 1850s. Rutherford also notes that he "lies
in the graveyard of the Dauphin county almshouse." The
1830 census for Susquehanna Township lists a "Peter Nathan" living
alone, age between 36 and 55 years, which is a possible match.
Rutherford describes Nathan (Peter) as "a genius in his
way, and a handy man in the neighborhood--being an excellent
cook, a neat housekeeper and an expert at pulling and breaking
flax. He was never married." Nathan was employed
as a sexton at Paxton Church, and one of his duties included
digging graves. He lived in the woods near the church
(see above) but when the land was cleared he moved near Linglestown.
(Egles Notes and Queries, XLVIL, First and Second Series,
Volume II, pages 264-265)
Sources: Register of Negro
and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Cato
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 03
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negro
Boy" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dina
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): Nine months old at registration.
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Aged 9 months. Status: Slave for life. Described
as "Negro Girl" in registration. Registered in
Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
- Owner's Surname: Awl
Owner's First Name: Nancy
Owner's Location: Lower Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Charles
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Awl
Owner's First Name: Sarah
Owner's Location: Lower Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Petter (Peter)
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 24
Slave Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Memo: This is apparently the same slave as listed
with Jacob Awl, above, and auctioned
as part of an estate sale in January of 1800. There is a slight
discrepancy with the age, but that is not uncommon with multiple
records on the same slave.
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants
and Slaves, 1800, 1807
- Owner's Name: Beauchamp, Jacob, aka "French Jacob" (see notes)
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Miller
Owner--Memo: According to Egle, Beauchamp was an early settler
of the area that is now Millersburg in upper Dauphin County. He is
believed to have moved into the area prior to the revolution from
Lancaster County with a wife, sister and a slave.
Another researcher identifies French Jacob as Johann David Grosjean, a.k.a. Groshong, who emigrated from France to Philadelphia in 1751, then moving to Upper Paxton, Lancaster County, modern day Millersburg, settling on Wiconisco Creek near the river. By the 1770s he is found in Buffalo Township, Northumberland County, modern day West Buffalo Township, Union County, operating a gristmill. In 1793 he relocated to Kentucky. (Source: https://www.kykinfolk.com/pendleton/French_Jacob.pdf)
- Slave Given Name: Not known
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): adult
Date of Record: not known. Prior to 1790.
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Executed for murder.
The following story is from Egle's Notes and Queries: "As
the story goes he [Beauchamp] and his wife once made a business
visit to Lancaster, leaving the girl and the negro to plant corn
on the island. On their return they met the negro on the road.
On close questioning he confessed to having murdered the girl
and to burying her in the sand. He was hanged in due time. I
had this incident from my old friend, G. J. Campbell, of Millersburg,
one of its honored octogenarians."
Source: "Reminiscences of Long Ago. French
Jacob," in Egle's Notes and Queries, Fourth Series,
Volume I, LXI, page 171.
- Owner's Surname: Bell
Owner's First Name: Andrew M.
Owner's Township: Middle Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: An Andrew Bell is listed as a slaveholder on
our Cumberland County pages. His slave Jack Duffy was indicted
for theft. It is not known if this is the same Andrew Bell. Click here for
that listing.
- Slave Given Name: Not known
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): "between five and six years of
age"
Date of Record: 8 September, 1836
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to the age of 21.
Text of advertisement: "FOR SALE, A NEGRO BOY. The
subscriber, residing in Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, is desirous
of selling the time of a Negro Boy, bound to him until he arrives
at the age of 21 years by the Overseers of the Poor. The
boy is between five and six years of age and in excellent health. The
subscriber having no use for the boy, is anxious to dispose of
his time. For terms which will be moderate, application
can be made to the editor of this paper, with whom the Indenture
is left. ANDREW M. BELL. Dauphin, Sept. 8, 1836."
Source: Unknown Dauphin County newspaper--clipping advertised
on E-Bay, 08/27/2003
- Owner's Surname: Bell
Owner's First Name: Samuel
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: Samuel Bell was enumerated in the 1800 census
for West Hanover as having one slave in his household. The 1800 Pennsylvania
Septennial Census lists a slave named Dina, age 27 in West Hanover
Township, very likely the same Dinah listed below, a slave for life.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 10
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe
Wench," 10 years old, a "slave during life."
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known: Reed
Slave Given Name: Samuel
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): Not known, but described as "boy"
Date of Registry or Record: June 9, 1825.
Slave Memo: Status: Not determined, but probably a slave
to the age of 28 years. In his will, dated September 26, 1822
and proved June 9, 1825, Samuel Bell stipulates that his "black
boy Samuel Reed" should be sold and the money be given to Bell's
son Berryhill Bell.
Source: "Slaves and Indentured
Servants in Dauphin County Wills"
- Owner's Surname: Bender
Owner's First Name: Adam
Owner's Township: Upper Paxton (Halifax)
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: The 1807 listing of slaves in Dauphin County
shows Bender in Halifax. Adam Bender is credited with being the founder of the borough of Elizabethtown in Dauphin County.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lucas, or Luke
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 04
Slave Date of Birth: 1803 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: 1807
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Memo: Listed on an 1807 list of slaves in Halifax, with owner Adam Bender. Listing as follows: "Luke a Negroe age 4 years."
Sources: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves | Tax Lists,
Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807
-
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Not named
Slave Sex:
Slave Age (Years):
Slave Date of Birth:
Date of Registry or Record: 1810
Slave Status: Unknown
Slave Memo: The 1810 census of Upper Paxton Township shows two slaves in the household of Adam Bender. One of the slaves is presumed to be the child Lucas, listed above.
Sources: Third Census of the United States, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1810.
- Owner's Surname: Boal
Owner's First Name: Robert
Owner's Township: East Hanover; also reported as West Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: On October 25, 1780, Robert Boal registered
his two slaves, Hagar and Dinah, at Lancaster. While there
and acting as attorney for several of his neighbors, he also registered
the slaves of James Rogers, Andrew Rogers, William Rogers and Samuel
Sturgeon, all of Hanover Township.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Tom
Slave Gender: M
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Joe
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Adam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hagar
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 20 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe
Woman," about 20 years old, a "slave during life."
Sources: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 10 months old at Registration.
Slave Date of Birth: January, 1780 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: October 25, 1780
Slave Status: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe
Child," 10 months old, a "slave during life."
Slave Memo: In an 1800 list of slaves in East Hanover
Township, Dauphin County, Dinah is listed as "Dianah the property
of Robert Boal aged 21 years."
Sources: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780" | Tax
Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Cato
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Boyer
Owner's First Name: Michael
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jacob
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Bradley
Owner's First Name: Daniel
Owner's Township: East Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peter
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ephraim
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Nance
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 38
Slave Date of Birth: 1762
Date of Registry or Record: 1800
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Memo: Nance is listed in an 1800 record of slaves
in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County as follows: "Nance the
property of Daniel Bradley aged 38 years."
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants
and Slaves, 1800, 1807
- Owner's Surname: Bradley
Owner's First Name: Samuel
Owner's Township: Londonderry
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: In his will, dated April 11, 1785 and proved
May 13, 1785, Bradley leaves a "negro wench" to his wife Agnes. ("Slaves
and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills")
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pink
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 30 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster
as a "Negroe Woman," age about 30 years, "a slave."
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Prince
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 15 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster
as a "Negroe Boy," age about 15 years, "a slave."
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pompey
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 3 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster
as a "Negroe Boy," age about 3 years, "a slave."
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Tom
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 1 year old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster
as a "Mulattoe Boy," age about 1 year, "a slave."
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Brenizer
Owner's First Name: George
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known: Butler
Slave Given Name: Charles
Slave Gender: M
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known: Butler
Slave Given Name: Nathaniel
Slave Gender: M
Slave Age (Years): ? ("man")
Date of Registry or Record: 7/6/1805
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway slave. Ran away June 30, 1805
with his wife Hannah. He and Hannah were recovered by Brenizer
within a few weeks. (source 29)
- Slave Surname, if known: Butler
Slave Given Name: Hannah
Slave Gender: F
Slave Age (Years): ? a woman
Date of Registry or Record: 7/6/1805
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway slave. Ran away on June 30,
1805 with her husband, Nathaniel Butler. She and Nathaniel were
recovered by Brenizer within a few weeks. (source
29)
- Owner's Surname: Brisben
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Physician
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Eve
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Brown
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peg
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 19
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration
as "Negroe Woman." Registered at Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dina
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age (Years): aged 14 months at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration
as "Negroe Girl." Registered at Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Burd
Owner's First Name: Elizabeth
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Lower Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: John
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Burd
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: "Paxton"
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration
in 1780)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Gentleman Farmer
Owner--Memo: Tinian was Burd's Middletown area estate. For
a discussion of agricultural estate management in Pennsylvania as
it relates to southern plantation management, see the article about agriculture in
the educational pages. View a photograph of the Pennsylvania
state historical marker for Col. James Burd and his wife Sarah by clicking
here.
Tinian, located near Highspire, was about one-half mile west of
Walnut Hill, the estate of James Crouch. Historian William
Henry Egle described a trip from Walnut Hill to Tinian in the last
few years of the nineteenth century, remarking "On our way
we passed the remains of several log cabins, formerly occupied
by Colonel Burd's negro slaves." This offhand observation
is valuable proof of the existence of separate living quarters
for slaves on Burd's estate. (William Henry Egle, Notes
and Queries, First and Second Series, Vol. II, LXIII, p.339-341).
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lucy
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: John
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lucy
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 35 years
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at
registration as a "Negroe Woman." Registered
in Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Cuff
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 13 years
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration
as a "Negroe Boy." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dina
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 7 years
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at
registration as a "Negroe Girl." Registered in
Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Venus
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 12 years (Egle lists her age
as 2 years at registration)
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration
as a "Negroe Girl." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and
Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Burd
Owner's First Name: Joseph
Owner's Township: Swatara
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hannah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Byers
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Township: Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Saul
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously
Registered Slaves
- Slave Surname, if known: Sisko
Slave Given Name: William
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 35 (estimate)
Slave Description: "Mulatto;" Described as "Negroe" at
registration.
Date of Registry or Record: Runaway ad: September 15,
1779; Registration: October 10, 1780
Slave Status: "Slave during life"
Slave Memo: James Byers registered "Will" at
Lancaster on October 10, 1780, describing him as a "Negroe
Man," about 36 years of age. William had run away
the previous year and was captured in Easton,
Northampton County. Text of runaway ad:
Easton, Northampton County, Sept. 13, 1779.
COMMITTED to this Gaol, the 8th inst. WILLIAM SISKO, a mulatto,
who says he belongs to James Byers, living in Paxton Township
, Lancaster County. His Master is therefore desired to come,
pay the Charges, and take him away. PETER EHLER, Gaoler.
Sources: The Pennsylvania
Gazette, September 15, 1779 | "Slaves
in Lancaster County in 1780"
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