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Dauphin County Slaveholders A - B

Slaveholders Listed on this Page

  1. Unknown Slaveholders (Slaves listed: Joseph Johns, Un-named slave, Jack, Lloyd)
  2. Ainsworth, John (Slaves listed: Hager)
  3. Allen, Joseph (Slaves listed: Hannah; Dinah)
  4. Allen, William, Jr. (Slaves listed: James; Moll; Peg)
  5. Andrews, James (Slaves listed: Solomon (adult); Pug; Pruss; Phoebe; Samson, Solomon (child))
  6. Andrews, Hugh (Slaves listed: Peg; Isaac; Phillis)
  7. Awl, Jacob (Slaves listed: Rose; Francis; Gruff; Grace; Jo; Caesar; Phillis; Pete; Cato; Dina)
  8. Awl, Nancy (Slaves listed: Charles)
  9. Awl, Sarah (Slaves listed: Peter)
  10. Beauchamp, Jacob (Slaves listed: Unnamed male)
  11. Bell, Andrew M.  (Slaves listed:  Unnamed boy)
  12. Bell, Samuel (Slaves listed: Dinah, Samuel Reed)
  13. Bender, Adam (Slaves listed: Lucas, Unnamed slave)
  14. Boal, Robert (Slaves listed: Tom; Joe; Adam; Hagar; Dinah; Cato)
  15. Boyer, Michael (Slaves listed: Jacob)
  16. Bradley, Daniel (Slaves listed: Peter; Dinah; Ephraim, Nance)
  17. Bradley, Samuel (Slaves listed: Pink; Prince; Pompey; Tom)
  18. Brenizer, George (Slaves listed: Charles Butler; Nathaniel Butler; Hannah Butler)
  19. Brisben, James (Slaves listed: Eve)
  20. Brown, William (Slaves listed: Peg; Dina)
  21. Burd, Elizabeth (Slaves listed: John)
  22. Burd, James (Slaves listed: Lucy; John; Lucey; Cuff; Dina; Venus, unnamed man)
  23. Burd, Joseph (Slaves listed: Hannah)
  24. 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:
    1. 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:
    1. 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
       
    2. 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:
    1. 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.
    1. 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
       
    2. 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.
    1. 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
       
    2. 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
       
    3. 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.
    1. 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"
       
    2. 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"
       
    3. 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"
       
    4. 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
       
    5. 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" 
    6. 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.
    1. 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
       
    2. 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
       
    3. 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

    1. 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
       
    2. 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
       
    3. 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
       
    4. 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
       
    5. 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"
       
    6. 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"
       
    7. 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"
       
    8. 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"


       
    9. 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"
       
    10. 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:
    1. 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:
    1. 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)
    1. 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.
    1. 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.
    1. 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"
       
    2. 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.
    1. 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
       
    2. 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. 
    1. 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
       
    2. 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
       
    3. 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
       
    4. 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"
       
    5. 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
       
    6. 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:
    1. 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:
    1. 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
       
    2. 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
       
    3. 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
       
    4. 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")
    1. 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"
       
    2. 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"
       
    3. 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"
       
    4. 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:
    1. 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
       
    2. 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)
       
    3. 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:
    1. 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:
    1. 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"
       
    2. 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:
    1. 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).

    1. 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
       
    2. 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
       
    3. 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"
       
    4. 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"
       
    5. 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"
       
    6. 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:
    1. 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:
    1. 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
       
    2. 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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