Adams County, Pennsylvania, Slaveholders A-Z

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Enslavement in Adams County, Pennsylvania
Slaveholders Listed on this Page Unknown Slaveholders (Enslaved persons listed: Joe, Bett, Hetty, Dinah, Peter, Jeff, Lucey, Madis, Irenia) Not specified, Gettysburg (Enslaved persons listed: Mulatto Girl) Not specified, Adams County (Enslaved persons listed: "Colored Girl") Not specified, Gettysburg (Enslaved persons listed: Ralph) Not specified, Littlestown (Enslaved persons listed: Leonard) Agnew, James, Sr. (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Agnew, James, Jr. (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Bender, Peter (Enslaved persons listed: Nelly) Black, James (Enslaved persons listed: Maria Norris) Brough, Peter (Enslaved persons listed: Phebe, Charles) Brown, Andrew (Enslaved persons listed: Grace, Joe, Joshua, one unnamed slave) Brown, Richard (Enslaved persons listed: Tom, Betty, John, Rosanna, Nero, Orlando, Jem, Sam) Campbell, Armstrong (Enslaved persons listed: Samuel) Carnahan, Alexander (Enslaved persons listed: Dine, George, Philip, one unnamed slave) Chamberlain, Neiman (Enslaved persons listed: Fene) Clark, John (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Cobean, Samuel (Enslaved persons listed: Hagey, Doll, Tom, Dinah, other unnamed slaves) Cochran, James (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Cooper, William (Enslaved persons listed: Isaac) Cross, Samuel (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed female slave) Dobbin, Alexander (Enslaved persons listed: Becky, Eliza, Sall, Amy) Dunwiddie, Jane (Enslaved persons listed: one unnamed slave) Finley, Margaret (Enslaved persons listed: Jem, John, Moses, Ann) Fletcher, John (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed female slave) Gorley, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Graft, Philip (Enslaved persons listed: Sam Armstrong) Hall, Edward (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed female) Herman, John (Enslaved persons listed: Samuel, Jonas) Hersey, Jacob (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Hersh, John (Enslaved persons listed: Harry) Higas, George (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Hoffman, Henry (Enslaved persons listed: Matthew) Hoke, Conrad, Jr. (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed male slave) Hoke, Henry (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed male slave) Horner, Alexander (Enslaved persons listed: Aaron, Tom, Peter) Horner, David (Enslaved persons listed: Cyrus) Horner, Mary (Enslaved persons listed: Ivory) Horner, William (Enslaved persons listed: Abraham, unnamed woman, unnamed child) Houlsworth, Samuel (Enslaved persons listed: Bob) Ickes, Peter (Enslaved persons listed: one unnamed) Johnson, Lewis (Enslaved persons listed: Stephen) Kelleberger, John (Enslaved persons listed: Eliza) Kitzmiller, George (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed) Lashells, Ralph (Enslaved persons listed: Nat Johnston) Lilly, Samuel (Enslaved persons listed: Stephen, Fanny, Rachael, Henry, Benjamin, Mary Ann, Edward, Margaret) Long, Alexander (Enslaved persons listed: Pheb) Long, Jannet (Enslaved persons listed: Julian) Marshall, James (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Maxwell, William (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed female slave) McClean, Moses (Enslaved persons listed: Sele, Amy, unnamed woman) McGiney, Mary (Enslaved persons listed: Venus) McGinley, Salley (Enslaved persons listed: Letty) McKasson, William (Enslaved persons listed: Nany) McKesson, Alexander (Enslaved persons listed: Poll, Sidney, unnamed slave) McKesson, James Jr. (Enslaved persons listed: Charles, Margaret, unnamed slave) McPherren, Ann (Enslaved persons listed: Jake, Nell, Juley, Matty, Mint) McPherson, Agnes (Enslaved persons listed: one unnamed female and one unnamed male) McPherson, Robert (Enslaved persons listed: one unnamed male) McPherson, William (Enslaved persons listed: Jim, unnamed male slaves) McSherry, James (Enslaved persons listed: Four unnamed slaves) Moore, James, Sr. (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed young slaves) Moore, James, Jr. (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed young slaves) Mundorf, Jacob (Enslaved persons listed: William, Cesar, Sally) Murphy, John, Jailor (Enslaved persons listed: Harry Jackson, Will, Bob, Jack, Ned Butler, Charles) Neely, James (Enslaved persons listed: Venus, Lene, George, Phillis, Hannah) Neely, Jonathan (Enslaved persons listed: Gustavus V. Ivory) Patton, John (Enslaved persons listed: Abner) Porter, Jeremiah (Enslaved persons listed: Sade, George, unnamed slaves) Porter, William (Enslaved persons listed: Haney, unnamed slave) Ramsey, Reynolds (Enslaved persons listed: one unnamed female) Reid, William (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed slave) Rhea, Robert (Enslaved persons listed: Elce, Dinah, Ruth) Ross, John (Enslaved persons listed: Bob, Jem) Russell, Alexander (Enslaved persons listed: unnamed female) Scott, James (Enslaved persons listed: Joe, Sophia, Brookins, one unnamed female, one unnamed male) Shekely, George (Enslaved persons listed: Barbara) Sherman, George (Enslaved persons listed: Jem, Sam) Slagle, David (Enslaved persons listed: one unnamed) Stewart, John (Enslaved persons listed: Isaac) Sweney, Isaac (Enslaved persons listed: Henry Hall) Sweney, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: Sylvina) Waugh, David (Enslaved persons listed: Phebe, Jack, unnamed slave) Weakly, William (Enslaved persons listed: Betty) Weems, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: Will, Catty) Wilson, David (Enslaved persons listed: Eli, Jude, unnamed slave) Wilson, Hugh (Enslaved persons listed: one unnamed slave) Wilson, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: Peggy) Worley, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Harry) Enslavement Data Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Joe Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, February 15 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: Notes: Date of Record: May 28, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: "A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Bett Sex: Female Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, January 01 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Molattoe" Notes: Date of Record: March 15, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Hetty Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, April 14 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: July 14, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, May 10 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: October 10, 1804 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Peter Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1806, December 29 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: April 21, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Jeff Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1809, August 07 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulatto" Notes: Date of Record: October 27, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Lucey Sex: Female Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1811, November 05 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: December 06, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Madis Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1813, January 07 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulatto" Notes: Date of Record: April 08, 1813 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: " A" surname, unknown City or Township: County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: First page of Register is missing, listing slaveholders with surnames beginning with the letter "A." Enslaved Person's Name: Irenia Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1820, March 03 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: August 09, 1820 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Not specified--Gettysburg City or Township: Borough of Gettysburg County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Unnamed owner placed the following ad in the Adams Sentinel offering for sale an 18-year old "Mulatto girl": FOR SALE, A Mulatto Girl, EIGHTEEN years of age, who has to serve until 28. She is well acquainted with all kinds of house work. Enquire of the Printer. July 1. Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. This advertisement ran in the Adams Centinel (Gettysburg), 16 July 1817. Slaveholder Name: Not specified--Gettysburg City or Township: Borough of Gettysburg County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Unnamed owner placed the following ad in the Adams Sentinel offering for sale a young "Colored Girl": THE TIME OF A COLORED GIRL, WHO has four years to serve, will be disposed of. Assurances can be given that she is strictly honest.--. Inquire of the PRINTER. Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg), 27 January 1830. Slaveholder Name: Not specified--Gettysburg City or Township: Gettysburg borough County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: The following slave was jailed in Gettysburg in 1810, released, then committed to the same jail again before escaping: 50 DOLLARS REWARD, AND all reasonable charges, will be paid for apprehending, and delivering to me, in Caroline county, State of Virginia, 14 miles below the town of Fredericksburg, A Negro Man Slave named RALPH, who ranaway about the 1st of November last, who was apprehended and committed to the jail of Adams county, in the State of Pennsylvania in April last, on suspicion of his being a runaway, and was discharged by the Court of Common Pleas, at Gettysburg, on Tuesday the 29th of May, 1810, no person appearing to claim him. He was afterwards apprehended and committed to said jail as a runaway on an advertisement in the National Intelligencer, describing him--and on the 30th day of last month made his escape over the jail wall. --RALPH is of a dark complexion, between 30 and 40 years of age, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, two of his upper fore teeth out, and has a large scar on the outside of his right leg, occasioned by the cut of a scythe. He is an artful cunning fellow, and I expect when accosted will shew a discharge from the Prothonotary of Adams county for John Scott and Robert Wheeler, which last name he passed by when first apprehended, which said discharge is signed by James Duncan, Esquire, Prothonotary, with the County seal affixed thereto, and dated the 1st day of June, 1810. --Or I will give a reward of 40 dollars for securing him in jail so that I get him when called for, and information given me by letter directed to the "Post-Office, Villesbro', Caroline County, Va." It is probable he will aim for Philadelphia or Baltimore. --As to his cloathing it is not remembered--He is a good sawyer, a rough Carpenter and Shoemaker, but has been accustomed to labour on a farm. --All masters of vessels are forbid carrying him off, and all persons from employing said slave. MARK C. WOODFORD. July 24, 1810. Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Slaveholder Name: Not specified--near Littlestown City or Township: Littlestown County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Jacob Winrott placed the following ad seeking the owner of a horse that was seized from a runaway slave captured near Littlestown: ADVERTISEMENT. WAS taken out of the custody of a Negro man, named LEONARD, who was apprehended as a Runaway and confessed he belonged to a certain Mr. George Colbert, near Bladensburg, Maryland, A small Bay Horse, about 14 hands high, low in flesh, two hind feet white; about six or seven years old, and shod before, &c. The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay charges and take him away, by me JACOB WINROTT, Littlestown, Adams county, February 16, 1813. Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Slaveholder Name: Agnew, James, Sr. City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "one slave" in 1802. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Agnew, James, Jr. City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "one slave" in 1802. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Bender, Peter City or Township: Berwick Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Nelly Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1808, February 11 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: May 03, 1808 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Black, James City or Township: Franklin Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Norris, Maria Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1811, April (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulatoe" Notes: County: Clerk's notation for "When Born" was "middle of April 1811." Date of Record: July 10, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Brough, Peter City or Township: Berwick Township County: Adams County Occupation: Miller Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Phebe Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, March 17 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: August 18, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Charles Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1809, January 04 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: April 17, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Brown, Andrew City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Andrew Brown was assessed for one slave in 1802. That slave is not listed below. Enslaved Person's Name: Grace Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, March 16 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: June 23, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Joe Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, November 17 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: April 27, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Joshua Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, November 12 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: March 28, 1808 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Brown, Richard City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Tom Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, August (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: The clerk's notation for "When Born" is "latter end of Augt or beginning of Sept last." Date of Record: December 24, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Betty Sex: Female Age: About two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, May (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: County: Clerk's notation for "When Born" was "last week in May last." Date of Record: August 10, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: John Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, April 25 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 11, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Rosanna Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, April (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: County: Clerk's notation for "When Born" was "last week in Apl 1804." Date of Record: September 01, 1804 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Nero Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1805, September (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: County: Clerk's notation for "When Born" was "last week in Sept. 1805." Date of Record: January 13, 1806 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Orlando Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1808, September 15 (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: County: Clerk's notation for "When Born" was "abt 15th Sept. 1808." Date of Record: January 18, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Jem Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1810, February (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: County: Clerk's notation for "When Born" was "latter end of Feby 1810." Date of Record: May 10, 1810 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Sam Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1812, May 4 or 5 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: County: Clerk's notation for "When Born" was "4 or 5th May 1812." Date of Record: August 22, 1812 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Campbell, Armstrong City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Samuel Sex: Male Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1816, October 24 or 25 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: December 14, 1816 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Carnahan, Alexander City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Cooper Notes: Alex Carnahan was assessed for one slave in 1802. That slave is not listed below. Enslaved Person's Name: Dine Sex: Female Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, January 03 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: February 06, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: George Sex: Male Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, February 05 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: March 07, 1804 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Philip Sex: Male Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1809, January 18 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 24, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Chamberlain, Neiman City or Township: Mount Pleasant Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Fene (or Tene) Sex: Female Age: Five days old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, February 13 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 18, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Clark, John City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "one negro" in 1801, valued at $120. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1801 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: Valued at $120 in 1801. Date of Record: 1801 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Cobean, Samuel City or Township: Franklin Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: With the Registration of Dinah in 1807, Cobean's township was listed as Cumberland. Cobean was assessed for two slaves, valued at $160, in 1799. Neither of those slaves are listed below. The Septennial Census of 1800 lists two taxable slaves (slaves between the ages of 12 and 45) with Cobean: a male slave "above age 45," and a female slave, "aged 30." Enslaved Person's Name: Hagey Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1799, November 05 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: April 14, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Doll Sex: Female Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, August 03 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 12, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Tom Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, September 30 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: January 14, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1806, September 25 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 16, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Cochran, James City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "one negro" in 1801, valued at $190. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1801 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: Valued at $190 in 1801. Date of Record: 1801 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Cooper, William City or Township: Mount Pleasant Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac Sex: Male Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1806, August 18 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Molattoe" Notes: Date of Record: October 02, 1806 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Cross, Samuel City or Township: Franklin Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for one slave in 1799, valued at $75. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: "above age 45" in 1800 Date of Birth: before 1755 (estimated from 1800 Septennial Census) Status: Slave for life Description: "slave" Notes: Valued at $75 in 1799 Dates of Record: 1799, 1800 Sources: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. \| Septennial Census Returns, 1779-1863; Roll No. 1, Adams County, 1800-Cumberland County, 1800. Reel No. 0242. Microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Slaveholder Name: Dobbin, Alexander City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Minister Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Eliza Sex: Female Age: Three days old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, December 27 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Apparent twin sister of Becky, born and registered on same day. Date of Record: December 30, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Becky Sex: Female Age: Three days old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, December 27 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Apparent twin sister of Eliza, born and registered on same day. Date of Record: December 30, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Sall Sex: Female Age: Three weeks old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, August 20 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: September 10, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Amy Sex: Female Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1805, January 30 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: August 05, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Dunwiddie, Jane City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "one slave" in 1802. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Finley, Margaret City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Widow Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Jem Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, November 30 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: May 12, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: John Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, May 10 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 19, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Moses Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1805, August 09 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: January 07, 1806 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Ann Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1808, April 06 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: September 27, 1808 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Fletcher, John City or Township: Franklin Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for one slave in 1799, valued at $80. Taxed for one female slaves, aged 35, in the Septennial Census of 1800. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: Aged 35 in 1800 Date of Birth: 1765 (estimated from Septennial Census of 1800) Status: Slave for life Description: "slave," "female slave" Notes: Valued at $80 in 1799 Dates of Record: 1799, 1800 Sources: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. \| Septennial Census Returns, 1779-1863; Roll No. 1, Adams County, 1800-Cumberland County, 1800. Reel No. 0242. Microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Slaveholder Name: Gorley, Thomas City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "one negro" in 1801, valued at $100. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1801 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: Valued at $100 in 1801. Date of Record: 1801 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Graft, Philip City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Sam Armstrong Sex: Male Age: "45 years of age" Date of Birth: Status: Description: "Negro Man" Notes: Ran away on October 17, (year not noted). Text of runaway ad, placed by Graft: Twenty Dollars REWARD. RANAWAY from the Subscriber, living in Straban township, Adams county, on the 18th of September last, a Negro Man, named Sam Armstrong, about 45 years of age, 6 foot 2 or 3 inches high, stout made, has a mark on his right foot about the ankle, occasioned by a cut from an axe -- has remarkably large lips. He had on when he went away, a light-coloured cloth coat, tow pantaloons, a half-worn wool hat, and coarse shoes. The above Reward will be given to any person who will apprehend said Runaway, and confine him in any jail so that I get him again, and all reasonable expences paid if brought home. Philip Graft. Oct. 17. Date of Record: October (year not noted--early 1800's) Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Slaveholder Name: Hall, Edward City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for one female slave in 1799, valued at $100. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "female slave" Notes: Valued at $100 in 1799 Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Herman, John City or Township: Berwick Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Surname could also be "Harman." Enslaved Person's Name: Samuel Sex: Male Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, May 02 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: October 29, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Jonas Sex: Male Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, May 22 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: November 18, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Hersey, Jacob City or Township: Huntingdon Township County: Adams County Occupation: "single man" Notes: Assessed for "One slave of no value" in 1799. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: 1799 assessment placed no value on this slave (probably over age 45) Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Hersh, John City or Township: Berwick Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Harry Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1811, June 15 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Light black" Notes: Date of Record: November 04, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Higas, George City or Township: Huntingdon Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "One slave of no value" in 1799. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: 1799 assessment placed no value on this slave (probably over age 45) Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Hoffman, Henry City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Matthew Sex: Male Age: "near 15 years of age" Date of Birth: 1819, estimated from description below Status: Not stated. Servant or term slave. Description: "Colored boy" Notes: Ran away on August 10, 1834. Text of runaway slave ad: SIX CENTS REWARD. RANAWAY from the Subscriber, in Straban township, Adams county, Pa on Sunday the 10th inst., a colored boy, named MATTHEW, near 15 years of age, stout built, healthy, and not very black. He had on and took with him a variety of good clothing. The above reward, but no thanks will be given for bringing him home; and all persons are hereby warned not to harbor or trust him on my account. HENRY HOFFMAN. August 21, 1834, Date of Record: August 1834 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Slaveholder Name: Hoke, Conrad, Jr. City or Township: "near Gettysburg" County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Slave Name: Name not known Sex: Male Age: Not specified, but probably about four-years old based upon lenght of enslavement years remaining. Date of Birth: Circa 1802, based upon number of enslavement years remaining in term. Status: Slave for a term of years: 24 years remaining in term Description: "Male Negro" Notes: Hoke advertised to sell this person in November 1806. Text of advertisement: A healthy Male Negro, Who has twenty-four years to serve, will be sold by the subscriber, on reasonable terms for Cash; or on Credit, to a good purchaser. Conrad Hoke, jun. near Gettysburg. November 26, 1806 Date of Record: 26 November 1806 Source: The Sprig of Liberty (Gettysburg, PA), 09 January 1807. Slaveholder Name: Hoke, Henry City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Tanner Notes: Assessed for one male slave in 1799, valued at $150. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Male Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "male slave" Notes: Valued at $150 in 1799 Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Horner, Alexander City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Peter Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, October 23 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 22, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Aaron Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, April 26 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 13, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Tom Sex: Male Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1808, September 16 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 11, 1808 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Horner, David City or Township: Mount Pleasant Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Cyrus Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, May 19 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: August 20, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Horner, Mary City or Township: Mount Joy Township County: Adams County Occupation: Widow Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Ivory Sex: Male Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1805, July 17 or 18 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: January 14, 1806 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Horner, William City or Township: Mount Joy Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Abraham Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1808, April 08 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: See the advertisement, below, placed by Horner in 1810 in which he offers to sell a two-year-old slave child. Possibly this same person. Date of Record: August 04, 1808 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slave Name: Not stated Sex: Female Age: Adult of child-bearing age Date of Birth: Circa 1788 Status: Slave to age 28, presumed Description: "Negro Wench" Notes: Offered for sale in May 1810 along with her two-year-old child. Text of advertisement placed by Horner: FOR SALE, The time of a likely NEGRO WENCH, who has six years to serve, and has a child of about two years old. They will be sold together or seperate. Inquire of WILLIAM HORNER. May 22, 1810. Date of Record: 22 May 1810 Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 06 June 1810. Enslaved Person's Name: Not stated Sex: Not stated Age: "About two years old" Date of Birth: about 1808 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "child" Notes: This is possibly the child Abraham, who would be of the same age and was registered in August 1808, above. Date of Record: 22 May 1810 Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 06 June 1810. Slaveholder Name: Houlsworth, Samuel City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Bob Sex: Male Age: Fourteen days old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, January 14 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: January 28, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Ickes, Peter City or Township: Abbottstown, Berwick Township County: Adams County Occupation: Innkeeper Notes: Assessed for "one negro" in 1790, valued at $25. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1790 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: Valued at $25 in 1790 Date of Record: 1790 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Johnson, Lewis; Surname also spelled Johnston in some records City or Township: Gettysburg Borough County: Adams County Occupation: Labourer Notes: Lewis Johnson is described in the registration document as "man of colour." Research by the Adams County Historical Society and published in their journal Adams County History notes the following on Johnson: [Recorded as a "man of colour," this is the only known black slaveholder in Adams county. On December 7, 1814, he and Dolly Wilson, both black and both of Gettysburg, were married by justice of the peace Alexander Russell. Johnston, recorded only as a laborer, was taxed as a resident of Gettysburg 1817-1825. On June 2, 1818, he purchased property in Troxell's Addition (now near Middle and West Streets in the borough). Almost exactly a year later he sold that property; the deed of sale records his wife's name as Dorothy, surely the "Dolly" he married. The 1820 federal census shows him as head of house, black, aged 26-44; with him are two black males and one black female, all under 14 years of age and all likely his children. But no wife is shown, suggesting Dolly's death in the preceding twelve months. By the time of the 1830 census, Johnston was no longer in the county, at least as head of house. The information perhaps hints that Lewis Johnston married a slave, then subsequently freed both her and son Stephen.] Source: (2003) "The Slave Birth Register of Adams County," Adams County History: Vol. 9 , Article 6. Available at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/ach/vol9/iss1/6. Enslaved Person's Name: Stephen Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1816, January 04 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: March 08, 1816 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Kelleberger, John City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Eliza Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, June 08 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: November 16, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Kitzmiller, George City or Township: Conowago Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: In 1801 Kitzmiller was assessed for a "Grist Mill, saw-mill, oil-mill, hominy-mill and slaves valued at $250." Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1801 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: Included in property assessments for Conowago Township, in 1801. Date of Record: 1801 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Lashells, Ralph City or Township: Gettysburg Borough County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Ralph Lashells served on Gettysburg borough council in 1808, and was also one of the first bank commissioners in the borough (1813). (History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886.) Slave Name: Nat Johnston Sex: Male Age: "About 45 years of age" Date of Birth: 1759 (estimated) Status: Not determined, but possibly a slave for life Description: "Mulatto" Notes: Ran away 2 June, 1804. Ad placed by Lashells: Ten Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber living in Gettysburg, Adams county, on Saturday the 2d day of June, instant; A Mulatto Servant Man, Named NAT JOHNSTON, about 45 years of age, and about five feet ten inches high. He had on when he went away, a light mix'd coloured broad-cloth coat, a crossbarr'd swansdown jacket, a pair of tow trousers almost new, a flax-linen shirt, and an old roram hat. Whoever takes up said Runaway, and secures him in any gaol, so that I get him again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges if brought home, paid by RALPH LASHELLS, June 8, 1804. N.B. All persons are forwarned from harbouring said fellow, at their peril. R.L. Date of Record: June 8, 1804 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Slaveholder Name: Lilly, Samuel City or Township: Mount Pleasant Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Stephen Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, December 26 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 24, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Fanny Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, June 28 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: November 19, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Rachael Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, June 01 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 19, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Henry Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1809, July 21 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: November 21, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Benjamin Sex: Male Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1811, October 04 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: November 20, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Mary Ann Sex: Female Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1813, November 03 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: December 28, 1813 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Edward Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1816, March 11 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: June 29, 1816 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Margaret Sex: Female Age: Three weeks old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1818, August 24 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: September 14, 1818 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Long, Alexander City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Miller Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Pheb Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1812, May 30 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: August 25, 1812 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Long, Jannet City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Julian Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, March 22 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: July 22, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Marshall, James City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for one slave, valued at $30, in 1802. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Valued at $30. Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Maxwell, William City or Township:Gettysburg County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: One female slave placed for pubic auction in January 1810 Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: Not specified, described as a "Girl" Date of Birth: Prior to 1810 Status: Slave for a term of years Description: "Negro Girl" Notes: Public auction of William Maxwell's house, property and livestock was advertised by Sheriff Roger Wales and set for January 17, 1810. Included in that public auction was the person listed here. Excerpt from ad: "Also -- at the same time and place, A likely smart Negro Girl, who has a term of years to serve." Date of Record: 09 January 1810 Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 17 January 1810 Slaveholder Name: McClean, Moses City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: In 1805, McClean listed his residence as Franklin Township. His 1807 advertisement to sell some slaves says his residence is in "Carroll's Delight," which refers to the 5,000 acres granted to Charles Carroll in 1732 and encompasses these areas in Adams County. Enslaved Person's Name: Sele Sex: Female Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, November 07 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: May 03, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slave Name: Amy Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, November 27 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: March 01, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Unnamed woman Sex: Female Age: Not stated, but described as a "woman" Date of Birth: Possibly born circa 1784, based on amount of time remaining to serve if she was enslaved for the 28-year term most common to enslaved persons born in Pennsylvania after 1780. Status: Slave for a term of years Description: "Negro woman" Notes: Advertised for sale along with a two-year-old female child in February 1807. The description of the child offered for sale is close to that of "Amy," above. It is likely that this woman is the mother of Amy. Text of ad: For Sale, The time of a stout, healthy NEGRO WOMAN, Who has about four years and nine months to serve; and a female child upwards of two years old -- both registered according to law. For terms apply to MOSES M'CLEAN. Carroll's Delight, Adams County. Feb. 3, 1807. Date of Record: 03 February 1807 Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 04 February 1807. Slaveholder Name: McGiney, Mary City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Venus Sex: Female Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, April 10 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulatto" Notes: Date of Record: October 05, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: McGinley, Salley City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Letty Sex: Female Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, August 21 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 08, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: McKasson, William City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Nany Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, April 12 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: August 18, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: McKesson, Alexander City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: With the registration of Sidney, McKesson listed his residence as Liberty Township. In 1801, McKesson was assessed in Liberty Township for three slaves, with a total value of $306. Enslaved Person's Name: Poll Sex: Female Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1799, December 24 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: June 16, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Sidney Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Date of Birth: 1800, December Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: May 09, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1801 Status: Not known Description: "Slave" Notes: One of three slaves for which McKesson was assessed in 1801. Date of Record: 1801 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: McKesson, James Jr. City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Charles Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1810, November 15 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: April 19, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Margaret Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1812, December 03 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: May 11, 1813 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Valued as $100 in the 1802 township assessment. Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: McPherren, Ann City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Widow Notes: Surname is also spelled "McFarren" in the slave register. Enslaved Person's Name: Jake Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, September 18 (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 02, 1804 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Nell Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1806, April 07 or 08 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: August 22, 1806 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Juley Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1809, July 20 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: November 15, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Matty Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1811, June 01 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 01, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Mint Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1814, April 13 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: September 27, 1814 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: McPherson, Agnes City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Widow Notes: Assessed for one female slave in 1799, valued at $25. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: Not specified, but described as a "woman." Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "female slave" Notes: Valued at $25 in 1799 Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Male Age: Not specified, but described as a "man." Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "man slave" Notes: Valued at $150 in 1799 Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: McPherson, Robert City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Slave Name: Name not known. Sex: Male Age: Not specified, but described as a young man Date of Birth: Prior to 1810; possibly 1790 if he was held to the typical 28-year-term of enslavement. Status: Slave for a term of years; eight years remaining to serve Description: "Young Negro Man" Notes: Offered for sale in May 1810. Text of advertiement placed by McPherson: FOR SALE, The time of an active, healthy YOUNG NEGRO MAN, who has about eight years to serve -- is a good worker, and understands all kinds of farming business -- Enquire of ROBERT M'PHERSON. Cumberland township, May 28, 1810. Date of Record: 28 May 1810 Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 06 June 1810. Slaveholder Name: McPherson, William City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for several male slaves in 1799, valued at $800. Slave Names: Names not known (multiple slaves) Sex: Male Age: Not specified, but described as "men." Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "men slaves" Notes: Valued at $800 in 1799 Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Enslaved Person's Name: Jim Sex: Male Age: "about 19 years of age" Date of Birth: Circa 1786 Status: Slave for a term of years; Escaped in March 1805. Description: "Negro servant" Notes: This person may or may not be one of those noted in tax records, above. Jim ran away on Friday, March 29, 1805, taking only his everyday clothes, described below. Text of runaway advertisement placed by McPherson: Twenty Dollars REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber, living in Adams county, Pennsylvania, on the 29th day of March last, a Negro servant for years, named JIM, about 19 years of age, five feet eight inches high, slim made, remarkably knock-kneed, especially the right knee, which stands very much in, and the foot out, has a long wart or mole on one of his ears; took with him only his common wearing apparel, consisting of a short coattee and overalls of home made cloth, winestone coloured, and jacket of the same, only striped in the weaving, and lighter coloured, a half worn wool hat, gray yarn stockings, and shoes lately soled and patched. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him in any jail, so that his master may get him again, shall receive the above reward', and reasonable charges, if brought home, from WILLIAM M'PHERSON. May 1, 1805. Date of Record: 01 May 1805 Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 26 June 1805. Slaveholder Name: McSherry, James City or Township: Germany Township County: Adams County Occupation: Merchant Notes: In 1799, James McSherry was assessed by the county for "two negro slaves for life, $266, and two small negro children, $20." In 1800 he was taxed for one male slave, aged 23, one female slave aged 20 and one female slave aged 48. The "two small negro children" valued at $20 in 1799 would not have been listed because they were too young to be taxable under the state Septennial Census. The two slaves who were in their twenties in 1800 may be the two slaves manumitted in 1817, as noted below. Slave Name: Not reported Sex: Male Age: about 38 years old Date of Birth: c1779 (calculated) Status: Manumitted in 1817 Description: Notes: Manumitted by McSherry in 1817. Date of Record: 1817 Source: "Slavery in ‘upper end’ dying out by 1800," Adams County Bicentennial Committee, April 16, 2000, published on the internet at http://www.gettysburg.com/adams200/tidbits/april.htm, accessed September 29, 2004. Slave Name: Not reported Sex: Female Age: about 38 years old Date of Birth: c1779 (calculated) Status: Manumitted in 1817 Description: Notes: Manumitted by McSherry in 1817. Date of Record: 1817 Source: "Slavery in ‘upper end’ dying out by 1800," Adams County Bicentennial Committee, April 16, 2000, published on the internet at http://www.gettysburg.com/adams200/tidbits/april.htm, accessed September 29, 2004. Slaveholder Name: Moore, James, Sr. City or Township: Huntingdon Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "Young slaves" in 1799. Enslaved Person's Name: Names not known (multiple slaves) Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "young slaves" Notes: 1799 assessment placed no value on these slaves (probably under age 12) Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Moore, James, Jr. City or Township: Huntingdon Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "Young slaves" in 1799. Enslaved Person's Name: Names not known (multiple slaves) Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "young slaves" Notes: 1799 assessment placed no value on these slaves (probably under age 12) Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Mundorf, Jacob City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: William Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, December 12 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: May 08, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Cesar Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1805, July 10 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: December 02, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Sally Sex: Female Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, March 06 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: May 28, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Murphy, John City or Township: Borough of Gettysburg County: Adams County Occupation: County Jailor Notes: As jailor, Murphy had control of those persons suspected of being runaway slaves who were brought to his jail until their owner, if any, could be found. He also had the responsibility of placing runaway ads. Enslaved Person's Name: Harry Jackson Sex: Male Age: "About 24 years of age" Date of Birth: 1778, estimated from description below. Status: Suspected runaway slave Description: "Negro Man" Notes: Runaway ad placed by jailor Murphy: A RUNAWAY. WAS committed to the jail of Adams county, on the 12th of January last, on suspicion of being a Runaway, a Negro Man who calls himself Harry Jackson, About 24 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high; he wants one for tooth, and has a remarkable scar on his left eye brow--says he is a freeman, and came from Annapolis. His master may have him again by applying and paying charges. JOHN MURPHY, jailor. Gettysburg, March 9, 1802. Date of Record: March, 1802 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Enslaved Person's Name: Will Sex: Male Age: Age not specified, but described as a "man." Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1803. Status: Suspected runaway slave Description: "Negro Man" Notes: Runaway ad placed by jailor Murphy: A Runaway. WAS committed to the jail, in Gettysburg, Adams county, on the 14th inst.--A NEGRO MAN, who calls himself WILL, says he belongs to WILLIAM MARLIN of Fairfax county (Virginia)--His master is desired to come and take him away, otherwise he will be discharged. JOHN MURPHY. October 25th, 1803. Date of Record: October, 1803 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Enslaved Person's Name: Bob Sex: Male Age: Age not specified, but described as a "man." Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1803. Status: Suspected runaway slave Description: "Negro Man" Notes: Runaway ad placed by jailor Murphy: A Runaway. WAS committed to the jail, in Gettysburg, Adams county, on the 17th December last.--A negro man who calls himself BOB, says he came from near Fredericksburg (Virginia)--His master is desired to come and take him away, otherwise he will be discharged. JOHN MURPHY. January 9th, 1804. Date of Record: January, 1804 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Enslaved Person's Name: Jack Sex: Male Age: "about 30 years of age" Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated) Status: Suspected runaway slave--escaped from jail Description: "Negro" Notes: Escaped from the Adams County jail, where he had been imprisoned on suspicion of being a runaway slave. Ran away with fellow escapee William Hershberger, who was jailed for stealing. Escape ad placed by jailor Murphy (excerpt): 12 Dollars Reward. BROKE out of the Jail of Adams county, Pennsylvania, on Thursday night last, William Hershberger, a Mulatto man, about 40 years of age, stout made--he was committed for stealing--Likewise--Negro JACK, a low, stout set fellow, about 30 years of age, had on a blue broad cloth coat, and an old blue great coat00he was committed on suspicion of being a runaway. Whoever takes up said runaways, and brings them to the jail in Gettysburg, shall have the above reward, or Six Dollars for either of them. JOHN MURPHY, Jailor. Nov. 3, 1801. Date of Record: November, 1801 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Enslaved Person's Name: Ned Butler Sex: Male Age: "22 years of age" Date of Birth: 1783 (estimated) Status: Suspected runaway slave Description: "Negro man" Notes: Imprisoned in the Adams County jail on suspicion of being a runaway slave. Ad placed by jailor Murphy: WAS committed to the jail in Gettysburg, Adams county, on the 25th of May last, a Negro man, by the name of NED BUTLER, on suspicion of being a runaway; he says that he is free, and lived in and about Greensburg. He is a stout fellow, five feet nine or ten inches high, says he is 22 years of age, a good countenance, stammers in his speech; he had with him a mixd broad cloth coat, with gilt yellow buttons, the name and likeness of Thomas Jefferson on each button. The owner is desired to come, and take him away before the 2d of July next, otherwise he will be discharged. JOHN MURPHY, Jailor. June 11th, 1805. Date of Record: June, 1805 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Enslaved Person's Name: Charles Sex: Male Age: Not specified, but described as a "man." Date of Birth: Not known--late 1700's Status: Suspected runaway slave Description: "Negro Man" Notes: Imprisoned in the Adams County jail on suspicion of being a runaway slave. Ad placed by jailor Murphy: A RUNAWAY NEGRO. WAS committed to the Jail in Gettysburg, Adams county, Pennsylvania, on the 10th day of September last, a Negro Man, by the name of CHARLES, with an iron collar about his neck, says he is a slave the property of MR. William Campbell, near Lexington, Kentucky, and that he ran away about the 1st of August last. His Master is desired to come and take him away, otherwise, he will be discharged. JOHN MURPHY. Nov. 19, 1803. Date of Record: November, 1803 Source: "Runaway Ads, Gettysburg, PA Newspapers," compiled by Alisha Sanders. Unpublished research collection. Used by permission. Slaveholder Name: Neely, James City or Township: Tyrone Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer, Innkeeper (1811) Notes: Neely listed his residence as Reading Township with the registration of the child Lene in October 1800, but used Tyrone Township for all other registrations. With the registration of the child Hannah in 1811, Neely listed his occupation as innkeeper. Enslaved Person's Name: Venus Sex: Female Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, January 01 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: June 10, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Lene Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, May 11 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: October 30, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: George Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, October 10 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: March 02, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Phillis Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1809, July (middle) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: The County Clerk recorded Phillis' date of birth as "in the month of July 1809 about the middle of sd. month." Date of Record: November 23, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah Sex: Female Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1811, September 01 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: November 20, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Neely, Jonathan City or Township: Tyrone Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Ivory, Gustavus V. Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, September 06 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: February 06, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Patton, John City or Township: Huntington Township County: Huntington County Occupation: Farmer Notes: No explanation is given as to why Patton registered his slave Abner in Adams County. Enslaved Person's Name: Abner Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1811, March 12 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Negro" Notes: Date of Record: August 27, 1811 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Porter, Jeremiah City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Assessed for two slaves, with a total value of $165, in 1801. Those slaves are not listed below. Enslaved Person's Name: Sade Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, March 02 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: August 04, 1804 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: George Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Date of Birth: 1805, September 28 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: November 28, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Porter, William City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer, Saw mill owner Notes: Assessed for two slaves, with a total value of $165, in 1801. Enslaved Person's Name: Haney Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, August 03 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: November 25, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1801 Status: Not known Description: "Negro" Notes: One of two slaves for which Porter was assessed $165 in 1801. Date of Record: 1801 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Ramsey, Reynolds City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Merchant Notes: Assessed for one female slave in 1799, valued at $100. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "female slave" Notes: Valued at $100 in 1799 Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Reid, William City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Miller Notes: Assessed for "one slave" in 1801, with no value. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1801 Status: Not known Description: "Slave" Notes: No value for the 1801 assessment (too young or too old). Date of Record: 1801 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Rhea, Robert City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Robert Rhea was assessed for a slave valued at $110 in 1802. (History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886.) Enslaved Person's Name: Elce Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1799, December 13 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: April 14, 1800 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1804, March Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: The County Clerk recorded Dinah's birthdate as "between the 1st & 20th days of March 1804." Date of Record: July 30, 1804 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Ruth Sex: Female Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1808, July 05 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: September 17, 1808 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Ross, John City or Township: Franklin Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Bob Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, August 13 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: November 19, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Jem Sex: Male Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, July 24 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: January 21, 1804 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Russell, Alexander City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: "Squire" Notes: Assessed for one female slave in 1799, valued at $100. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not known Description: "female slave" Notes: Valued at $100 in 1799 Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Scott, James City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Innkeeper, Scott's Tavern (modern day Gettysburg Hotel, on the square). Notes: Assessed for one female slave in 1799, valued at $100, most likely the mother of the children registered in 1802 and 1805, below. Scott died in 1806 and all of his property was sold to settle his estate. His executors advertised his enslaved persons in October 1806: "At Private Sale, will be offered a Negro MAN and a Negro WOMAN, both slaves -- Also -- a number of Negro Boys and Girls, servants till the age of 28 years." Enslaved Person's Name: Joe Sex: Male Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1802, January 26 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: April 23, 1802 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Sophia Sex: Female Age: Twelve days old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1805, February 03 (a) Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: The Adams County Clerk recorded Sophia's date of birth as "on or abt. Feby 3rd 1805." Date of Record: February 15, 1805 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Female Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1799 Status: Not determined Description: "female slave" Notes: Valued at $100 in 1799. Possibly the mother of Joe, born in 1802, and Sophia, born in 1805. Date of Record: 1799 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Male Age: Not specified. Described as a "man." Date of Birth: Prior to 1780 Status: Enslaved for life Description: "Negro Man" Notes: Advertised to be sold at a private sale in 1806 in order to settle estate. Date of Record: October 7, 1806 Source: Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 15 October 1806. Enslaved Person's Name: Brookins Sex: Male Age: Not specified. Described as a "man." Date of Birth: Not known Status: Enslaved for life; Self-emancipated, 1801 Description: "Negro man" Notes: Brookins escaped from Scott on June 26, 1801. Scott placed the following ad to try to recover him: Sixteen Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY from the subscriber, living in Gettysburgh, Adams County, on the 26th inst. a Negro man named BROOKINS, about 5 feet 5 inches high, stout made, round faced, and very black; had no cloaths on nor with him when he want away, but an old shirt and a pair of thicksett overalls. It is likely he will make for the Barrens of York, as he was raised there. Any person apprehending said Negro and bringing him home, or securing him in goal so that the subscriber may get him again, shall have, if 15 miles from home, Ten Dollars, and if a greater distance, the above Reward and reasonable charges, paid by JAMES SCOTT. June 30th, 1801. N.B. It is probable the above described Negro will be lame in one leg, as the wagon ran over him the day he ran away. Date of Record: June 30th, 1801. Source: The York Recorder, 08 July 1801. Slaveholder Name: Shekely, George City or Township: Franklin Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Barbara Sex: Female Age: Age not given in document. Date of Birth: Not determined Status: Not determined Description: "Negro" Notes: Bequeathed by Shekely to his wife Margaret in 1812. Date of Record: June 18, 1812 (will probated) Source: Will dated June 10, 1811, probated June 18 1812., Adams County Wills Book B, pg 196. Slaveholder Name: Sherman, George City or Township: Germany Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Jem Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: November 29, 1806 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: January 21, 1807 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Sam Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1810, February 23 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: June 18, 1810 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Slagle, David City or Township: Berwick Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for "one negro" in 1799, valued at $30. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Male Age: 23 years (1800) Date of Birth: 1777 (estimated) Status: Slave for life Description: "Negro" Notes: Valued at $30 in 1799 Dates of Record: 1799, 1800 Sources: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. \| Septennial Census Returns, 1779-1863; Roll No. 1, Adams County, 1800-Cumberland County, 1800. Reel No. 0242. Microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Slaveholder Name: Stewart, John City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Assessed for one slave in 1801, valued at $80. (History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886.) Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac Sex: Male Age: Nine days old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, December 27 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: January 05, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Sweney, Isaac City or Township: "near Gettysburg" County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Henry Hall Sex: Male Age: 22 Date of Birth: C1800 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Negro man" Notes: Escaped from Sweney on May 5, 1822. Text of Sweney's advertisement to recover him: 10 Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber living in Adams county, near Gettysburg, on the 5th inst. a Negro man named HENRY HALL, about 5 feet seven inches high, aged 22 years; he is stiff in the loins, occasioned by the kick of a horse -- diffident when spoken to, and is given to lying. He had on and took with him, a brown surtout coat, one pair of dark linsey overalls, and one of striped tow, a fur hat, a pair of coarse shoes and a pair of fine do. with other articles of clothing not recollected. Whoever takes up said runaway and lodges him in any jail, on giving information thereof to the subscriber, so that he can get him again, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges. ISAAC SWENEY. May 21, 1822. N.B. He has friends near Mercersburg and has been seen in that neighborhood. Date of Record: 21 May 1822 Source: Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, PA), 21 May 1822. Slaveholder Name: Sweney, Thomas City or Township: Cumberland Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Sylvina Sex: Female Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1800, November 15 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: March 07, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Waugh, David City or Township: Liberty Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: In 1802, as a resident of Hamilton Bann Township, David Waugh was assessed for one slave, value $100. Enslaved Person's Name: Phebe Sex: Female Age: Three months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, July 12 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Mulattoe" Notes: Date of Record: October 26, 1803 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Jack Sex: Male Age: Two months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1809, April 20 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: July 12, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Valued at $100 in 1802. Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Weakly, William City or Township: Reading Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Betty Sex: Female Age: One month old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1801, September 26 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: October 26, 1801 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Weems, Thomas City or Township: Mount Joy Township County: Adams County (former York County) Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Will Sex: Male Age: Not known, but described as a "boy." Date of Birth: before 1796 Status: Not known Description: "Mulata Boy" Notes: Bequeathed by Thomas Weems to his son John Weems in 1796 Date of Record: 11 May 1796 Source: Will of Thomas Weems, 11 May 1796; probated 19 December 1796. Transcript provided to the Afrolumens Project by Suella Postles, January 25, 2006. Slave Name: Catty Sex: Female Age: "about nine years old" Date of Birth: circa 1787 Status: Slave to age 28 (see slave notes, below) Description: "Negro girl" Notes: Bequeathed by Thomas Weems to Elizabeth McAllister in 1796 as follows: "a Negro girl about nine years old named Catty to be holden of her for ever." If Catty was nine years old in 1796, making her year of birth about 1787, she could not legally be held as a slave for life, as suggested in the phrase "holden of her for ever," in the state of Pennsylvania. Date of Record: 11 May 1796 Source: Will of Thomas Weems, 11 May 1796; probated 19 December 1796. Transcript provided to the Afrolumens Project by Suella Postles, January 25, 2006. Slaveholder Name: Wilson, David City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Eli Sex: Male Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1808, July 23 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: January 11, 1809 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Jude Sex: Female Age: Five months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1814, January 21 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: June 16, 1814 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Valued at $120 in 1802. Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Wilson, Hugh City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township County: Adams County Occupation: Notes: Assessed for one slave, valued at $100, in 1802. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not known Sex: Not specified Age: Not specified Date of Birth: Prior to 1802 Status: Not known Description: "slave" Notes: Valued at $100 in 1802. Date of Record: 1802 Source: History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part III, History of Adams County, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Slaveholder Name: Wilson, Thomas City or Township: Straban Township County: Adams County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Peggy Sex: Female Age: Six months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1813, June 11 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: December 04, 1813 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves Slaveholder Name: Worley, Joseph City or Township: Gettysburg Borough County: Adams County Occupation: Innkeeper Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Harry Sex: Male Age: Four months old at Registration. Date of Birth: 1807, August 29 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Black" Notes: Date of Record: January 11, 1808 Source: Adams County Record of Children Born to Slaves County Index \| Educational Articles

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