Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- 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)
- Reed (Reid), Benjamin (Enslaved persons listed: John Fisher, Harry)
- 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)
- Shorb, John (Enslaved persons listed: Joshua Linch)
- 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)
- Wales, Roger (Enslaved persons listed: Un-named man)
- 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: 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: Gustavus V. Ivory
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old at Registration.
Date of Birth: 06 September 1800
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 enslaved persons 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 registration
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: Reed (Reid), Benjamin
City or Township: Hamilton Bann Township
County: Adams County
Occupation:
Notes: Identified by Cumberland County Jailer Frederick Speck as the enslaver of John Fisher, imprisoned in Carlisle as an escaped slave.
- Enslaved Person's Name: John Fisher
Age: "About 23 years old"
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: circa 1786
Description: "Negro Man"
Status: Imprisoned in Carlisle as an escaped slave
Notes: Advertised as captured and committed to Carlisle prison as an escaped slave from Adams County::
RUNAWAY.
WAS committed to my custody as a Runaway, a Negro Man, who calls himself by the name of
JOHN FISHER,
And says his master lives in Adams County, by name Benjamin Reed, said Negro is about 4 feet, 4 or 5 inches high, about 23 years old, had on when committed a Drab coloured Roundabout Coat, a Pir of brown Pantaloons -- The owner is requested to come & take him out, otherwise he will be sold out as the law directs.
FREDERICK SPECK, Jailor.
Cumberland County, Carlisle Prison.
Date of Record 13 January 1809
Source Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette, 13 January 1809.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
Age: Age not specified in document, but described as a "boy."
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: Not known
Description: "Black boy"
Status: Slave to age 28
Notes: Bequeathed by Benjamin Reid to his son Joseph Reed:
I give & bequeath to my son Josephus B. Reid all & singular the land I own and that is the plantation I live on also a tract of Mountain land on the waters of Toms Creek And joining lands of Philip Phail And others with everything that doth belong Or in any wise ... unto the said tracts of land Without reserve or limitation except what is herein But with before accepted for the benefit of the my daughter Sally. To my said son and to his heirs and ... for ... . Also the time of my black boy named Harry until he shall have arrived at the age of 28 years. Also, livestock of every kind except what is already bequeathed. Also my land and plantation, With all my firm and utensils, horse, guns, Also all my cash .
Date of Record17 May 1826 (Will of Benjamin Reid)
Source Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Adams County, Wills, Vol C-E, 1817-1851, Case 1436.
- 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: In July 1791 Sherman reported an incident in which he encountered a suspected escaped slave, placing the following notice:
A Dun colored Mare, with saddle and bridle, was taken up by the subscriber, on Monday evening, the 11th instant: She is about five years old, 13 hands high, and not shod: She was left by a likely young Negro Man, on his being pursued on suspicion of being a runaway: His clothes appeared to be nearly of the following description, to wit, a grey colored short jacket, lined or turned up with red, a pair of striped blue and white overalls, and a pair of white linen trowsers over them, a good hat, with a black ribbon round it. The owner of the Mare is desired to prove property, pay charges and take her away. July 19, 1791. (The Pennsylvania Herald and York General Advertiser, 27 July 1791.)
- 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: Shorb, John
City or Township:
County: Adams County
Occupation: Stagecoach line owner; Commissioner of the Gettysburg and Petersburg Turnpike
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Joshua Linch
Sex: Male
Age: aged about 25 or 26 years
Date of Birth: circa 1783 or 1784
Status: Slave for a term of years; escaped
Description: "Negro man"
Notes: Linch escaped from Shorb on August 25, 1809. Shorb placed the following ad in a Lancaster newspaper:
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY on the 25th inst. from the subscriber, about two miles from Petersburg (Little's Town), Adams county, a negro man named JOSHUA LINCH, aged about 25 or 26 years, 5 feet 7 inches high, stout made, has a scar on his breast occasioned by the cut of a stone, he is bow legged. Whoever apprehends said negro and delivers him to the subscriber or secures him in any jail so that he may get him again, shall receive the above reward with reasonable charges, if brought home.
JOHN SHORB.
September 5, 1809.
Date of Record: 05 September 1809
Sources: Lancaster Journal, 5 September 1809
- 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: circa 1800
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: Wales, Roger
City or Township: Gettysburg Borough
County: Adams County
Occupation: County Jailer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Name not given in ad
Sex: Male
Age: "about 23 years of age"
Date of Birth: circa 1784
Status: Imprisoned as suspected fugitive slave; escaped from jail
Description: "Negro man"
Notes: This man, whose name is not given in the ad, escaped from the Gettysburg jail on August 3, 1897.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
ESCAPED from the Jail in Gettysburg, on Monday evening the 3d instant,
A NEGRO MAN,
about 23 years of age, about 5 feet high, well made, had nothing on but a shirt and an old pair of striped trousers much torn -- he is by trade a Nailor, and was committed as a runaway slave. Whoever will secure him in any jail, and give information, so that he may again be got, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
ROGER WALES, Jailor.
Aug. 10, 1807.
Date of Record: 10 August 1807
Source: The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 12 August 1807.
- 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.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Catty
Sex: Female
Age: "about nine years old"
Date of Birth: circa 1787
Status: Slave to age 28 (see 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
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