Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Slave Surnames

Documents from the slavery period that record the surnames of enslaved persons are rare. Most enslaved persons are identified in official documents with only a given, or first, name. Frequently, even those names have been shortened into nicknames or familiar names. The following enslaved persons, however, are identified in official documents by both a given and a surname. This is important because it allows us to track them through subsequent census records and other official records.

Slaveholder surnames are links to the slave record.

Enslaved person Surname

Given Name

Slaveholder's Surname

Slaveholder's First Name

Barrick

Charles

Nelson

Henry

Butler

Charles

Brenizer

George

Butler

Hannah

Brenizer

George

Butler

Nathaniel

Brenizer

George

Collins

Harry

Fisher

Thomas

Craig

James

McAllister

Archibald

Craig

Lucy

McAllister

Archibald

Craig (source 22)

Sal(ly)

McAllister

Archibald

Creag

Eliza

McAllister

Archibald

Garret

Middleton

Hughes

Leroy

George

Elmer

Goodman

Simon

Gray

Hetty

McAllister

Archibald

Hall

Mary

Stoner

Samuel

Harris

Jack

Irwin

Matthew

Hoofnagle

George

McAllister

Archibald

Jackson

Simon

Rodgers

Robert

Jenkins

Hallie

McAllister

Archibald

Jenkins

Jack

McAllister

Archibald

Johns

Joseph (modern Lebanon County)

? (runaway slave)

?

Johnson

Luke

Clemson

John

Lemons

Dinah

Wilson

James

Logan

Benn

Patton

Robert

Lorrett

George

Crouch

James

Martin

Andrew

Richardson

Robert R., Jr.

Martin

John

Hayes

Patrick

Martin

Robert

Hays

Pat

Martin

Thomas

Hays

Pat

McClintock

Jenny

Hendle

Bernard

Miller

Henry

Johns

William

Mitchele

Fleming (originally from Philadelphia)

Mitchele

Alexander W.

Murry

Maria

McAllister

Archibald

Roach (source 26)

Sam

Duncan

James

Smith

Stephen

Cochran

John

Stewart

John

Neidig

John

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