Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Douglas, Ephraim (Enslaved persons listed: Noah)
- Finley, James (Enslaved persons listed: Dick, Jesse, Harry, Harry [2], Frank, Lydia, Sam, Ben Daily, Joseph M., Hannah)
- Fraser, Andrew (Enslaved persons listed: Bob, Sal)
- Goe, William (Enslaved persons listed: Nogee, Lucy, Thomas, Isaac)
- Grable, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Jacob)
- Hammond, James (Enslaved persons listed: Ann, George, Jane, Daniel, Fan)
- Hutton, Margaret (Enslaved persons listed: Henry Fitz Edward, Charles, Priscilla, Robert, Rebecca, Jemima, Daniel, Esther, William, Dinah)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Douglas, Ephraim
City or Township: Union Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Esquire
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Noah
Sex: Male
Age: Three years old
Date of Birth: 12 May 1785
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto boy"
Notes:
Date of Record: 16 March 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Finley, James
City or Township: Union Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Esquire, Judge, Politician, Engineer
Notes: Lived 1756-1828. See pre-1783 enslavement records of James Finley, filed in Westmoreland County. James Finley is noted for designing a rigid chain bridge spanning Jacob's Creek, and patented as the first suspension bridge.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Dick
Sex: Male
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: September 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "A mulatto child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 12 October 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jesse
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old
Date of Birth: 05 April 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "A mulatto male child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 24 September 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old
Date of Birth: 29 December 1793
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Mulatto"
Notes:
Date of Record: 23 May 1794
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
Sex: Male
Age: Three months old
Date of Birth: 03 January 1796
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro"
Notes:
Date of Record: 15 April 1796
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
Sex: Male
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: 03 November 1801
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a Mulatto child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 25 December 1801
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Lydia
Sex: Female
Age: Five days old at registration
Date of Birth: 16 June 1804
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro"
Notes:
Date of Record: 21 June 1804
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
Sex: Male
Age: Two months old
Date of Birth: 29 July 1806
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro," "a male child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 20 September 1806
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Ben Daily
Sex: Male
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: 08 February 1809
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a male mulatto child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 22 March 1809
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Joseph M.
Sex: Male
Age: Two days old at registration
Date of Birth: 04 February 1812
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro"
Notes:
Date of Record: 06 February 1812
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
Sex: Female
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 07 July 1818
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a mulatto child"
Notes: Returned as "Hannah, a mulatto child, b. July 7, 1818, daughter of a woman named Sall, a slave for life." Sall was registered as a slave for life by James Finley in Westmoreland County.
Date of Record: 19 November 1818
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Fraser, Andrew
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Bob
Sex: Male
Age: Four years old
Date of Birth: 10 October 1784
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro"
Notes:
Date of Record: 31 March 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Sal
Sex: Male
Age: Eleven months old
Date of Birth: 15 April 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro," "a girl"
Notes:
Date of Record: 31 March 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Goe, William
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation:
Notes: Brother of Margaret Goe Hutton. See pre-1783 enslavement records of William Goe, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Nogee
Sex: Female
Age: Of childbearing age by September 1782
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description:
Notes: Mother of Lucy, born September 1782, and Thomas, born June 1785 (below)
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy
Sex: Female
Age: 6 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: September 1782
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Mulatto
Notes: Daughter "of Nogee, a slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Thomas
Sex: Male
Age: 6 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: June 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Mulatto
Notes: Son "of Nogee, a slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac
Sex: Male
Age: s4 monthd old at Registration
Date of Birth: 17 May 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Mulatto child"
Notes: Son "of Nogee, a slave"
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Grable, Joseph
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: There was also a Joseph "Graybill" who had enslaved persons in Westmoreland County during this time. Family historians disagree as to whether this is the same person. Researcher of Pennsylvania enslavement records Cory James Young believes they are the same person. See pre-1783 enslavement records of Joseph Graybill, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old when registered
Date of Birth: 03 July 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes:
Date of Record: 01 January 1791
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Slaveholder Name: Hammond, James
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of James Hammond, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Nancy
Sex: Female
Age: Of childbearing age by May 1792
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description:
Notes: Mother of twins George and Jane, born 18 May 1792 (below). Nancy does not appear on the pre-1783 enslavement records filed by Hammon in Westmoreland County.
Date of Record: 15 November 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Ann
Sex: Female
Age: About one month old at registration
Date of Birth: August 1789
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes:
Date of Record: August 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: George
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old at registration
Date of Birth: 18 May 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Registration was made by Rachel Hammon, wife of James Hammond. George was a twin brother of Jane (see below), both born of Nancy, "her husband’s slave."
Date of Record: 15 November 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jane
Sex: Female
Age: Six months old at registration
Date of Birth: 18 May 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Registration was made by Rachel Hammond, wife of James Hammond. Jane was a twin sister of George (see above), both born of Nancy, "her husband’s slave."
Date of Record: 15 November 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: Daniel
Sex: Male
Age: About two months old at registration
Date of Birth: 16 January 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: Return made by Rachel Hammond, wife of James Hammond.
Date of Record: 19 March 1794
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: Fan
Sex: Female
Age: About two months old at registration
Date of Birth: 14 November 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a female mulatto child"
Notes: Return made by Rachel Hammond, wife of James Hammond.
Date of Record: 20 January 1795
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Slaveholder Name: Hutton, Margaret
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Widow of Richard Hutton
Notes: Hutton registered nine people as slaves for life. See those listings under the Westmoreland County pages. Hutton's daughter Mary married Hezekiah McGruder, and Margaret was the executrix of McGruder's estate when he died in 1788. She inherited the enslaved people from her husband, Richard Hutton, and her son-in-law, Hezekiah McGruder, making her the largest slaveholder in Pennsylvania by 1790.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Henry Fitz Edward
Sex: Male
Age: 5 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: 13 March 1783
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: son "of Sarah, a mulatto slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Charles
Sex: Male
Age: 3 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: 17 September 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Returned as "Charles Fitz Edward," son "of Sarah, a mulatto slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Priscilla
Sex: Female
Age: 4 years and 8 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 29 December 1783
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Robert
Sex: Male
Age: 2 years and 8 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 25 December 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Son of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Rebecca
Sex: Female
Age: 3 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 30 June 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Twin sister to Jemima, below. Daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jemima
Sex: Female
Age: 3 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 30 June 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Twin sister to Rebecca, above. Daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Daniel
Sex: Male
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 27 June 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Twin"
Notes: Twin of Esther, born "of Suzanna, her slave."
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Esther
Sex: Female
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 27 June 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Twin"
Notes: Twin of Daniel, born "of Suzanna, her slave."
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: William
Sex: Male
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 03 July 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Born to "Negro Hanna."
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
Sex: Female
Age: Four months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 11 March 1791
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: Registered as "daughter of Henriette, a slave." Henrietta was registered by Hutton in Westmoreland County.
Date of Record: 04 July 1791
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
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