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Fayette County, Pennsylvania 1790 Enslavement Data

Census of Free Persons of Color and Slaves

Data transcribed and extracted by Glen Dixon, used by permission

FPOC =Free Persons of color only. wb = whites & blacks in same household (whites not listed). ab = all black household. N = Negro. M = Mulatto

Head of Household

FPOC

Slave

Township

Robert Ain?
1
Menallen
Jonathan Arnold
2
Luzerne
Joseph Barker
1
Franklin
Widow Beall
9
Bullskin
Robert Blackely
3
Washington
James Blackstone
5
Tyrone
Nathaniel Brading
8
Luzerne
Othey Brashears
4
Menallen
Basil Brown
6
Menallen
John Brown
1
Menallen
Thomas Brown, Jr.
1
Menallen
Ann Burges
4
Washington
John Burk
1
Georges
John Calhoon
10
Springhill
Samuel Cameron
1
Menallen
Daniel Cannon
3
Franklin
Thomas Clare
3
Springhill
John Cole
1
Menallen
Edward Cook
11
Washington
Thomas Cork
1
Union
Joseph Crable, Sr.
6
Luzerne
Hugh Crawford
1
Menallen
Josiah Crawford
2 wb
-
Luzerne
Widow Crawford
1
Franklin
Zachariah Davis
2
Franklin
Benoni Dawson
4
Franklin
Elinor Dawson
1
Union
Ephraim Douglas
3
Union
Ebenezer Finley
2
Menallen
Robert Finley
2
German
James Finly
2
Union
Andrew Frazer
4?
Luzerne
Thomas Galaher
1
Menallen
Craft Ghost
3
Bullskin
Matthew Gilchrest
2
Franklin
William Goe
9
Washington
Robert Gordon
1
German
Charles Griffin
6
Springhill
Isaac Griffin
2 wb
-
Springhill
John Hall
7
Union
James Hammond
5
Luzerne
Nestor? Harden
1
Springhill
Widow Harrison
1
Tyrone
Daniel Harvey
1
Franklin
Daniel Harvey
5
Washington
Richard Hawkins
2
Luzerne
Robert Hewit
1
Menallen
Widow Hewitt
3
Menallen
Margaret Hutton
20
Washington
Thomas Kyle
1
Washington
C. Presley Lane
2
Bullskin
Hugh Laughlin
4
Menallen
John Laughlin
7
Menallen
Widow Linn
4
Menallen
Alexander Long
2
Tyrone
James Lynch
3
Washington
Robert Lyon
1
Washington
Samuel Lyon
1
Union
Alexander McClean
3
Union
John McClelland
2 wb
2
Franklin
Wm. McCormack
1 wb
2
Bullskin
James McCulloch
1
Union
John McFarland
1
Springhill
Isaac Meason
7
Tyrone
Augustine Moore
2
Union
John Wright Moore
2
Menallen
Mary Moore
2
Springhill
Thomas Moore
4 wb
-
Franklin
Elinor Moorehead
2 wb
-
Washington
Rachel Mounts
3
Bullskin
Jacob Murphy
4 wb
-
Union
Richard Noble
4
Washington
Peter Paterson
2
Washington
John Patterson
2
Washington
Pegg (N)
1 ab
-
Luzerne
Widow Phillips
1 boy
Springhill
Isaac Pierce
2 wb
3
Union
Jonathan Pierce
1
Union
Phillip Pierce
1
Springhill
William Rail
1
Menallen
James Rankin
2
Franklin
Thomas Reed
1
Georges
Thomas Rogers
1
Franklin
Robert Ross
1
Franklin
Augustus Smith
1
Springhill
Dennis Springer
2
Union
Benj. Stephens
5 wb
4
Franklin
Charles Stephens
3
Tyrone
Ann Stephenson
2
Tyrone
Levi Stevens
1
Washington
Samuel Stevens
1
Franklin
Catherine Swearingen
5
Springhill
John Swearingen
1
Springhill
Thomas Tobin
1
Springhill
Joseph Torrence
1
Franklin
Margaret Vance
3
Tyrone
John Vanlear
1
Menallen
Reason Virgin
2
Luzerne
Richard Waler
1
Union
Benj. Wells
2
Tyrone
Widow White
2
Georges
John Wilson
2
Springhill
Samuel Workman
1
Menallen
John Yeatman
1
Menallen

Township totals:

Township FPOC Slave
Bullskin 1 19
Franklin 11 31
German 0 3
Georges 0 4
Luzerne 5 27
Menallen 7 43
Springhill 2 36
Tyrone 0 21
Union 5 32
Washington 13 66
Wharton 0 0
Totals 44 282

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Data transcription by Glen Dixon; used by permission.