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Juniata County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders A - M

Slaveholders Listed on this Page

  1. Allen, David (Enslaved persons: Three unnamed slaves)
  2. Alricks, James (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  3. Bell, William (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  4. Bryson, Ann (Enslaved persons: Two unnamed slaves)
  5. Bryson, Samuel (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  6. Bull, Thomas (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  7. Cahill, Edward (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  8. Campbell, Robert (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  9. Davis, Joseph (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  10. Davis, Sarah (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  11. Gallaher, James (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  12. Gamble, John (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  13. Grahl, Peter (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  14. Hamilton, John (Enslaved persons: Three unnamed slaves)
  15. Hanson, John (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  16. Harris, John (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  17. Harris, John, Widow (Enslaved persons: One unnamed "wench")
  18. Harris, Thomas (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  19. Harris, William (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  20. Kepler, Benjamin (Enslaved persons: Two unnamed slaves)
  21. Kepler, Benjamin, Sr. (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  22. Kinslow, Widow (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  23. Knox, James (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  24. Lackins, John (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  25. Logan, William, Rev. (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  26. Lowery, Jacob (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  27. Lowery, Widow (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  28. Lyon, John, Jr. (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  29. Lyon, Samuel, Esquire (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  30. McAllister, John (Enslaved persons: Phillis)
  31. McAllister, William (Enslaved persons: Phillis, one unnamed mulatto girl)
  32. McCamant, William (Enslaved persons: One unnamed "wench")
  33. McKee, John (Enslaved persons: Unnamed Negro girl)
  34. McMeen, Robert (Enslaved persons: Two unnamed slaves)
  35. McNair, Duncan (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  36. Montgomery, John (Enslaved persons: One unnamed mulatto slave)
  37. Moore, Elizabeth (Enslaved persons: Unnamed "Black girl")
  38. Moore, George, heirs of (Enslaved persons: Unnamed Negro girl)
  39. Moore, Jane (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)
  40. Moore, John (Enslaved persons: One unnamed slave)

Enslavement data

  • Slaveholder Name: Allen, David
    City or Township: Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1803 for two Negro slaves, and in 1812 for three Negro slaves. In 1813 he was again taxed for two Negro slaves. The value of the two enslaved people in 1803 was set at $16. The value of the three slaves, in 1812, was $600. The following year, the two slaves were given a value of $110.
    Source: History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Alricks, James
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1808 for one Negro slave with a value of $25.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Bell, William
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Esquire
    Notes Taxed in 1811-1813 for one Negro slave with a value of $30 in 1811 and $40 in 1813.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Bryson, Ann
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Widow
    Notes Taxed in 1800-1817 for one Negro slave. In 1808 she was taxed for two Negro slaves. The value of the single slave was set at $70 in 1800. By 1804 the value had dropped to $10. Widow Bryson's two slaves were valued at $100 in 1808. A single slave was valued at $18 in 1812, and at $75 in 1817.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Bryson, Samuel
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Esquire
    Notes Taxed in 1788-1799 for one Negro slave with a value of £35 in 1788. That value was set at £20 in 1793, and at £60 in 1799.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Bull, Thomas, Captain
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1778 for one Negro slave.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Cahill, Edward
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation Ironmaster, Freedom Forge, Beale and Sterrett Company
    Notes Taxed in 1796 for one Negro slave.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Campbell, Robert
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1779-1783 for one Negro slave. The slave was valued at £40 in the years 1781-1783.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Davis, Joseph
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1795 for one Negro slave valued at £5.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Davis, Sarah
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Widow
    Notes Taxed in 1802 and 1803 for one Negro slave valued at $50.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Gallaher, James
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1779 for one Negro slave valued at £100.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Gamble, John
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1767 for one Negro slave.
    Source Fermanagh Township, Juniata County Tax Records, 1767.

  • Slaveholder Name: Grahl, Peter
    City or Township Lack (Milford) Township
    Occupation Silversmith
    Notes Taxed in 1799 for one Negro slave valued at £12.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

  • Slaveholder Name: Hamilton, John
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Merchant
    Notes Taxed in 1778 for one "Negro slave." Taxed for two "Negro slaves" from 1780-1787. The value for the two enslaved persons in 1781 was set at £23, and in 1785 at £55.
    See also his Dauphin County listing: John Hamilton, of Dauphin County. Died in 1793 in Harrisburg.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Hamilton, John 2
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Son of John Hamilton. Hamilton was taxed for a Negro "wench" from 1810-1823, except for 1812, when he was taxed for two. The value for two Negro slaves in 1781 was set at £23, and in 1785 at £55. The value of the Negro woman was set at $50 in 1810, $40 in 1813, $100 in 1817, $75 in 1820 and $50 in 1822.
    Son of John Hamilton, of Juniata and Dauphin County.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Hanson, John
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1780-1782 for one Negro slave, valued at £12.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Harris, John
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Esquire
    Notes Taxed in 1780-1792 for one Negro slave. The slave was valued at £15 in 1781, at £30 in 1785 and £40 in 1790.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Harris, Thomas
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1781-1785 for one Negro slave. The slave was valued at £30 in the year1783 and £10 in 1785.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Harris, Widow
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Widow of John Harris
    Notes Taxed in 1793-1800 for one Negro "wench." The slave was valued at £15 in 1795 and 60 in 1799.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Harris, William
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1799-1802 for one Negro slave. The slave was valued at $50 in 1799 and $60 in 1802.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
  • Slaveholder Name: Kepler, Benjamin
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1779-1783 for one Negro slave, except in 1782, when he was taxed for two slaves. The slave was valued at £260 in 1779, at £20 in 1781 and at £25 in 1783.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Kepler, Benjamin, Sr.
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1775 for one Negro slave.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Kinslow, Widow
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Widow of Thomas Kinslow
    Notes Taxed in 1802 for one Negro slaves, valued at $60.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Knox, James
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Esquire
    Notes Taxed in 1808-1813 for one Negro slaves, valued at $30 in 1808 and $50 in 1813.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Lackins, John
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1767 for one Negro slave.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Logan, William, Rev.
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Pastor
    Notes Taxed in 1790-1800 for one Negro slave. The slave was valued at £30 in 1790, £19 10s in 1795, and at $60 in 1800.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Lowery, Jacob
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1785-1786 for one Negro slave valued at £30.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Lowery, Widow
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation Widow of Jacob Lowery
    Notes Taxed in 1804 for one Negro slave, an invalid, and in 1812 for one Negro slave.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Lyon, John, Jr.
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1779-1793 for one Negro slave. The slave was valued at £150 in the year1779, £60 in 1781, £30 in 1785, £15 in 1790 and £20 in 1793.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Lyon, Samuel
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation Esquire
    Notes Taxed in 1779-1780 for one Negro slave. The slave was valued at £150 in the year1779.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: McAllister, John
    City or Township Greenwood Twp.
    Occupation
    Notes Son of William McAllister. Taxed in 1823-1827 for one Negro "wench," believed to be Phillis.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Phillis
      Age: age reported as 45 in 1815
      Sex: Female
      Date of Birth: circa 1770
      Description: "wench"
      Status: Slave for life
      Notes: Previously owned by William McAllister, father to John. See William McAllister for tax records relating to Phillis. Tax records show Phillis valued at $6 in 1823, at $5 in 1825 and at six cents in 1827.
      Date of Record: Tax records, 1791-1827
      Source: History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679

  • Slaveholder Name: McAllister, William
    City or Township Greenwood Twp.
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1791-1820 for one Negro "wench," named Phillis, and in 1813 for a Negro girl.
    SourceHistory of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Phillis
      Age: age reported as 45 in 1815
      Sex: Female
      Date of Birth: circa 1770
      Description: "wench"
      Status: Slave for life
      Notes: Tax records show Phillis valued at £20 in 1791, at £30 in 1795, at $30 in 1799, at $25 in 1812, at $50 in 1814 and at $1 in 1820. See the records for John McAllister, for a continuation of tax records for Phillis.
      Date of Record: Tax records, 1791-1827
      Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Not recorded
      Age: Not recorded, but described as a "girl" in 1813.
      Sex: Female
      Date of Birth: Not recorded
      Description: "Mulatto girl"
      Status: Slave for a term of years
      Notes:
      Date of Record: Tax records, 1813
      Source: History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679

  • Slaveholder Name: McCamant, William
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1808-1819 for one Negro "wench," valued at $30 in 1808 and $50 in 1810.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: McKee, John
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1825 for one "Negro girl"
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: McMeen, Robert
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1800-1802 for one Negro slave, and in 1811-1812 for two Negro slaves. The value placed on the single Negro slave was $70 in 1800 and $40 in 1808. McMeen's two slaves were valued at $100 in 1811 and $150 in 1812.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: McNair, Duncan
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1786 for one Negro slave, valued at £10.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Montgomery, John
    City or Township Greenwood Twp.
    Occupation Inn keeper
    Notes Taxed in 1831 for one "mulatto slave," valued at $10.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Moore, Elizabeth
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1820 for one "Black girl" valued at $50.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Moore, George, heirs of
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1821 for one Negro girl.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Moore, Jane
    City or Township Milford Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1826 for one slave, valued at $100.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679.
  • Slaveholder Name: Moore, John
    City or Township Fermanagh Township
    Occupation
    Notes Taxed in 1788-1809 for one Negro slave. The value of the slave was set at £20 in 1788, at £15 in 1794, at $70 in 1800 and at $50 in 1809.
    Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679

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