| slavery in pennsylvania Washington 
County slaveholders j-lindex of slaveholders listed on this page
Jackman, Robert  (Slaves listed:  Liddy, unnamed male child, Anner, Charles, Samuel, Noah, Rachel, Cass)
Jacobs, Daniel  (Slaves listed:  Ann)
Jennings, Ebanaser  (Slaves listed:  Hannah, Mary, Jude, Rose)
Johnson, Benjamin, Dr.  (Slaves listed:  Isaac, Nann)
Johnston, Jacob  (Slaves listed:  Suke, Zelph, and their future children)
Johnston, Nicholas  (Slaves listed:  Tilf, Suck, Cutia, Robert, Nance)
Johnston, William  (Slaves listed:  Sall)
Jones, Jacob  (Slaves listed:  Grace, Jen, Jack, Nasa)
Julan, Isaac  (Slaves listed:  Sall)
Kerr, James  (Slaves listed:  Sall, Rine or Irene, Jesse, Thomas Nox, Moses)
Kerr, John  (Slaves listed:  Peter, Rine)
Kitten, Thomas  (Slaves listed:  James, Bet)
Kreeps, John  (Slaves listed:  Jupeter, Sarah)
Krepps, Christian  (Slaves listed:  Elleanor, Lucinda)
Laughlin, Matthew  (Slaves listed:  Hagar)
Leatherman, Christian, Sr.  (Slaves listed:  Saniker)
Long, Jacob  (Slaves listed:  Jack Jordian)
 
 enslavement data
 
   Slaveholder Name:   Jackman, Robert
City or Township:  Pikerun Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Farmer
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Liddy
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  Six months old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1802--September 13
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Female negro child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Robert Jackman of
                     Pike run township in the County of Washington
                      & State of Pennsylvania, Farmer, enters of
                     record a female negro child born the 13th day
                      of September, one thousand eight hundred and
                      two, named Liddy, child of Rachel, both of
                     Joseph Dorsey and by him registered.  Oath
                     made according to law.  Mar. 18. 1803 Fees 20 cts paid.   March 26 1803 [written in pencil]"
 Date of Record:  March 18, 1803
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           ?
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  Infant at Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1810--July 06
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Male negro child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Robert Jackman of
                     Pike run Township enters of record one male
                     negro child born the 6th day of July 1810 of
                     the body of Rachel a slave for life.  Fees
                     20cts"  Not dated, but item is listed between entries dated 02 July 1810 and 17 October 1810.
 Date of Record:  1810
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Anner
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  Five months old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1808--January 26
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Negro female child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Robert Jackman of
                     Pike run township, enters of record, one
                     negro female child, named Anner, born on the
                     twenty sixth day of January 1808, of the body
                      of black Rachel a slave for life.
                     Fees 20 cts paid.   Sworn June 22 1808. Coram W McKennan"
 Date of Record:  June 22, 1808
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Charles
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  54
 Slave Date of Birth:  1746 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Black male"
 Slave Notes:           Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census as
                     being 54 years old, which is the oldest age
                     for a male slave reported in that tax listing.
 Date of Record:  1800
 Source:  "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."
  Slave Name:           Samuel
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  Six months old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1805--December 21
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Negroe male child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Robert Jackman of
                     Pike run township enters a negroe male child
                     named Samuel born December 21. 1805 of Rachel, a slave for life.    Sworn June 17. 1806.
                     
Fees pd.  Coram W. McKennan"
                     See "Dorsey,
  Joseph" for the registration of Rachel.
 Date of Record:  June 17, 1806
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Noah
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  Four months old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1800--April 24
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Negro male child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Robert Jackman of
                     Pike run township enters with the Clerk of
                     the peace a negro male child named Noah born
                     the 24th day of April last. Oath made
                     according to law August 20th 1800
                     fees 20 cts paid   Coram David Redick"
                     Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census as a "Black male," aged "2 months 24th Jun 1800."
 Date of Record:  August 20, 1800
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 | "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."
  Slave Name:           Rachel
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  25 (see notes)
 Slave Date of Birth:  1775 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Black female"
 Slave Notes:           Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
                     Mother of Liddy, Samuel, Anner and an unnamed
                      male, all registered by Jackman.  Possibly
                     also the mother of Cass and Noah.  Rachel was
                      originally registered by  Joseph Dorsey of
                     Bethleham Township, who reported her age in 1782 as 18, making her year of birth 1764.
 Date of Record:  1800
 Source:  "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."
  Slave Name:           Cass
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  02
 Slave Date of Birth:  1798 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Black female"
 Slave Notes:           Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
 Date of Record:  1800
 Source:  "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Jacobs, Daniel
City or Township:  Nottingham Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Farmer
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Ann
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  01 and 03/12
 Slave Date of Birth:  1787, December
                     (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Negro girl"
 Slave Notes:           Text of 1789 Registration:  "Daniel Jacobs of
                      Notingham township farmer enters the
                     following negro girl named Ann and of the age
                      of one year & three months. Oath made
                     according to law by the Said Daniel to the
                     name & age of aforesaid negro the 31st March
                     1789. Coram
                     W. Wallace"
 Date of Record:  March 31, 1789
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 | "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Jennings, Ebanaser
City or Township:  Smith Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Physician
 Notes:               Ebenezer.
 
  Slave Name:           Hannah
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  Six months old or less
 Slave Date of Birth:  1804--August (approx.)
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Female negro child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Ebenesar Jennings
                     enters of recored a female negro child born
                     within six months named Hannah, born of the
                     body of Jude a negro woman.   Feby. 28 1805
                     Fees 20cts paid    Coram W. McKennan."
 Date of Record:  February 28, 1805
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Mary
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  Registered on day of
                     birth.
 Slave Date of Birth:  1807--June 06
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Female negro child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Ebenezer Jennings of
                     Smiths township enters of record a female
                     negro child named Mary born the sixth day of
                     June 1807 of the body Jude a negro woman.
                     Sworn June 6th 1807
                     Fees 20 cts Paid   W McKennan"
 Date of Record:  June 06, 1807
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Jude
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  ? (adult)
 Slave Date of Birth:  ?
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro woman"
 Slave Notes:           Identified as the mother of Hannah, born
                     August 1804, and Mary, born 06 June 1807,
                     both of whom were registered by Jennings as slave children.
 Date of Record:  February 28, 1805
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Rose
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  One month old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1802--November 26
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Negro female child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Ebanaser Jinnings
                     Physician enters of record a negro female
                     child named Rose born twenty sixth November
                     eighteen hundred and two. Oath made according
                      to law.
                     20 cts pd.      Coram David Redick January 15th 1803"
 Date of Record:  January 15, 1803
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Johnson, Benjamin, Dr.
City or Township:  Straban Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Physician
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Isaac
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  25
 Slave Date of Birth:  1757 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro man"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  November 26, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Nann
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  12
 Slave Date of Birth:  1770 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Girl"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  November 26, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Johnston, Jacob
City or Township:
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:
 Notes:   1781, May 16: Jacob Johnston bequeaths unto his wife Mary Johnson,
a negro  woman slave named Suke; to his daughter Elizabeth Pierce, a negro girl
named 
Zelph, and her future increase; to his daughter Eleanor Decker, the first child
 male or female, of Suke; to his daughter Ester Johnson, at the death of her
mother, the above-named slave Suke.  Should the said Suke have no children, one
 hundred pounds, in the hands of John Buchanan, is to be divided equally between
his daughters; but if children are born to the slave Suke, the money is to be
divided among his five children.
(Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 19 April 2009, referencing The History
of Washington County: from its first settlement to the present
time... by Alfred Creigh, 1871 Second Edition.)
 
 
 Slave Name:           Suke
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  adult
 Slave Date of Birth:  not recorded
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro woman slave"
 Slave Notes:  
Bequeathed upon Johnston's death to his wife Mary. Suke's firstborn
child (yet unborn) was willed to his daughter Eleanor Decker.
 Date of Record:  16 May 1781
 Source:  Email, Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 19 April 2009.
  
Slave Name:           ZelphSlave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  adult
 Slave Date of Birth:  not recorded
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro woman slave"
 Slave Notes:  
Bequeathed upon Johnston's death to his daughter Elizabeth Pierce. Zelph's future
(as yet unborn)
children were also willed to Pierce.
 Date of Record:  16 May 1781
 Source:  Email, Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 19 April 2009.
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Johnston, Nicholas
City or Township:  Fallowfield Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:
 Notes:               The following notation appears after the last
                      slave listing in the 1782 Registrations:
                     "Exit copy with Seal 7th Feby 1797 fees 50 1/2 cts pd. by Abraham Fry
    jun."
 
  Slave Name:           Tilf
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  05
 Slave Date of Birth:  1777 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro female Slave"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 19, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Suck
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  1? Years (between 15
                     and 19)
 Slave Date of Birth:  1763 - 1767
                     (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro female Slave"
 Slave Notes:           Jan Slater was unable to decipher the exact
                     age in the transcription.  Slaves were
                     usually listed in age order, oldest first,
                     and the next youngest slave, Cutia, was 15
                     years old.  Suck would have been equal in age or older than Cutia, up to a possible age 19.
 Date of Record:  December 19, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Cutia
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  15
 Slave Date of Birth:  1767 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro male Slave"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 19, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Robert
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  "about four months
                     old"
 Slave Date of Birth:  1792 (see note on
                     dates)
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Male child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration, not dated but located
                     in the clerk's register between other
                     Registrations dated 02 June 1792 and 31
                     December 1792:  "Nicholas Johnston of
                     Fallowfield township enters one male child
                     named Robert. about four months old.  Oath being made according to" [page cut off JS]
 Date of Record:  1792
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Nance
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  03
 Slave Date of Birth:  1779 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro female Slave"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 19, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Johnston, William
City or Township:  Straban Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Yeoman
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Sall
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  12
 Slave Date of Birth:  1770 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 31, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Jones, Jacob
City or Township:  Fallowfield Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Yeoman
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Grace
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  35
 Slave Date of Birth:  1747 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Woman"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 28, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Jen
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  13
 Slave Date of Birth:  1769 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Woman"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 28, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Jack
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  03
 Slave Date of Birth:  1779 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Man"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 28, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Nasa
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  20
 Slave Date of Birth:  1762 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Man"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 28, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Julan, Isaac
City or Township:  Bethleham Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Sall
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  14
 Slave Date of Birth:  1768 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro girl"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  October 01, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Kerr, James
City or Township:  Straban Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Cutler
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Sall
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  ?  Age not given (see
                     notes)
 Slave Date of Birth:  ?
 Slave Status:  Not Determined
 Slave Description:  "Mulatto Female"
 Slave Notes:           Enumerated in the Septennial Census of 1800.
                      Possibly an infant, only a few months old,
                     as she was at the bottom of the list, below the other child.
 Date of Record:  1800
 Source:  "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."
  Slave Name:           Rine or Irene (?)
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  46 at time of census
 Slave Date of Birth:  1754 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  slave; "Black"
 Slave Notes:           Mother of Moses, born 11 October 1801 and
                     registered by Kerr on 05 November 1801.
                     Enumerated in the Septennial Census of 1800.
 Date of Record:  November 05, 1801
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Jesse
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  01
 Slave Date of Birth:  1813--December 08
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Black male child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "James Kerr of Straban
                      Township enters of record a black male child
                      named "Jesse" born of Patty a mulatto wench
                     Slave to the age of 28 ys. said child
                     born the 8th day of December 1813.  Cogt.
                     Coram A. Murdoch
                     Fees 25/100 pd.  Decr. 13. 1814"
 Date of Record:  December 13, 1814
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Thomas Nox
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  06
 Slave Date of Birth:  1794
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Mulatto"
 Slave Notes:           Enumerated in the Septennial Census of 1800.
 Date of Record:  1800
 Source:  "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."
  Slave Name:           Moses
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  Four weeks old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1801--October 11
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Mullato male child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "James Kerr of Straban
                      Township Cutler enters of record on Mullato
                     male child named Moses born 11th Oct 1801
                     being the child of Rine" whom he claims as a
                     slave for life.  Oath made according to law
                     5th Novr. 1801 and entered of record same day Coram  David Redick"
 Date of Record:  November 05, 1801
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Kerr, John
City or Township:  Fallowfield Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Blacksmith
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Peter
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  07
 Slave Date of Birth:  1775 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro boy"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  October 03, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Rine
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  23
 Slave Date of Birth:  1759 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Negro woman"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  October 03, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Kitten, Thomas
City or Township:  Straban Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Yeoman
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           James
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  06
 Slave Date of Birth:  1776 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Boy"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  October 01, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Bet
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  08
 Slave Date of Birth:  1774 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Woman"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  October 01, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Kreeps, John
City or Township:  East Bethleham
                     Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:
 Notes:               Krepps
 
  Slave Name:           Jupeter
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  Two months old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1811--January 23
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Negro male child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "March 22 1811 John
                     Kreeps of East Bethleham Township in
                     Washington County enters of record One negro
                     male child named Jupeter born on the 23d day
                     of
                     January 1811 of the body of Anne a slave for
                     28 years.  Oath made according to law. Coram A. Murdoch P.
 Fees 20 cts paid   22 march 1811"
 Date of Record:  March 22, 1811
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Sarah
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  One month old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1813--May 18
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Negro child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "John Krepps of East
                     Bethlehem Township Washington County enters
                     of record a negro  child named "Sarah" born
                     the 18th day of May AD 1813.  Oath made
                     according to law Coram A. Murdoch
                     20 cts pd.  June 21 1813"
 Date of Record:  June 21, 1813
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Krepps, Christian
City or Township:  East Bethlehem
                     Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:          Farmer; Innkeeper
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Elleanor
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  Five months old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1819--January 19
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Female negro child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Christian Krepps of
                     East Bethelehem Township, inkeeper enters of
                     record a female negro child named "Elleanor"
                     born on the nineteenth day of January, Anno
                     Domini, Eighteen hundred and nineteen.
                     Cogt.  26th June 1819  Fees $0.25 pd.   Coram W. Sample"
 Date of Record:  June 26, 1819
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  Slave Name:           Lucinda
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  Five months old at
                     Registration
 Slave Date of Birth:  1817--October 08
 Slave Status:  Slave to age 28
 Slave Description:  "Female negro child"
 Slave Notes:           Text of Registration:  "Christian Krepps of
                     East Bethlehem township, farmer enters of
                     record a female negro child named Lucinda
                     born the 8th day of Octr. 1817 of the body of
                      Susan a slave to the age of twenty eight
                     years.  See writing filed.  fees $0.25 pd. Dogt.  March 26. 1818  Cor. A. Murdoch"
 Date of Record:  March 26, 1818
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Laughlin, Matthew
City or Township:  Fallowfield Township
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:
 Notes:               The following notation follows the 1782
                     Registration of Hagar:  "Exit copy Feby. 24th
 
  Slave Name:           Hagar
Slave Sex:  Female
 Slave Age:  22
 Slave Date of Birth:  1760 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Female negroe Slave"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 28, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Leatherman, Christian, Sr.
City or Township:
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Saniker
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  15
 Slave Date of Birth:  1767 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "A boy"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 31, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
  
  Slaveholder Name:   Long, Jacob
City or Township:
 County:           Washington
 Occupation:
 Notes:
 
  Slave Name:           Jordian, Jack
Slave Sex:  Male
 Slave Age:  28
 Slave Date of Birth:  1754 (calculated)
 Slave Status:  Slave for life
 Slave Description:  "Male Slave"
 Slave Notes:
 Date of Record:  December 26, 1782
 Source:  Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851
 
 
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