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various aspects of enslavement in Pennsylvania

Enslavement in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Slaveholders, Surnames J-L

Slaveholders listed on this page

  1. Johnston, John (Enslaved persons: Boast, Jack)
  2. Johnston, Jonathan (Enslaved persons: Toby, Chloe, Lacum, Rachel, Patty, Esther)
  3. Jones, Joseph (Enslaved persons: Cloe, Bridget, Dick)
  4. Kemp, Reuben (Enslaved persons: Flora)
  5. Kidd, John (Enslaved persons: Bob)
  6. Kinkade, Samuel (Enslaved persons: Tenea, Sue, Isaac, Pitt, Grace)
  7. Kirkindall, Benjamin (Enslaved persons: Sam, Ned, Nance)
  8. Larimer, William (Enslaved persons: Elijah)
  9. Lash, Paul (Enslaved persons: Sequire)
  10. Laughlin, Hugh (Enslaved persons: Moll, Jean, Jacob, Kett)
  11. Laughlin, James (Enslaved persons: Pegg)
  12. Laughlin, John (Enslaved persons: Margere, Dinah)
  13. Laughlin, Peter (Enslaved persons: Sam, Lydia, Fane, Mich, Toby)
  14. Lindsey, John (Enslaved persons: Job, Hannah, Samboe, Judea, Abby)
  15. Lynch, James (Enslaved persons: Jude, Dinah, Peter)
  16. Lynn, Andrew (Enslaved persons: Jupeter, Doll, Roge, Ned, Reuben, Nace, Frank)

Enslavement Data

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnston, John
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Boast
      Sex: Male
      Age: 17
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1765 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 23 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Jack
      Sex: Male
      Age: 30
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 23 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnston, Jonathan
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Toby
      Sex: Male
      Age: 28
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1754 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Chloe
      Sex: Female
      Age: 26
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1756 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Lacum
      Sex: Male
      Age: 20
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1762 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    4. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
      Sex: Female
      Age: 12
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1770 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    5. Enslaved Person's Name: Patty
      Sex: Female
      Age: 3
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    6. Enslaved Person's Name: Esther
      Sex: Female
      Age: 1
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Date of Birth: 1781 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
      Notes: Slave status is here determined by the age reported at registration.
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Jones, Joseph
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Cloe
      Sex: Female
      Age: 17
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1763 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Bridget
      Sex: Female
      Age: 15
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1765 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Dick
      Sex: Male
      Age: 1
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Kemp, Reuben
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Flora
      Sex: Female
      Age: 40
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1742 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Kidd, John
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bob
      Sex: Male
      Age: 15
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 19 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Kinkade, Samuel
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Tenea
      Sex: Female
      Age: 28
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1753 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Sue
      Sex: Female
      Age: 10
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac
      Sex: Male
      Age: 7
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    4. Enslaved Person's Name: Pitt
      Sex: Male
      Age: 5
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    5. Enslaved Person's Name: Grace
      Sex: Female
      Age: 10
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Kirkindall, Benjamin
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
      Sex: Male
      Age: 28
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Ned
      Sex: Male
      Age: 13
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
      Sex: Female
      Age: 9
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Larimer, William
    Location Ten miles west of Greensburg
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Elijah
      Sex: Male
      Age: "about 20 years of age"
      Status: Slave for a term of years
      Date of Birth: circa 1795
      Date of Document: 14 March 1815
      Notes:
      Fifty Dollars Reward.
      RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 5th inst. a Mulatto Boy about 20 years of age, named ELIJAH, middling tall and slim made, and of rather a fairer complexion than Mulattoes generally are; his clothing when he went off, consisted of a dark coloured cloth coat, light coloured jacket, and black lincey trowsers; he can play a little on the violin and it is thought he took one with him.
      Any person taking up said runaway fifty miles from home, and delivering him to his master in Westmoreland county, ten miles west of Greensburgh, or lodging him in any jail so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward and all reasonable expences, and if taken nearer than fifty miles, and delivered or lodged in jail aforesaid, Thirty Dollars and reasonable expences will be paid.
      WILLIAM LARIMER.
      March 14, 1815.
      Source: Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, PA), 18 April 1815.

  • Slaveholder Name: Lash, Paul
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Sequire
      Sex: Male
      Age: 35
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1746 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, Hugh
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Moll
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Jean
      Sex: Female
      Age: 14
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1768 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob
      Sex: Male
      Age: 18
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    4. Enslaved Person's Name: Kett
      Sex: Female
      Age: 5
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1777 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, James
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Pegg
      Sex: Female
      Age: 30
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, John
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Margere
      Sex: Female
      Age: 40
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1742 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 15
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, Peter
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
      Sex: Male
      Age: 25
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Lydia
      Sex: Female
      Age: 18
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Fane
      Sex: Female
      Age: 10
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1772 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    4. Enslaved Person's Name: Mich
      Sex: Male
      Age: 2
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1780 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    5. Enslaved Person's Name: Toby
      Sex: Male
      Age: 2 months old
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Date of Birth: October 1782 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
      Notes: Slave status is here determined by reported age at registration.
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Lindsey, John
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Job
      Sex: Male
      Age: 26
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1756 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Samboe
      Sex: Male
      Age: 14
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1768 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    4. Enslaved Person's Name: Judea
      Sex: Female
      Age: 9
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1773 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    5. Enslaved Person's Name: Abby
      Sex: Female
      Age: 8
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Lynch, James
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Jude
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 6
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Peter
      Sex: Male
      Age: 3
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  • Slaveholder Name: Lynn, Andrew
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Jupeter
      Sex: Male
      Age: 26
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1755 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    2. Enslaved Person's Name: Doll
      Sex: Female
      Age: 30
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1751 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    3. Enslaved Person's Name: Roge
      Sex: Female
      Age: 10
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    4. Enslaved Person's Name: Ned
      Sex: Male
      Age: 7
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    5. Enslaved Person's Name: Reuben
      Sex: Male
      Age: 5
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    6. Enslaved Person's Name: Nace
      Sex: Male
      Age: 3
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1778 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

    7. Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
      Sex: Male
      Age: 1
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1780 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

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