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Slavery In Pennsylvania • Bucks County

Slave Data in 1800 Septennial Census

The State of Pennsylvania took an enumeration of taxable inhabitants every seven years. Known as the Septennial Census, this enumeration also listed slaves in each county, by township, for some of the years. The amount of information on the slaves varies by county and township. Bucks County enumerators listed only the slaveholders in each township, with the number of slaves held by each.

Enslavement Data

"Bucks County Numeration of Taxables."

Buckingham Townshi

John Wilson, Esq. - 1 Slave

Northampton Township

Gilliam Cornell - 1 Slave
John Cornell - 1 Slave
Ben Cornell - 1 Slave
Henry Dubois - 1 Slave
Jacob Johnson - 1 Slave
Leffert Lefferts, Jr. - 1 Slave

Tinicium

John Bailey - 1 Slave

Warminster Township

James Graveny - 1 Slave
Isaac Graveny - 1 Slave
Thomas Graveny - 1 Slave

Source

Septennial Census Returns, 1779-1863; Roll No. 1, Adams County, 1800-Cumberland County, 1800. Reel No. 0242. Microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg Pennsylvania.

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