Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders A-B

Slave Name: Joe
Slave Age ? (adult)
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes First African American and first slave to appear in existing records to be indicted for a crime in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The Indictment states that Joe, a mulatto slave of Carlisle, "stole 1 red plush jacket, 1 1/2 hide sole leather, 1 (kip) skin, 1 coverlid, 2 yrds.course linen, a pair of shears, a razor, a pocket knife & bills of credit from Robert Duncan." July 10, 1780.
Date of Record July 10, 1780
Source: Schaumann, "Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania", Item #853.

Slaveholder Name: Albertson, John
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Ben
Slave Age 07
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1773 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 27, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Grace
Slave Age 17
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1763 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 27, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Alexander, Thomas
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation Jailor
Notes As county jailor, Thomas Alexander had to take charge of suspected fugitive slaves who were captured in the county. His duties included advertising for the owner's to claim them, and selling them to pay charges if no one came forward to claim them.

Slave Name: William
Slave Age 40a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1748 (calculated)
Slave Description Male, Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Captured in Cumberland County and placed in the Carlisle Jail. William claims to have been a slave to George Washington. This claim is credible, as Washington was known to complain that his slaves were escaping northward into Pennsylvania. See the Jailor's ad, below:
TWO NEGROS TAKEN UP.
The one male, named William, supposed to be about forty years old, from the following assertions;----That he came from Guinea to America, and served as a waiting boy at Braddock's defeat, the taking of Canada, the sieges of the Havana, and was part of that time in the retinue of General, then Colonel Washington; is about five feet six inches high, has many scars in his back, from severity of whipping, and remarkable for the abridgement of his fingers by the frost; more particularly those of his right hand; wears a broken coarse woolen coattee, and much worn royal rib buff breeches.
The other a female, named Sinah, between fourteen and sixteen years old, about five feet high, has several marks on her arm, which she says was occasioned by being scalded; wears a much worn blue and white lincey dress, and reports that she was married to a slave named Joe.
They assert, that they belong to a Mr. Thomas Violet, nine miles from Winchester, Virginia, and departed thence about three weeks ago, with two other slaves named Joe and Kate, of whom they can give no account.
The owner is desired to remand them in due time, and pay charges: or they will be disposed of according to law.
Thomas ALEXANDER
Carlisle Gaol, Pennsylvania
Date of Record June 10, 1788
Source: Carlisle Gazette, June 10, 1788
Slave Name: Sinah
Slave Age 14 or 16a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1772 or 1774 (calculated)
Slave Description Female, Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Captured in Cumberland County and placed in the Carlisle Jail. See the Jailor's ad, above.
Date of Record June 10, 1788
Source: Carlisle Gazette, June 10, 1788

Slaveholder Name: Allison, John
City or Township Antrim Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Milly
Slave Age 08a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Gender is presumed from name.
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Liddy
Slave Age 20a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1760 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Cezar
Slave Age 35a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1745 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Ned
Slave Age 01a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1779 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"

Slaveholder Name: Allison, William
City or Township Antrim Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Lucia
Slave Age 08a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Tom
Slave Age 16a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1764 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: George
Slave Age 34a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1746 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Venus
Slave Age 44a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1736 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Gender is presumed.
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Silvia
Slave Age 22a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1758 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"

Slaveholder Name: Anderson, James
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Sampson
Slave Age -
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1796-October 05
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1796
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Anderson, John
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Hessy
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1805-November 13
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1805
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Rome
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1809-June 08
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1809
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Anderson, Margaret
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: George
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1801-July 12
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1801
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Anderson, Robert
City or Township Fannet Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Tom
Slave Age 08
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated)
Slave Description "Negor Boy"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 23, 1780
Source: "Miller Collection, 1750-1914 (Cumberland County Records)"

Slaveholder Name: Anderson, William
City or Township An area which later became Perry County.
Occupation
Notes Husband of Isabelle Blaine. Said to be the last man to own a slave in Perry County (source 118, and attributed to a descendant of William Anderson--Alexander Blaine Grosh.)

Slave Name: Bob
Slave Age ?
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description
Slave Status Undetermined
Slave Notes Source 118 identifies Bob as the last slave in Perry County, placing his last year of bondage as about 1827. It does not note what happened to him after that date. The 1820 census of Perry County, Tyrone Township, lists one slave at "Andersons," as well as a free Black woman, aged between 26 and 45 years.
Date of Record
Source: Hain, "History of Perry County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Armstrong, John, Esq.
City or Township Carlisle Borough
Occupation
Notes The title of Colonel is used in reference to Armstrong in a 1774 runaway slave ad. He later became a Brigadier General in the Continental Army. Other biographical notes: nicknamed the Hero of Kittanning from his French and Indian War exploits; Cumberland County Justice--1761-1762, 1763-1779; Commander of Pennsylvania Militia-- April, 1777; promoted to Major General in May, 1777; U.S. Congress-- 1778-1780.
Tax Records:
1768-- Assessed for two Negroes in Carlisle Borough (History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Chicago: Warner & Beers & Co. 1886, p. 221.); 1779-- Assessed for 2 lots in Carlisle; 1 horse; 4 cows; 2 Blacks (Ceaser and Nero, 35 and 30 years old); Nan, age 21, and Dick, age 4. Also, 1000 acres in Armagh Township (which is modern day Juniata County); 2500 acres in West Pennsboro Township; 250 acres and lots and an ironworks in Middleton Township; 1000 acres in East Pennsboro Township.
He was also an early owner in the Carlisle Iron Works, Boiling Springs, Middleton Township. (Alosi, page 14)

Slave Name: Ceasar
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age 36
Slave Date of Birth 1744 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registration notes: "all Slaves for Life"
Date of Record October 26, 1780
Sources:"Miller Collection, 1750-1914 (Cumberland County Records)" | Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810," page 14.
Slave Name: Nero
Slave Age 31
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1749 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registration notes: "all Slaves for Life"
Date of Record October 26, 1780
Sources:"Miller Collection, 1750-1914 (Cumberland County Records)" | Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810," page 14.
Slave Name: Nan
Slave Age 25
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1755 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registration notes: "all Slaves for Life". In his 1779 tax records, Armstrong reported Nan's age as 21, which would make her year of birth 1758.
Date of Record Registration: October 26, 1780
Source: "Miller Collection, 1750-1914 (Cumberland County Records)" | Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810," page 14.
Slave Name: Dick
Slave Age 05
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1775 (calculated)
Slave Description "a boy"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registration notes: "all Slaves for Life"
Date of Record October 26, 1780
Source: "Miller Collection, 1750-1914 (Cumberland County Records)" | Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810," page 14.
Slave Name: Cato
Slave Age ? (probably an adult)
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description "Negroe"
Slave Status Ran away, but apprehended in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Slave Notes Text of Jailor's ad:
"NOW in the Goal of Lancaster, and County of Lancaster, the following servants, viz. Cato, a Negroe, committed the 15th day of September last, belonging to Colonel John Armstrong, of Carlisle. Anne Eister, belonging to Jonas Peterson, near Willingtown, committed the 7th day of November. And Patrick Fowlow, committed the 11th day of November, and says he belongs to Doctor John Stevenson, of Baltimoretown. Their masters are desired to come, pay charges, and take them away, in three weeks, or otherwise they will be discharged, upon paying their fees.
November 22, 1774.GEORGE EBERLY, Goaler."
Date of Record November 30, 1774
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette

Slaveholder Name: Bainbridge, Kezia
City or Township Hopewell Township
Occupation
Notes Registered her slave Flora in 1780 together with Dr. Robert Henry.

Slave Name: Flora
Slave Age 10
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro Girl
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 10, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Barr, Samuel
City or Township Hopewell Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Jean
Slave Age 05
Slave Sex: Undetermined
Slave Date of Birth 1784-August
Slave Description Negro Child
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Bell, Andrew
City or Township
Occupation
Notes We also have an Andrew Bell listed on our Dauphin County pages. It is not certain if this is the same person. Click here for the listing.

Slave Name: Jack Duffy
Slave Age ? (adult)
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Undetermined. Given in court document as "slave."
Slave Notes Indicted in 1799 in Cumberland County as follows: "Negro Jack Duffy, slave of Andrew Bell, stole 1 bushel of rye, 1 bee hive, & 1 hog from James Boyd. Test: James McCarlin, William Marshall, Samuel Irwin, Alexander Laughlin, Christian Shade, Ludwick Miller. (Feb. 20)"
Date of Record February 20, 1799
Source: Schaumann, "Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania", Item #1979.

Slaveholder Name: Bell, James
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: John
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1818-April 16
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1818
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Blain, Alexander
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Hanah
Slave Age 20a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1760 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes "Negroe Hanah, a femal slave for life aged about 20 years."
Date of Record October 7, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Blaine, Colonel
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Harry
Slave Age 23a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated)
Slave Description "Mullato Slave"
Slave Status Runaway
Slave Notes "Lived formerly with Col. Blaine in Carlisle." Harry ran away from slave holder William Amberson of Pittsburgh in late 1793. He had a wife and brother in Carlise. Amberson placed the following ad in the Carlise Gazette:
"Eight DOLLARS Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber a Mullato Slave Named HARRY, he is about 23 years old, and lived formerly with Col. Blaine, in Carlisle, is much addicted to drink: he took with him a county linen shirt and trowsers, and a red-spotted Swanskin jacket; he was seen on the road making for Carlisle: As his brother lives with Dr. M'Coskry, and a woman he calls his wife with Mr. Stephen Duncan, he will, no doubt, be lurking about them. Any person who will apprehend him and put him in any jail, so that I get him shall have the above Reward.
WILLIAM AMBERSON.
Pittsburgh, October 1st, 1793."
Click here to read the listings for Stephen Duncan.
Date of Record October 10, 1793
Source:Carlisle Gazette, December 04, 1793

Slaveholder Name: Blain, James
City or Township Toboyne
Occupation Miller
Notes Source 118 notes that James Blain was assessed in 1778 for "a gristmill, a still, and a negro." Blain's residence was in an area which became Perry County after 1820.

Slave Name: Daphne
Slave Age 30a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1750 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro Wench
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Daphne is probably the slave noted in the 1778 assessment for James Blain of Toboyne Township.
Date of Record October 12, 1780
Sources:"Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania" | Hain, "History of Perry County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Blain, Sarah Eliza
City or Township Middleton Township
Occupation
Notes By 1815, Sarah E. Blaine's township was referred to in the registrations as North Middleton.

Slave Name: Francess
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1817-July 27
Slave Description Mulatto - dark
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1817
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Rachel
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1816-April 10
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes 1816 Registration lists Rachel's mother as "mulatto wench Nelly."
Date of Record 1816
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Jack
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1816-July 16
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes 1816 Registration lists Jack's mother as "Jenny--negro wench."
Date of Record 1816
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: John
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1808-January 02
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes This birth registration was transcribed along with the 1807 registrations. There could be a typo in the date of birth. John's mother was identified in the registration as "negro Rachel."
Date of Record 1807
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Isaac
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1815-March 15
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes 1815 Registration lists Isaac's mother as "mulatto wench Nelly."
Date of Record 1815
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Blain, William
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Bob
Slave Age 05a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1775 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro Boy
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 02, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Blaine, Robert
City or Township Middleton Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Henry
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1810-April 30
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1810
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Blair, John
City or Township
Occupation
Notes Husband of Elizabeth. John Blair died in 1769.

Slave Name: Bob
Slave Age Not given, but described in will as a "Negro Boy"
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth Not known, but prior to 1769
Slave Description "Negro boy"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Bob was willed to the son-in-law of John Blair, William McGibbon, according to the will of John Blair. In addition to Bob, an abstract of the will notes the property of John Blair to include a plantation, 200 acres, and "a Negro man and woman to be sold."
Abstract: John Blair (wife Elizabeth)
Cumberland Co. Will, Liber B., pp. 21-3
Written 13 Feb 1769, Proved 24 May 1769
Plantation, 200 a. and Negro man and woman to be sold.
To son-in-law William McGibbin...Negro boy Bob
Date of Record Will of John Blair, dated 13 February, 1769
Source: Record contributed by Fred Kelso, from Cumberland County Will Abstracts, Book B, pp. 21-23.
Slave Name: Not named in record
Slave Age Not given, but described in will abstract as a "Negro man"
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth Not known, but an adult prior to 1769
Slave Description "Negro man"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes An abstract of the will of John Blair notes his property included a plantation, 200 acres, and "a negro man and woman to be sold." See the notes for the slave Bob, above.
Date of Record Will of John Blair, dated 13 February, 1769
Source: Record contributed by Fred Kelso, from Cumberland County Will Abstracts, Book B, pp. 21-23.
Slave Name: Not named in record
Slave Age Not given, but described in will abstract as a "Negro woman"
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth Not known, but an adult prior to 1769
Slave Description "Negro woman"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes An abstract of the will of John Blair notes his property included a plantation, 200 acres, and "a negro man and woman to be sold." See the notes for the slave Bob, above.
Date of Record Will of John Blair, dated 13 February, 1769
Source: Record contributed by Fred Kelso, from Cumberland County Will Abstracts, Book B, pp. 21-23.

Slaveholder Name: Blair, William
City or Township
Occupation: Shoemaker
Notes

Slave Name: Philip
Slave Age 08a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Indicted in Cumberland County court in 1800 as follows: "Negro Romeo the slave of James Pollock, Negro Phill the slave of William Blair and Negro Dick the property of John Carothers, Esq. for riot & mayhem, and knocking out one of Jacob Jacob's foreteeth, as he was going to his lodging down Hanover St. at night. (March 17) Tent: William Blair (Mar 17)." (Schaumann, Indictments, item 2163)
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Vine
Slave Age 05a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1775 (calculated)
Slave Description "Female Negro"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: ?
Slave Age 26a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1773 (calculated)
Slave Description "Negro Man"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes: Un-named man advertised for sale in October, 1799. Text of advertisement: "TO BE SOLD, BY the subscriber a NEGRO MAN duly registered, about Twenty-six years old, a Shoe maker by trade, a very good workman, as his master intends to leave off trade. Any person inclining to purchase may know the terms by applying to WILLIAM BLAIR. Carlisle, Oct. 28th 1799."
This is most likely Philip, who was registered by Blair in 1780 at age 8. The advertisement ran at least through December 11, 1799.
In the same newspaper, and on the same page, was an advertisement placed by Blair offering to sell his real estate: "TO BE SOLD, By the subscriber, the HALF LOT and BUILDINGS whereon he now dwells. For further information, enquire at WILLIAM BLAIR. Nov. 5th, 1799."
Date of Record October 28, 1799
Source: Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette, November 27, 1799

Slaveholder Name: Blyth, Benjamin, Sr.
City or Township Hopewell Township (Southampton Township)
Occupation Yeoman
Notes A highly influential Cumberland County farmer, politician and former militia officer, Benjamin Blythe was born circa 1723 and died in 1801. He later in life maintained an estate in what is present day Southampton Township. The Georgian limestone house has been restored and is on the National Register of Historic Places as the Colonel Benjamin Blythe Homestead, 217 Means Hollow Road, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Blythe family historian and researcher Pat Bristley, of Fremont, Ohio, writes "It is believed that the slaves lived in a two-room area over the kitchen extension." (Mrs. C. W. [Pat] Bristley to George F. Nagle, January 10, 2005. The Afrolumens Project is indebted to Mrs. Bristley for donating a large packet of biographical and genealogical information on the Benjamin Blythe family.)

While the fate of the persons held as slaves by Benjamin Blythe are not known, the 1820 census enumerated 9 free African Americans living with his son, Samuel Blythe, in Southampton Township, Franklin County. It is likely that these free persons include some or all of the persons listed below. (Mrs. C. W. [Pat] Bristley to George F. Nagle, January 25, 2005.)

Slave Name: Anna
Slave Age 04
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1776 (calculated)
Slave Description Female
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Cesar
Slave Age 28
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1752 (calculated)
Slave Description Man
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Antony
Slave Age 10
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October, 1782
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Bob
Slave Age 0.75
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1780-January (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Actual age at registration noted at 9 months and 15 days.
Date of Record October, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Nan
Slave Age 18
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1762 (calculated)
Slave Description Woman
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Harry
Slave Age 05
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1784-February 10
Slave Description "Negro Boy"
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Casper
Slave Age not known, age described as "advanced" in 1801
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth not known, but prior to 1780
Slave Description "Negro"
Slave Status Slave for life, probably "placed out" after the death of Benjamin Blythe in 1801.
Slave Notes Slaves Casper and Nan were mentioned in the will of Benjamin Blythe as follows: "It is my wish that my Executors would in some degree Consult the inclination of my negroes Casper and Dinah previous to their Placing them out, as I should be sorry they would be unhappy in their situation, especially at their advanced Period of life."
Date of Record 20 October 1801
Source: Will of Colonel Benjamin Blythe, Sr., Southampton Township, Cumberland County. Will dated October 20, 1801. Cumberland County Will Book G, number 94, pages 244-249. Copy of will provided to the Afrolumens Project by Mrs. C. W. Bristley, Fremont, Ohio. (Letter, Mrs. C. W. Bristley to George F. Nagle, January 10, 2005)
Slave Name: Dinnah
Slave Age not known, age described as "advanced" in 1801
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth not known, but prior to 1780
Slave Description "Negro"
Slave Status Slave for life, probably "placed out" after the death of Benjamin Blythe in 1801.
Slave Notes Slaves Casper and Nan were mentioned in the will of Benjamin Blythe. See notes for Casper, above.
Date of Record 20 October 1801
Source: Will of Colonel Benjamin Blythe, Sr., Southampton Township, Cumberland County. Will dated October 20, 1801. Cumberland County Will Book G, number 94, pages 244-249. Copy of will provided to the Afrolumens Project by Mrs. C. W. Bristley, Fremont, Ohio. (Letter, Mrs. C. W. Bristley to George F. Nagle, January 10, 2005)

Slaveholder Name: Bogle, Mr.
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: John
Slave Age ? ("man")
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description Negro man
Slave Status Runaway-apprehended in York, Pennsylvania.
Slave Notes Former slave of Joseph Simon, of Lancaster. The following ad was placed in the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 22, 1776:
"York Town Goal, May 12, 1776.
WAS committed to my custody the following persons, viz. Joseph Boone, who has been guilty of felony, and says he is a servant to John Tremble, in Maryland. Matthew Campbell, who confessed he was a servant man to Samuel Moore, in Lancaster county; had on, when committed, a brown Menist coat. A Negroe man, named John, who is a slave to a certain Mr. Bogle, of Cumberland county, formerly belonging to Joseph Simons, of the borough of Lancaster. Also a Negroe woman, who calls herself Sally, and is suspected to be a runaway, having lost her left eye. Their masters are desired to come in three weeks from the date hereof, pay charges, and take them away, otherwise they will be discharged for their fees. MICHAEL GRAYBILL, Goaler."
Date of Record May 22, 1776
Source:The Pennsylvania Gazette

Slaveholder Name: Brady, Kezia
City or Township Hopewell Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Dick
Slave Age -
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1794-September 07
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1794
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Brice, Samuel
City or Township West Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: York
Slave Age 12a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1768 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"

Slaveholder Name: Bricker, Jacob
City or Township Allen Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Sally
Slave Age 06a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1783 (calculated)
Slave Description Child
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Briggs, David
City or Township East PennsboroTownship
Occupation Innkeeper
Notes Owned at least one Negro slave, according to a complaint filed in Cumberland County court against him which mentions "his Negro." (Source 94, item 2088) He was also known to own "three 'negro' indentured women" whose names are unknown. (Source 98, page 13) His tavern was called the Silver Springs Tavern and was located in Hampden Township, ten miles from Carlisle. It is still standing. A disastrous fire occurred at the tavern in November of 1796, killing several people. (Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840," page 120) Died January 31, 1804 at Silver Springs, "aged 59 years" (Egle's Notes and Queries, Annual Volume 1900, XXIV, p. 134). See "Briggs, Hannah," below.

Slave Name: ?
Slave Age ?
Slave Sex: ?
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Undetermined
Slave Notes Mentioned in Cumberland County court Indictments as follows: "Complaint about David Briggs of East Pennsborough Twp. Mentions his Negro (Aug. 5)"
Date of Record August 05, 1800
Source:Schaumann, "Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania", Item #2088.
Slave Name: Philis
Slave Age ?
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes This information may be from the inventory of David Briggs, who died in 1804." After the death of David Briggs, Hannah Briggs advertised a "Mulatto Wench...a Slave for Life" for sale. This may have been Philis.
Date of Record 1804?
Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840," page 13
Slave Name: Jim
Slave Age ?
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Undetermined
Slave Notes This information may be from the inventory of David Briggs, who died in 1804."
Date of Record 1804?
Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840," page 13
Slave Name: ?
Slave Age ? "boy"
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description "Mulatto boy"
Slave Status Undetermined
Slave Notes This information may be from the inventory of David Briggs, who died in 1804."
Date of Record 1804?
Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840," page 13

Slaveholder Name: Briggs, Hannah
City or Township Silver Spring
Occupation
Notes This is either the widow or other relative of David Briggs, who ran the tavern at Silver Springs.

Slave Name: ?
Slave Age ?, unknown, but at least an adult in 1804
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth ? , unknown, but must have been born prior to 1780 because she is advertised as "a Slave for Life."
Slave Description "Mulatto Wench"
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes This if probably Philis, the only slave for life recorded with the Briggs family. Offered for sale in August, 1804. Text of advertisement: "FOR SALE, A Strong Healthy Mulatto Wench, a good cook and excellent house maid, she is duly recorded a Slave for Life, and sold for no other fault but the want of a Master. Apply for terms to HANNAH BRIGGS, Silver Spring, August 2."
The ad appeared in the Carlisle Herald on August 10 and August 24, 1804.
Date of Record August 02, 1804
Source: Carlisle Herald, August 10, 1804

Slaveholder Name: Bronnson, Richard
City or Township Rye Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Bess
Slave Age ?
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description A Little Girl
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registration notes: "A Little Girl age unnone," (unknown).
Date of Record October 23, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Frank
Slave Age 20a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1760 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registration notes: "Supposed to be about 20 years of age."
Date of Record October 23, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Susanah
Slave Age 21a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1769 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registration notes: "Supposed to be about 21 years of age."
Date of Record October 23, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Brown, George
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Jack
Slave Age 35a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1745 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Doll
Slave Age 02a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1778 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Peter
Slave Age 05a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1775 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Philip
Slave Age 04a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1776 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Silvey
Slave Age 35a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1745 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Sampson
Slave Age 17a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1763 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: David
Slave Age 08a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Minto
Slave Age 11a
Slave Sex: Undetermined
Slave Date of Birth 1769 (calculated)
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Phillis
Slave Age 13a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1763 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Judy
Slave Age 25a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1755 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"
Slave Name: Dick
Slave Age 25a
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1755 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"

Slaveholder Name: Brown, Thomas
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Abraham
Slave Age 17
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1763 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record September 7, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Brown, William
City or Township Armagh Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Sidney
Slave Age 05a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1784 (calculated)
Slave Description Black Girl
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Brown, William (2)
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation
Notes See the partial inventory of William Brown's estate, dated May 17, 1802, for a listing of his slaves.

Slave Name: Fan
Slave Age 01
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1788-September 16
Slave Description Negro (Source 20)
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes This person was listed in the inventory of the estate of William Brown, deceased, of Carlisle, dated May 17, 1802: "1 Negro Girl Phan 70.0.0." (Source 20)
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Deb
Slave Age 08
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1781-December 03
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Poll
Slave Age -
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1793-July 13
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes 1793 Registration lists Poll's mother as a Mulatto.
Date of Record 1793
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Sam
Slave Age -
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1796-July 18
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1796
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Let
Slave Age 03
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1786-July 08
Slave Description Mulatto (Source 20)
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes This person was listed in the inventory of the estate of William Brown, deceased, of Carlisle, dated May 17, 1802: "1 Molatress Girl Let 70.0.0." (Source 20)
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Brown, William, Esquire
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Will
Slave Age 01
Slave Sex: Undetermined
Slave Date of Birth 1779 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes The slave registered with this child (Jean) is possibly its mother.
Date of Record September 7, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Jean
Slave Age 18
Slave Sex: Undetermined
Slave Date of Birth 1762 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Sex is most likely female, as a one year-old child was registered along with this slave.
Date of Record September 7, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Bryan, Alexander
City or Township
Occupation
Notes Deceased at time of 1780 registration. Registered by James McCune, executor.

Slave Name: Chloe
Slave Age 50a
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1730 (calculated)
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1780
Source: "Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-81, 1788-1811, 1813-21, 1824-26, 1833"

Slaveholder Name: Bryson, William
City or Township Allen Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Lewis
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1815-October 18
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1816
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: John
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1813-July 17
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1814
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Ann
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1810-April 25
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1810
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Worldly
Slave Age
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1807-November 22
Slave Description Mulatto
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1808
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Buchanan, Arthur
City or Township Derry
Occupation Farmer
Notes

Slave Name: Bell
Slave Age 35
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1745 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 27, 1780
Source: "Miller Collection, 1750-1914 (Cumberland County Records)"

Slaveholder Name: Buchanan, Robert
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: ???
Slave Age 03
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1777 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro Girl
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Registered in 1780 as a daughter to Phillis, aged 35, with same owner.
Date of Record October 13, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Phillis
Slave Age 35
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1745 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes Phillis was registered in 1780 along with a daughter, not named, aged 3 years.
Date of Record October 13, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Tom
Slave Age 40
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1740 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 13, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Buchanan, Thomas
City or Township
Occupation
Notes Registrations appear on the same sheet as those of Captain William Rippey. They may have registered together.

Slave Name: Cato
Slave Age 16
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1764 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro Boy Slave
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record October 6, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"

Slaveholder Name: Buchannan, John
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation Waggon Master
Notes

Slave Name: Poll
Slave Age 18
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1762 (calculated)
Slave Description Negro
Slave Status Slave for life
Slave Notes
Date of Record September 13, 1780
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves--Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Slave Name: Leine
Slave Age 01
Slave Sex: Undetermined
Slave Date of Birth 1788-November
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes The registration identifies his mother as Poll, who was registered in 1780 by Buchanan at age 18. Also registered in 1789 was a brother, Jo.
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"
Slave Name: Jo
Slave Age 02
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Date of Birth 1787-January/February
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes The registration identifies his mother as Poll, who was registered in 1780 by Buchanan at age 18. Also registered in 1789 was a sibling, Leine.
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Butler, Capt. Thomas, Jr.
City or Township West Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Hannah
Slave Age .5
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1789-March 10
Slave Description Negro child, Female
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Butler, Richard
City or Township
Occupation
Notes

Slave Name: Charlotte
Slave Age 06
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Date of Birth 1783-February 25
Slave Description
Slave Status Slave to age 28
Slave Notes Charlotte was born in Lancaster, and was the daughter of Moll, according to the 1789 Registration.
Date of Record 1789
Source: "Registrations of Children of Slaves"

Slaveholder Name: Butler, Thomas
City or Township Carlisle/West Pennsborough Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name: Abel
  Slave Age ? "Man"
  Slave Sex: Male
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description "Negroe man"
  Slave Status Slave for life--repeat runaway
  Slave Notes Abel ran away in September 1763. Butler ran the following advertisement in the Pennsylvania Gazette:
  "Run away from the Subscriber, living in Carlisle, about the 7th of September last, A Negroe Man, of middle Size, and middle Age, a Smith by Trade, named Abel, walks lame in his right Foot: Had on when he went away, an Elkskin Jacket, Buckskin Breeches, pieced on the Knees, Shoes and Stockings. Whoever takes up said Negroe, so that his Owner may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
  THOMAS BUTLER."
  Abel was either captured or returned on his own but subsequently ran away again in 1770. Butler ran the following ad:
  West Pennsborough township, Cumberland county, August 22, 1770.
  RUN away from the subscriber, about the 26th of July last, a Negroe man, named ABEL, of middle age and size, a smith by trade, has a little halt as he walks, and turns out his toes, had, sometime ago, a large wart under his waistband, and I think a bit hath been taken out of his ear. Whoever secures said Negroe in any goal so that the owner may get him again, shall have FOUR DOLLARS reward, and reasonable charges, paid by me
  THOMAS BUTLER.
  Abel was jailed in Chester County and the following notice of slave capture was placed in the Pennsylvania Gazette:
  "Chester, September 5, 1770.
  THIS day was committed to my custody as a runaway, a Negroe man, named Abel, who says he is a slave to Thomas Butler, in Cumberland county, who lives within about 10 miles of Carlisle; his master is desired to come and pay charges, and take him away, by JOSEPH THOMAS, Goaler.
  Date of Record October 13, 1763
  Source: Accessible Archives--Pennsylvania Gazette, October 13, 1763, August 30, 1770, Items #31834, 47285 and #47393.

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