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Cumberland County Slaveholders F-I

Slaveholders Listed On This Page

Farney, Jacob (Slaves listed: Dick)
Findley, James (Slaves listed: Jack, Tom, Luce)
Finlay, James (Slaves listed: Sampson, Beck, Doll, Cuff, Will)
Fisher, Thomas (Slaves listed: Letty, John, Harry Collins, David, unnamed child)
Fleming, John (Slaves listed: Mary, Sharlott)
Fleming, William (Slaves listed: Charlotte, Jacob, Violet, Doll)
Forney, George (Slaves listed: Nance)
Gaddis, William (Slaves listed: Ham)
Galbraith, Andrew (Slaves listed: Ann, Luce)
Galbraith, Barbara (Slaves listed: George, Isaac)
Galbraith, John (Slaves listed: Ruth)
Galbreath, James (Slaves listed: Violet, Sharper, Luce, Rachell, Hercules, Chloe)
Galloway, Samuel (Slaves listed: Hannah, Abraham, Rachel, Israel)
Gemmill, John (Slaves listed: Flora, York, Abraham)
Gibson, Ann (Slaves listed: Sall or Sarah)
Gibson, Col. George (Slaves listed: James, Nathaniel, Hannah)
Gibson, Robert (Slaves listed: Poll, Phillis, Nance, Margaret)
Gibson, William (Slaves listed: Bob)
Gillespy, George (Slaves listed: Jack, Frank, Violet, Dinah)
Goodman, Simon (Slaves listed: Elmer George)
Greason, James (Slaves listed: Kissia)
Greason, William (Slaves listed: Betsey)
Gregory, James (Slaves listed: Mingo)
Hammill, James (Slaves listed: Bett, Kesiah)
Harkness, William (Slaves listed: Betsy, Peggy, Richard, Hannah, Cuffee)
Harris, John (Slaves listed: Meeld, Amee)
Harwick, Anthony (Slaves listed: Harry)
Hawthorn, James (Slaves listed: Betsey, John, Jane, George)
Hays, Robert (Slaves listed: Rachel)
Hendle, Bernard (Slaves listed: Jenny McClintock)
Hendricks, Tobias (Slaves listed: David, Prince, Betty, Charity, Violet)
Henry, Robert (Slaves listed: Cynthia)
Herron, James (Slaves listed: Cuff, Richard, Jerry, Sall)
Holiday, Adam (Slaves listed: Bill, Paris, Hannah, Nell)
Holmes, Andrew (Slaves listed: Tim, Arthur, Jude)
Holmes, Daniel (Slaves listed: Hall)
Holmes, William (Slaves listed: Jim, Bill, George, Bett)
Hook, George (Slaves listed: Juk)
Hughes, John (Carlisle) (Slaves listed: Foederal, Jack Robison)
Hughes, John (Middleton Twp.) (Slaves listed: Jo)
Hunter, John (Slaves listed: Tom)
Hurwick, Anthony (Slaves listed: Hardy)
Huston, David (Slaves listed: Sam)
Huston, William (Slaves listed: Phillis, Hannah, Jacob, Rachell, Dinah, Tom, Toncy)
Irvin, John (Slaves listed: Julia)
Irwin, Archibald (Slaves listed: Thomas, Eneas, Hannah)
Irwin, Gen. William (Slaves listed: Tom)
Irwin, James (Slaves listed: Leah)
Irwine, Matthew (Slaves listed: Jack Harris, Harry Hill)

The Enslavement Data

Slaveholder Name Farney, Jacob
City or Township "East Pennsboro" Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Dick
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1800-June 06
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1800
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Findley, James
City or Township Peter's Township
Occupation
Notes Registered in 1780 with Robert McFarland.
1. Slave Name Jack
  Slave Age 18
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1762 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
2. Slave Name Tom
  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 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
3. Slave Name Luce
  Slave Age 13
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1767 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Finlay, James
City or Township Letterkenny
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Sampson
  Slave Age 30a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1750 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
2. Slave Name Beck
  Slave Age 05a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1775 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
3. Slave Name Doll
  Slave Age 15a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1765 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
4. Slave Name Cuff
  Slave Age 16a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1764 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
5. Slave Name Will
  Slave Age 24a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1756 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
Slaveholder Name Fisher, Thomas
City or Township "East Pennsboro Township"
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Letty
  Slave Age 23
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1783 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro, "Very Black"
  Slave Status Runaway
  Slave Notes Letty ran away on the night of October 25, 1806 with slaves Harry Collins and an unnamed 14 month-old child. She is described in the runaway ad as follows: "5 feet, 6 or 7 inches high, stout made, very active, good countenance, and walks very straight."
  Date of Record October 28, 1806
  Source: Dauphin Guardian, October 28, 1806
2. Slave Name John
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1805-September 01
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1805
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
3. Slave Name Collins, Harry, also known as William Powel
  Slave Age 40
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1766 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro, "Very Black"
  Slave Status Runaway
  Slave Notes Ran away on October 25, 1806. He ran away with a slave named Letty, and a 14 month-old child, all slaves of Thomas Fisher. Text of runaway advertisement:
  "40 Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY form the subscriber, living in East Pennsboro township, Cumberland county, and state of Pennsylvania, on the night of the 25th inst. A NEGRO MAN, named HARRY COLLINS, aged 40 years; 5 feet, 5 inches high, out mouthed, his teeth black, and decayed before. Had on, and took with him, a grey mixed cloth Coat, almost new; a drab coloured sailor's Jacket; one swansdown, and one marsailles waistcoat; and an old fur Hat.
  "--ALSO--
  "A Negro Woman, named LETTY, aged 23 years; 5 feet, 6 or 7 inches high, stout made, very active, good countenance, and walks very straight. Had on, and took with her, one white muslin, and one callico Gown; a number of Short-gowns, white, striped, and callico; a dark muslin bonnet, trimmed with black; a brown stuff'd Petticoat, one dimmity ditto, and two of striped linsey, red and blue. The above Negroes are very black--they took with them a mulatto child, aged 14 months, good countenance, and can walk alone.
  "Whoever secures the above described Negroes, in any Jail, so that their master may get them again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, if bro't home, paid by me, Thomas Fisher. October 28, 1806."
  A similar ad ran in the Franklin Repository, in Chambersburg, on November 4, increasing the reward to $80, and adding some additional information on Collins, describing him as "a Negro man, who calls himself Harry Collins, supposed to be the property of John Hershey, of Hagerstown, Maryland, and if so, whose real name is Wm. Powel." The updated advertisement also notes that he "artfully seduced, a Negro woman, named Letty, the property of the subscriber to go with him."
  Date of Record October 28, 1806 (Note: this advertisement also ran in the Bedford Gazette (Bedford County, PA) November 10, 1806.
  Source: Dauphin Guardian, October 28, 1806; The Franklin Repository, November 4, 1806.
4. Slave Name David
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1807-February 26
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1807
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
5. Slave Name ???
  Slave Age 01
  Slave Sex Undetermined
  Slave Date of Birth 1805 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Runaway
  Slave Notes This 14 month-old child was taken with Harry Collins and Letty when they ran away from Thomas Fisher. The child is described in the runaway ad as follows: "good countenance, and can walk alone."
  Date of Record October 28, 1806
  Source: Dauphin Guardian, October 28, 1806
Slaveholder Name Fleming, John
City or Township North Middleton Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Mary
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1811-September 09
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1811
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Sharlott
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1813-November 05
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1814
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Fleming, William
City or Township Middleton Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Charlotte
  Slave Age -
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1795-July 13
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes 1795 Registration lists Charlotte's mother as "Dinah."
  Date of Record 1795
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Jacob
  Slave Age 05
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1784-May
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
3. Slave Name Violet
  Slave Age 01
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1788-June
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
4. Slave Name Doll
  Slave Age 06
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1783-June
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Forney, George
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Nance
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1802-July 21
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1802
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Gaddis, William
City or Township West Pennsboro Township
Occupation Farmer
Notes
1. Slave Name Ham
  Slave Age 45a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1735 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes This person was registered after the deadline, and legally should have been freed.
  Date of Record December 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Galbraith, Andrew
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Ann
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1800-October 27
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1801
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Luce
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1802-June 01
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1802
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Galbraith, Barbara
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name George
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1808-September 10
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1809
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Isaac
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1810-January 26
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1810
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Galbraith, John
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Ruth
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1799-December 23
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1800
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Galbreath, James
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes The 1780 registration paper is signed by Andrew Galbreath. In his will, dated 27 May 1782 and proved 3 August 1786, James Galbraith leaves all of the slaves to his wife Elizabeth. (Cumberland County Will Book EF, page 117, cited on "James Galbreath and Elizabeth Bartram," by Walter Gilbert at http://www.otal.umd.edu/~walt/gen/htmfile/384.htm )
1. Slave Name Violet
  Slave Age 06
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1774 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
2. Slave Name Sharper
  Slave Age 70
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1710 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
3. Slave Name Luce
  Slave Age 05
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1775 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
4. Slave Name Rachell
  Slave Age 08
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
5. Slave Name Hercules
  Slave Age 16
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1764 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
6. Slave Name Chloe
  Slave Age 60
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1720 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Galloway, Samuel
City or Township Wayne Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Hannah
  Slave Age 08
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1781-March
  Slave Description Negro Girl
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Abraham
  Slave Age 04
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1785-September
  Slave Description Negro Boy
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes Actual name on 1789 Registration was listed as "Abm." Translation of this into "Abraham" is based upon other slave names with this slaveholder, all of which are Biblical names.
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
3. Slave Name Rachel
  Slave Age 02
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1787-September
  Slave Description Negro Girl
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
4. Slave Name Israel
  Slave Age 06
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1783-March
  Slave Description Negro Boy
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Gemmill, John
City or Township Derry Township; A 1764 runaway ad lists John Gemmil's location as Carlisle (number 3, below).
Occupation Clock and Watchmaker
Notes Excerpt from 1780 registrations for slaves York and Flora: "both of which Negroes he holds as Slaves for Life, and desires they may be registered by the Clerk of the Peace for Cumberland County, having heard only this Day of the Law requiring such registry to be made, given under my hand this 14th Day of Decr 1780."
1. Slave Name Flora
  Slave Age 42a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1738 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes This person was registered after the deadline and legally should have been freed.
  Date of Record December 14, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
2. Slave Name York
  Slave Age 40a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1740 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes This person was registered after the deadline and legally should have been freed.
  Date of Record December14, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
3. Slave Name Abraham
  Slave Age 19a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1745 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negroe Lad
  Slave Status Runaway
  Slave Notes Text of Advertisement:
  "FIVE POUNDS Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Carlisle, in Cumberland County, on the 24th of September last, a Negroe Lad, named Abraham, about 19 Years of Age, 5 Feet high, this Country born, can do a little in Silver Work, is active in any Kind of Farming Business, cut in both Ears; had on an Iron Collar, Blanket Coat, Buckskin Breeches, Stockings, and Shoes with Whitemetal Buckles. Supposed to have gone with a Deserter, as the same Night the Shop of John McKee, Taylor, was broken, and the following Goods taken, viz. a blue Coat, with white lining, much worn, a Soldier's light coloured coat, with Horn buttons, a scarlet Jacket newly turned, tow pair of Breeches, one black cloth, the other Nankeen, supposed by a Deserter, as next Day an old Soldier Coat, with some other Goods taken out of said Shop, were found in the Woods. Whoever takes up said Negroe and Thief, and secures them in any County Goal, so as his Master may have the Negroe, and the Thief brought to Justice, shall have Five Pounds for either of them Fifty Shillings paid by JOHN GEMMIL."
  Several items stand out in this ad. Note the mention of an iron collar, worn by the slave Abraham. The ad also notes in the physical description that Abraham is "this Country born," indicating that slaves born in Africa or the Caribbean were distinguishable by their nativity. The "cut in both Ears" is probably a tribal scarification mark. The owner, John Gemmil, in 1780 Slave Registration papers listed his occupation as "clock and watchmaker" which probably explains the silversmith skills noted for Abraham.
  Date of Record October 11, 1764
  Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 11, 1764
Slaveholder Name Gibson, Ann
City or Township Tyrone Township
Occupation
Notes See "Gibson, Col. George," for the children Hannah and Nathaniel of the slave Sall (Sarah).
1. Slave Name Sall or Sarah
  Slave Age? (adult)
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description "Mulatto girl"
  Slave Status "Indentured servant"
  Slave Notes Mentioned in Cumberland County court Indictments as follows: "Michael Boys (Buoy) of Tyrone Twp. F&B (fornication and bastardy) with a mulatto girl named Sall, indentured servant to Mrs. Ann Gibson of Tyrone Twp. Sall said that on Aug. 20, 1787 she was delivered of a girl named Hannah; on June 14, 1789 she gave birth to a boy named Nathaniel; on Nov. 26, 1790 she had a daughter named Maria; and on Nov. 24, 1792 she had a daughter named Isabella. She says Michael Buoy is the father of all 4 children. Test: Samuel Laird, John Holmes."
  I have been unable to determine what happened to Maria and Isabella. --gfn
  Date of Record 1794
  Source: Schaumann, "Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.", Item #1619.
Slaveholder Name Gibson, Col. George
City or Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name James
  Slave Age 04
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1785-February 26
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes 1789 Registration identifies James' mother as "Sarah."
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Nathaniel
  Slave Age .5
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1789-April 27
  Slave Description Mulatto Boy
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes 1789 Registration identifies Nathaniel's mother as "mulatto mother Sarah." A Cumberland County court indictment charges Michael Buoy of Tyrone Township as being the father of Nathaniel and three other children to Sall.
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
3. Slave Name Hannah
  Slave Age 02
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1787-August 30
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes 1789 Registration identifies Hannah's mother as "Sarah." A Cumberland County court indictment charges Michael Buoy of Tyrone Township as being the father of Hannah and three other children to Sall.
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Gibson, Robert
City or Township Middleton Township
Occupation
Notes See also the runaway ad placed by John Steel in 1765. In 1768, Robert Gibson was assessed for owning one Negro while living in Carlisle Borough (History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Chicago: Warner & Beers & Co. 1886, p. 221.)
1. Slave Name Poll
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Mulatto Girl
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
2. Slave Name Philllis
  Slave Age 25a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1755 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes 1780 Registration notes "blind in both eyes."
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
3. Slave Name Nance
  Slave Age 03
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1785-November 06
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1788
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
4. Slave Name Margaret
  Slave Age -
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1796-August 14
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1796
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Gibson, William
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Bob
  Slave Age 01
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1791-May 23
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes 1792 Registration lists Bob's mother as "Hannah."
  Date of Record 1792
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Gillespy, George
City or Township West Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Jack
  Slave Age 02
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1787-April
  Slave Description Twins
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes Twin brother to Frank, according to 1789 registration. See also note with slave Dinah, listed with this same slaveholder.
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Frank
  Slave Age 02
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1787-April
  Slave Description "Twins"
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes Twin brother to Jack, according to 1789 registration. See also note with slave Dinah, listed with this same slaveholder.
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
3. Slave Name Violet
  Slave Age 04
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1785-April
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes See note with slave "Dinah," listed with this same slaveholder.
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
4. Slave Name Dinah
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro Mother
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes It is unclear from the transcripts if this person is actually the mother of the three children listed with her in the 1789 registrations. That situation seems to make the most sense, given the existing data.
  Date of Record 1789
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Goodman, Simon
City or Township
Occupation
Notes The Dauphin County Registration paper of his slave Elmer George notes that Simon Goodman is a "former resident of Harrisburg."
1. Slave Name George, Elmer
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes Elmer George's birth was registered in Dauphin County, even though his owner was a resident of Cumberland County It is possible that Elmer was born in Dauphin County.
  Date of Record
  Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
Slaveholder Name Greason, James
City or Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Kissia
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1820-October 04
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes 1821 Registration lists Kissia's mother as "mulatto Issabell Gaw."
  Date of Record 1821
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Greason, William
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Betsey
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1801-January 03
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1801
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Gregory, James
City or Township Allen
Occupation Farmer
Notes Born about 1732; died about 1818. Married Agnes Trindle, daughter of William Trindle. Property owned: 1778--170 acres; 1779--470 acres. (Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 20).
1. Slave Name Mingo
  Slave Age 16
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1764 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 10, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Hammill, James
City or Township Shippensburg
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Bett
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Undetermined
  Slave Date of Birth 1801-November 25
  Slave Description "Mustee"
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes Registered in 1802 by Robert Shannon. Bought by James Hammill that same year.
  Date of Record 1802
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Kesiah
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1801-November 25
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes Registered in 1802 by Robert Shannon. Bought by James Hammill that same year.
  Date of Record 1802
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Harkness, William
City or Township Allen Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Betsy
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1813-February 28
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1813
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Peggy
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1804-April 01
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1804
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
3. Slave Name Richard
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1808-September 03
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1809
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
4. Slave Name Hannah
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1813-Februrary 28
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1813
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
5. Slave Name Cuffee
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Undetermined
  Slave Notes Indicted in Cumberland County court as follows: "Negro Cuffee, slave of William Harkness stole 1 cow from Michael Hauk and a cow from Jacob Cosh. Test: Jacob Weiser, John Clark, Jacob Cosh, George Logue, Esq. (July 2)"
  And as follows: "Negro Cuffee, the slave of William Harkness, stole 1 cow & 2 steers from James Orr, laborer, who is indicted for receiving stolen goods (July 2)" (Source 94, item 1552)
  Date of Record July 02, 1792
  Source: Schaumann, "Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.", Items #1531 and 1552.
Slaveholder Name Harris, John
City or Township Fermanagh
Occupation
Notes This is not the John Harris who founded Harrisburg. This Harris was a member of the 1779 Pennsylvania Assembly, and voted in favor of the Gradual Emancipation Act. He owned 375 acres in Fermanagh Township (modern Mifflintown, Juniata County).
In 1780 he was assessed for 1 slave, 6 horses, and 7 cows in Fermanagh; 150 acres, 2 horses and 2 cows in Milford Township. (Alosi, page 17
1. Slave Name Meeld
  Slave Age 14a
  Slave Sex Undetermined
  Slave Date of Birth 1766 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
2. Slave Name Amee
  Slave Age 11a
  Slave Sex Undetermined
  Slave Date of Birth 1769 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
Slaveholder Name Harwick, Anthony
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Harry
  Slave Age 22a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1756 (calculated)
  Slave Description "Negroe man"
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes Text of runaway advertisement placed by Harwick in the Pennsylvania Gazette:
  "Carlisle, May 21, 1778.
  THIRTY DOLLARS Reward.
  RUN away last night from the subscriber, a Negroe man, named Harry, country born, about 22 years of age, a stout well made fellow, about five feet 6 or 7 inches high, talks both English and Dutch, can do all sorts of farming work, and something at baking: Had on when he went away, a dark coloured coat, with black buttons, lined with an Indian blanket, a pair of two trowsers and a pair of half worn shoes, his other clothes unknown. Whoever apprehends said Negroe and secures him in any goal, so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges if brought home, paid by
  ANTHONY HARWICK."
  Date of Record May 30, 1778
  Source: Accessible Archives--Pennsylvania Gazette, May 30, 1778; ITEM #62035.
Slaveholder Name Hawthorn, James
City or Township Newton Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Betsey
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1802-March 08
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1802
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name John
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1804-November 17
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1804
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
3. Slave Name Jane
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1809-April 13
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1809
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
4. Slave Name George
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1806-October 29
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1807
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Hays, Robert
City or Township Shippensburg Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Rachel
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1814-June 04
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1814
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Hendle, Bernard
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation Clock and Watchmaker
Notes Hendle's occupation is noted from Egle's Notes and Queries, XLI, 1898 Annual Volume, page 251, "Cumberland Valley Marriages." The entry reads:
Hendel, Barnhard, clock and watchmaker, of Carlisle, m. May 13, 1813, Rebecca Kline, daughter of George Kline, Editor of "Gazette."
1. Slave Name McClintock, Jenny
  Slave Age 15
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1813 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Runaway
  Slave Notes Jenny ran away on June 30, 1828. Text of runaway ad: "Bernard Hendle offers 6c reward for Jenny McClintock, age 15 a mulatto. Ran away June 30 from Carlisle."
  Date of Record July 26, 1828
  Source: Harrisburg Argus, July 26, 1828
Slaveholder Name Hendricks, Tobias, Jr.
City or Township East Pennsborough Township
Occupation Innkeeper
Notes "The tavern of Tobias Hendricks, Jr. was an early landmark on the Great Road from Harris's Ferry to Carlisle. It stood on what became Market Street in Camp Hill." Hendricks kept his tavern from the 1740's to his death in 1779. (Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840" page 121)
1. Slave Name David
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes From the inventory of Tobias Hendricks, dated 1779, David was valued at 100 Pounds, the same as Prince, but less than either Betty, Charity or Violet.
  Date of Record 1779
  Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840" page 13.
2. Slave Name Prince
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes From the inventory of Tobias Hendricks, dated 1779, Prince was valued at 100 Pounds, the same as David, but less than either Betty, Charity or Violet.
  Date of Record 1779
  Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840" page 13.
3. Slave Name Betty
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes From the inventory of Tobias Hendricks, dated 1779, Betty was valued at between 300 and 500 Pounds, the same as Charity and Violet, and more than the value of 100 Pounds for either David or Prince.
  Date of Record 1779
  Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840" page 13.
4. Slave Name Charity
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes From the inventory of Tobias Hendricks, dated 1779, Charity was valued at between 300 and 500 Pounds, the same as Betty and Violet, and more than the value of 100 Pounds for either David or Prince.
  Date of Record 1779
  Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840" page 13.
5. Slave Name Violet
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes From the inventory of Tobias Hendricks, dated 1779, Violet was valued at between 300 and 500 Pounds, the same as Betty and Charity, and more than the value of 100 Pounds for either David or Prince.
  Date of Record 1779
  Source: Schaumann, "Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840" page 13.
Slaveholder Name Henry, Robert
City or Township Hopewell Township
Occupation Physician
Notes Occupation noted on 1780 registrations as "Practitioner of Physic." Registered together with Kezia Bainbridge.
1. Slave Name Cynthia
  Slave Age 11
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1769 (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
Slaveholder Name Herron, James
City or Township Lurgan Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Cuff
  Slave Age 07a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1773 (calculated)
  Slave Description Boy
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
2. Slave Name Richard
  Slave Age 18a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1762 (calculated)
  Slave Description Man
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
3. Slave Name Jerry
  Slave Age 15a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1765 (calculated)
  Slave Description Man
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
4. Slave Name Sall
  Slave Age 12a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1768 (calculated)
  Slave Description Girl
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
Slaveholder Name Holiday, Adam
City or Township Peter's Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Bill
  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 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
2. Slave Name Paris
  Slave Age 20
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1760 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
3. Slave Name Hannah
  Slave Age 12
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1768 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
4. Slave Name Nell
  Slave Age 43
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1737 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 12, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Holmes, Andrew
City or Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Tim
  Slave Age 24a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1754 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
2. Slave Name Arthur
  Slave Age 37a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1743 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
3. Slave Name Jude
  Slave Age 30a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1750 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
Slaveholder Name Holmes, Daniel
City or Township Middleton Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Hall
  Slave Age -
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1796-February 01
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes 1796 Registration lists Hall's mother as "mulatto mother- Lucie."
  Date of Record 1796
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Holmes, William
City or Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Jim
  Slave Age 10a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro Boy
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes Original 1780 registration reads: "A Negroe Boy named Jim, about ten Years of Age, a Slave for Life."
  Date of Record October 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
2. Slave Name Bill
  Slave Age 26a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1754 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 31
  Slave Notes Original 1780 registration reads: "A Mullattoe Man named Bill about twenty-six Years of Age, about five Years to Serve."
  Date of Record October 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
3. Slave Name George
  Slave Age 02
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1778-December (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto Boy
  Slave Status Slave to age 31
  Slave Notes Original 1780 registration reads: "A Mullattoe Boy one Year and ten Months Old named George, Servant to the Age of thirty one years ."
  Date of Record October 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
4. Slave Name Bett
  Slave Age 18a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1762 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 31
  Slave Notes Original 1780 registration reads: "A Mullattoe Girl named Bett about eighteen Years of Age, about thirteen years to Serve."
  Date of Record October 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Hook, George
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation Innkeeper
Notes Hook's tavern was located at the Southeast corner of Pomfret and Bedford streets in Carlisle. It is now demolished. Hook moved to Carlisle in 1759 after being indicted the previous year in York for keeping a disorderly public house. He died in 1762, deeply in debt. (Schaumann, Taverns, page 56)
1. Slave Name Juk
  Slave Age -
  Slave Sex Undetermined
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes Listed on the 1762 inventory of George Hook. Two white indentured servants, Charles Gill and John Gorel, were also listed in the inventory as having 3 1/2 years to serve each.
  Date of Record 1762
  Source:Schaumann, Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840, page 56
Slaveholder Name Hughes, John, Esq.
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation
Notes Died September 7, 1804 (Egles Notes and Queries, Annual Volume 1900, XXXII, p. 172).
1. Slave Name Foederal
  Slave Age -
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1796-December 21
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1797
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
2. Slave Name Jack Robison
  Slave Age ? (adult)
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth ?
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Undetermined. Given in document as "servant."
  Slave Notes Indicted in 1798 in Cumberland County as follows: "Negro Jack Robison, servant of John Hughes, Esq. of Carlisle, stole 1 gelding from Samuel Cuswell (Creswell). Long deposition about where he rode with the horse, etc. (Feb. 1)"
  Date of Record February 01, 1798
  Source: 94, Item #1951.
Slaveholder Name Hughes, John (2)
City or Township Middleton Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Jo
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1803-March 03
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1803
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Hunter, John
City or Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Tom
  Slave Age ?
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1781
  Slave Description
  Slave Status ?
  Slave Notes This person was listed along with the 1780 registrations. Date of birth may be a typo.
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
Slaveholder Name Hurwick, Anthony
City or Township Carlisle Borough
Occupation Baker
Notes
1. Slave Name Hardy
  Slave Age 25
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1755 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 30, 1780
  Source: 70
Slaveholder Name Huston, David
City or Township Peter's Township
Occupation
Notes Registered in 1780 with William Huston and Henry Work.
1. Slave Name Sam
  Slave Age 20
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1760 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Huston, William
City or Township Peter's Township
Occupation Farmer
Notes Registered in 1780 with David Huston and Henry Work.
1. Slave Name Phillis
  Slave Age 29
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1751 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
2. Slave Name Hannah
  Slave Age 01a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1779-July (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes Registration lists "aged about 14 months."
  Date of Record September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
3. Slave Name Jacob
  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 September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
4. Slave Name Rachell
  Slave Age 07a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1773 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
5. Slave Name Dinah
  Slave Age 10a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
6. Slave Name Tom
  Slave Age 20
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1760 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
7. Slave Name Toncy (Tony?)
  Slave Age 12a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1768 (calculated)
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes A slave "during life."
  Date of Record September 11, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Irvin, John
City or Township Rye Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Julia
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1807-January 19
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1807
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves
Slaveholder Name Irwin, Archibald
City or Township Peter's Township
Occupation
Notes
1. Slave Name Thomas
  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: "Slave Returns Listings"
2. Slave Name Eneas
  Slave Age 27a
  Slave Sex Undetermined
  Slave Date of Birth 1753 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
3. Slave Name Hannah
  Slave Age 12a
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1768 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1780
  Source: "Slave Returns Listings"
Slaveholder Name Irwin (Irvine), Gen. William
City or Township Carlisle
Occupation Physician
Notes Surname is actually Irvine. Registration paper for Tom was signed by Isabella Irwin. William Irvine was born in Ireland and attended the University of Dublin. He became a surgeon in the Royal Navy, serving from 1754 to 1763, when he resigned his commission. He lived in Carlisle and practiced medicine, and joined the Continental Army in 1776, serving as a Colonel. He was captured by the British at Quebec in June 1776, exchanged in 1777, and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1779. Irvine settled border disputes between Pennsylvania and Virginia in southwestern Pennsylvania.
His 1776 tax record shows a lot, 2 slaves, 2 horses and 2 cows.
Irvine's 1779 tax records shows 1 slave (a man) and 2 cows. (Alosi, page 17)
1. Slave Name Tom
  Slave Age 40a
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1740 (calculated)
  Slave Description
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record October 13, 1780
  Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
Slaveholder Name Irwin, James
City or Township Middleton Township
Occupation Farmer
Notes Registered his slave Leah in 1780 along with William Chambers.
1. Slave Name Leah
  Slave Age 20
  Slave Sex Female
  Slave Date of Birth 1760 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro
  Slave Status Slave for life
  Slave Notes The possible public sale of Leah is suggested by this advertisement placed in the Carlisle Gazette in April, 1787: "By virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Facias to me directed, will be exposed to public sale on Friday the 20th of this instant April, at the Court House in the Borough of Carlisle, one Negroe Wench and horses. Seized and taken in execution as the property of James Irwin, and be sold by Charles Leeper, Sheriff. April 10, 1787"
  Date of Registration October 13, 1780
  Sources: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves | Carlisle Gazette, April 10, 1787
Slaveholder Name Irwine, Matthew
City or Township East Pennsboro Township
Occupation
Notes Surname also spelled Irwin.
1. Slave Name Harris, Jack
  Slave Age 15
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1800 (calculated)
  Slave Description Negro "Very Black"
  Slave Status Runaway
  Slave Notes Jack ran away on June 20th, 1815. It is unknown if Matthew Irwin ever recovered him. Text of runaway ad:
  "20 Dollars Reward. Ran away from the subscriber, residing in East Pennsborough township, Cumberland County, about 7 miles from Harrisburg and 8 from Carlisle, on the 20th inst. a Negro boy, named Jack Harris, aged 15 years, about 4 feet 5 or 6 inches high, very black, and flat featured...
  Matthew Irwin. June 26th, 1815."
  Date of Record June 26, 1815
  Source: The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser, July 1, 1815
2. Slave Name Hill, Harry
  Slave Age
  Slave Sex Male
  Slave Date of Birth 1816-September 01
  Slave Description Mulatto
  Slave Status Slave to age 28
  Slave Notes
  Date of Record 1816
  Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves

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