Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders Mc-Mu

From Enslavement to Freedom
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Enslavement in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Slaveholder Surnames Mc-Mu
Slaveholders Listed on this Page McAllister Family Notes McAllister, Archibald (Slaves listed: Joe) McAllister, Andrew (Slaves listed: Ben) McAllister, William (Slaves listed: Cesar) McBeath, Anne (Slaves listed: Primus) McClellan, John (Slaves listed: Lot, Dinah, Lidea, Jane) McClintock, Daniel (Slaves listed: Phillis) McCormick, Hugh (Slaves listed: Jim, Harry) McCormick, James (Slaves listed: Thomas, Jane Ann) McCracken, William (Slaves listed: Jonathan, Pheebe) McCune, John --Hopewell Twp. (Slaves listed: Charles) McCune, John --Southampton Twp. (Slaves listed: Dan, Levi, Phillis) McCune, Samuel (Slaves listed: Isabell, Paddy, Peter, Levi, Paul, Sall, Beach, Bead) McDonnel, Daniel (Slaves listed: George) McDonnell, John (Slaves listed: William) McDowell, John (Slaves listed: Poll) McDowell, William (Slaves listed: Dinah) McElhane, Archibald (Slaves listed: Isaac, Ann) McFarlan, James (Slaves listed: Caesar, Dick) McFarland, James (Slaves listed: Venes) McFarland, Robert (Slaves listed: Tom, Whilis) McFarland, Col. William (Slaves listed: Hannah, Beck) McFarlane, Rosanna (Slaves listed: George) McGibbin, William (Slaves listed: Bob) McGufin, James (Slaves listed: Jack, Becks, David, Jance) McIntyre, Andrew (Slaves listed: Un-named Negro boy) McKeehan, James (Slaves listed: Susan) McKenney, Joseph (Slaves listed: Anicle) McKenzie, Dorthea (Slaves listed: Violet, Dinah, Samuel, James) McKibbin, Jeremiah (Slaves listed: Dina, Jane, Sawney, Jem, Dine, Fan) McKibbin, James (Slaves listed: two unnamed persons) McKinney, David (Slaves listed: Cab) McKinney, Joseph (Slaves listed: Jinn) McKinney, Samuel (Slaves listed: Sip) McKuhan, Samuel (Slaves listed: Lacey) McMullen, Ester (Slaves listed: un-named female infant, un-named male infant) McPherrin, Rev. Thomas (Slaves listed: Dolly) Miller, Elizabeth (Slaves listed: William) Miller, John (Slaves listed: James, Un-named Mulatto woman and her small child, Un-named man, Bob) Miller, Matthew (Slaves listed: Charles, Rachel, Bob, Let) Miller, Matthew Jr. (Slaves listed: Patience, Thom) Miller, Robert (Slaves listed: Violet, Abraham, Toby, Dorby) Miller, William (Slaves listed: Thomas, James, George, Harry) Montgomery, John (Slaves listed: Dick, Vinia, Vinius, Dinia, Tom, Belinda, Juba, Jean, un-named boy) Moore, James, Esquire (Slaves listed: Eliza, James) Moore, John --West Pennsboro Twp. (Slaves listed: Tobias, Ann) Moore, John --Dickinson Twp. (Slaves listed: Hannah, Fanney, Casey, George, Jane Johnston, Sarah) Moore, William, Esquire (Slaves listed: Un-named Negro woman) Moore, William, the elder (Slaves listed: Peter, Sambo) Morton, Edward (Slaves listed: Abram Logan) Murdoch, John (Slaves listed: Dinah) Enslavement Data Slaveholder Name McAllister City or Township Occupation Notes Diarist Thomas P. Cope, of Philadelphia, writes of the 1800 conviction in Carlisle of two brothers named McAllister "the youngest of whom is upwards of 60," for the murder of a Negro man, who was a slave of one of them. (Source Harrison, Philadelphia Merchant: The Diary of Thomas P. Cope, 1800-1851, page 19.) Research in the Cumberland County court records reveals the incident listed under William McAllister. Slaveholder Name McAllister, Archibald City or Township "Pennsborough" Occupation Notes Slave Name Joe Slave Age 30a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1717 (calculated) Slave Description "Negroe man" Slave Status Slave for life--Captured Runaway Slave Notes Not technically a slaveholder in regard to this person, McAllister captured Joe, a fugitive slave from South Carolina, in 1747 and placed the following advertisement in the Pennsylvania Gazette: "Taken up by Archibald McAlister, in Lancaster county, Pennsborough township, a Negroe man, who calls himself Joe; says he came from South Carolina; he is of middle stature, and about 30 years of age. The owner, proving his property, and paying charges is desired to come and take him away." Date of Record November 19, 1747 Source: Accessible Archives--Pennsylvania Gazette, November 19, 1747, ITEM #9132. Slaveholder Name McAllister, Andrew City or Township Occupation Notes McAllister (who spelled his name "McCalister") described his location as "near Carlisle." Slave Name Ben Slave Age 26a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1752 (calculated) Slave Description "Negro man" Slave Status Slave for life--Runaway Slave Notes Ben ran away in June 1778. McAllister placed the following runaway advertisement in the Pennsylvania Gazette: "TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY about the middle of June last, from the subscriber near Carlisle, in the state of Pennsylvania, a Negro man named BEN, about 26 years of age, five feet eleven inches high, strong made, not very black; had on a short brown cloth jacket, the back parts light coloured, tow shirt and trowsers, an old pair of shoes, a hunting cap bound with yellow tape, a striped silk handkerchief; he also took with him a remarkable large knife; one of his fore fingers is very small. He was formerly the property of a certain Hayes, alias Haset or Haslet, about twelve miles from Dover, in Kent county Delaware, to which place it is supposed he is gone. Whoever secures said Negro so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges, from ANDREW McCALISTER." Date of Record October 17, 1778 Source: Accessible Archives--Pennsylvania Gazette, October 17, 1778, ITEM #63273. Slaveholder Name McAllister, William City or Township Occupation Notes William McAllister lived in Mifflin County. He was visiting his brother John of Tyrone Township at the time of the death of his slave Cesar. Both men were tried in Cumberland County at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, September Session, 1800, President Judge John Joseph Henry presiding. Testimony at the trial described in detail how Caesar was severely beaten. John and William McAllister were both found guilty and sentenced to five years each in the penitentiary in Philadelphia. ( Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette, 10 September 1800) Slave Name Cesar Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life. Slave Notes Beaten and whipped to death by William McAllister in 1800. Cumberland County court records have the following account of the beating: "Examination of John McAllister of Tyrone Twp.: That in the forenoon of April 14, his brother William McAllister of Mifflin Co. discovered that someone had cut the strap of his saddle bags and had taken 7 French crowns & $5. He accuses Negro Cesar, his property, who denied it. He took him to an apple mill, fastened a rope about the negro's neck & put him over the sweep of the mill. Then he stripped off his clothes and whipped him and told him to give back the money. . .William McAllister brought the negro back to the house and went to Landisburg. When he came back at dark the negro was dead, and that he had not intended to take his life, but only to get a confession. (April 21)" Note: this case received newspaper coverage at least as far as Philadelphia, as Philadelphia merchant Thomas Cope commented about it in his diary. (Harrison) Date of Record April 21, 1800 Source: Schaumann, Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Item #2099. Slaveholder Name McBeath, Anne City or Township Middleton Township Occupation Notes The 1798 tax assessment for Middleton Township lists Widow McBeath as owning one slave under age 45. Slave Name Primus Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1795-June 19 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1795 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McClellan, John City or Township Peter's Township Occupation Notes McClellan's residence became Montgomery Township, Franklin County, after the formation of that county in 1784. Slave Name Lot Slave Age 31a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1749 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Lot was charged in 1785 with attempted rape. Text of court order: "Cumberland County, May 1785. John McClellan of Montgomery twp. in Franklin County farmer, tent in £200 On Condition that his Slave Negro Lott personally appear at the next Court of General Quarter Sessions to be held at Chambersburgh for the county of Franklin to answer a Charge of having made an attempt to Commit a Rape on the body of Ann Dixon and not depart." (source 135, page 271) Date of Record October 12, 1780 Sources: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves \| Records of the (Pennsylvania) Supreme Court , page 271 Slave Name Dinah Slave Age 30a Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1750 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Woman Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 12, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Lidea Slave Age 04 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1776 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Girl Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 12, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Jane Slave Age 01 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1779 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Girl Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 12, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slaveholder Name McClintock, Daniel City or Township Hamilton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Phillis Slave Age ? ("wench") Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Negro Wench Slave Status Slave for life. Slave Notes Cumberland County court Indictments: "Daniel McClintock of Hamilton Twp. to prove his claim of a negro wench named Phillis, now (___?____) by James Lemon. Tent: Alexander McClintock, Humphrey Fullerton (June 30)" Date of Record June 30, 1781 Source: Schaumann, Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Item #946. Slaveholder Name McCormick, Hugh City or Township Middleton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Jim Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1800-February 18 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1800 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Harry Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1807-July 06 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1807 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McCormick, James, Esquire City or Township Carlisle Occupation Notes Slave Name Thomas Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1811-April 24 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1811 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Jane Ann Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1808-June 14 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1808 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McCracken, William City or Township Newton Township Occupation Notes Member of Big Springs Presbyterian Church Slave Name Jonathan Slave Age 09a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1771 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Jonathan, as part of the William McCracken household, was listed as a member of Big Springs Presbyterian Church in a 1789 listing of that church's membership. (Alosi, page 54) Date of Record 1780 Sources: Slave Returns Listings \| Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810" Slave Name Pheebe Slave Age 14a Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1766 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slaveholder Name McCune, John City or Township Hopewell Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Charles Slave Age 07 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1782-December Slave Description Negro Male Child Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McCune, John (2) City or Township Southampton Township Occupation Notes Husband of Bathsheba. Died in 1832. Slave Name Dan Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1794-July 13 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1794 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Levi Slave Age 22a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1767 (Calculated) Slave Description "negro man" Slave Status Slave for life (runaway) Slave Notes Ran away in August, 1802. Text of runaway ad: "Thirty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living near Shippensburgh, in the county of Cumberland, on Saturday evening the 7th instant, a negro man, named LEVI, about thirty-five years of age, five feet ten or eleven inches high, a miller by trade, and inclines to play on the fiddle. Had on and took away with him, one grey broadcloth coat with pewter or lead buttons, one scarlet broadcloth jacket, one clouded or calico do. three pair of trowsers, clouded nankeen, one striped red, and one country tow linnen, one common furr hat, two fine linen shirts, one of them ruffled at the bosom, one muslin shirt, and one pair of calf-skin shoes. He is of a pleasant countenance, has a scar above one of his eyes, and is supposed to have a pass. Whoever takes up the said negro man, and secures him in any jail in the United States, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges if brought home. JOHN M'CUNE. Southampton township, Cumberland county, August 9, 1802." Date of Record August 14, 1802 Source: Lancaster Journal Slave Name Phillis Slave Age not stated, described as "woman" Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth Not known, described as "woman" in 1832 Slave Description "black woman" Slave Status Not determined Slave Notes McCune provided for the disposition of Phillis upon his death as follows: "It is also my will that in case my black woman Phillias should outlive my wife that my three sons John, Robert and Alexander McCune shall provide for her during her lifetime, and to have the use of her labor." Date of Record 19 January 1832 Source: Will of John McCune, Southampton Township, Cumberland County, 19 January 1832. Slaveholder Name McCune, Samuel City or Township Hopewell Township Occupation Farmer Notes Slave Name Isabell 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 October 10, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Paddy Slave Age 01.5 Slave Sex Male (presumed) Slave Date of Birth 1778/ April (calculated) Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Actual age of slave was registered at 18 months. Date of Record October 10, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Peter Slave Age 08 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated) Slave Description Male Negro Slave Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 10, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Levi Slave Age 17 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1763 (calculated) Slave Description Male Negro Slave Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 10, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Paul Slave Age 10 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated) Slave Description Male Negro Slave Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 10, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Sall Slave Age 15 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1765 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 10, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Beach Slave Age 10 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 10, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Bead Slave Age 14 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1766 (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 McDonnel, Daniel City or Township Newton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name George Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1794-February 27 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1794 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McDonnell, John City or Township Carlisle Occupation Notes Slave Name William Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1798-July 30 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1799 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McDowell, John City or Township Occupation Notes Registered in 1780 with John King, his son-in-law. Slave Name Poll Slave Age 35 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1745 (calculated) Slave Description "Mulatto Wench" Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 09, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slaveholder Name McDowell, William City or Township Peters Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Dinah Slave Age "aged about eight or nine years" Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1771 or 1772 (calculated) Slave Description "Negro Wench" Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 23, 1780 Source: John R. Miller Collection, 1750-1914 Slaveholder Name McElhane, Archibald City or Township Shippensburg Occupation Blacksmith Notes Slave Name Isaac Slave Age .25 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1813-November 22 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record February 23, 1814 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Ann Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1815-October 10 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1816 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McFarlan, James City or Township Occupation Notes Member of Big Springs Presbyterian Church Slave Name Caesar Slave Age ? Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Slave Status Undetermined Slave Notes Caesar is listed in the 1789 membership records of Big Spring Presbyterian Church, under the household of James McFarlan. Date of Record 1789 Source: Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810," pages 54-55. Slave Name Dick Slave Age ? Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Slave Status Undetermined Slave Notes Dick is listed in the 1789 membership records of Big Spring Presbyterian Church, under the household of James McFarlan. Date of Record 1789 Source: Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810," pages 54-55. Slaveholder Name McFarland, James City or Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Venes Slave Age 11 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1769 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Wench Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 26, 1780 Source: John R. Miller Collection, 1750-1914 Slaveholder Name McFarland, Col. William City or Township Newton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Hannah Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1800-October 03 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1800 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Beck Slave Age - Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1796-February 07 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1796 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McFarland, Robert City or Township Occupation Notes Registered in 1780 with James Findley of Peter's Township. Slave Name Tom 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 October 12, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slave Name Whilis Slave Age 10+ Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1770 (calculated) or earlier Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Slave age was not completely readable. Somewhere between 10 and 19 years old. Date of Record October 12, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Slaveholder Name McFarlane, Rosanna City or Township Newton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name George Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1808-November 27 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1809 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McGibbin, William City or Township Occupation Notes Son-in-law of John Blair, who 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. Slaveholder Name McGufin, James City or Township Newton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Jack Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1793-February 06 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes 1793 Registration lists Jack's mother as "Sall." Date of Record 1793 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Becks Slave Age - Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1798-March 31 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1798 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name David Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1801-November 21 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1801 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Jance Slave Age - Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1790-April 27 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes 1790 Registration lists Jance's mother as "negro Sall." Date of Record 1790 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McIntyre, Andrew City or Township Carlisle Occupation Carpenter/joiner; innkeeper Notes Kept the Sign of the Indian Queen Tavern at the northwest corner of High and East streets in Carlisle (now demolished) from 1754-1761. Died in 1761. His wife Martha ran the tavern for several years after his death. It was considered one of the best taverns in town. (Schaumann, Taverns of Cumberland County) Slave Name ? Slave Age ? "boy" Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description "Negro boy" Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes From the inventory of Andrew McIntyre, 1761. Date of Record 1761 Source: Schaumann, Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840, page 62 Slaveholder Name McKeehan, James City or Township Newville Occupation Notes Slave Name Susan Slave Age Not stated in ad, but described as a "woman" Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth Not stated Slave Description "Negro Woman" Slave Status Escaped, self emancipated Slave Notes Susan escaped from McKeehan on April 10, 1816. Text of advertisement placed by McKeehan to capture her: 10 Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber, living in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, near Newville, on the 10th inst. A Negro Woman, named Susan. She is very black, has a sour countenance, is of the middle height, and has large full breasts. She had on and took with her, one dress of checked domestic cotton, one calico do. of a striped yellow ground, a shawl, and sundry other clothing not recollected. -- The above reward & reasonable charges will be given for lodging her in any jail, and giving information to the subscriber. JAMES M'KEEHAN. April 16, 1816. Date of Record 16 April 1816 Source: Franklin Repository Weekly (Chambersburg, PA), 30 April 1816. Slaveholder Name McKenney, Joseph City or Township Hamilton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Anicle Slave Age 17 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1763 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Wench Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 27, 1780 Source: John R. Miller Collection, 1750-1914 Slaveholder Name McKenzie, Dorthea City or Township Carlisle Occupation Notes Carlisle was first listed in registrations in 1802. Prior to that, no location was listed. Slave Name Violet Slave Age 05 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1784-January 09 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Dinah Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1801-December 08 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1802 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Samuel Slave Age 02 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1787-January 02 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name James Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1803-November 19 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1804 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McKibbin, James Westley, Sr. City or Township Lurgan Township Occupation Farmer Notes Born 1730 in Tyrone County, Ireland, married Lettice or Leticia about 1755 in Lurgan Township, died January 30, 1786 in Lurgan Township (by then this was Franklin County). The earliest slaveholding data for James McKibben is from Cumberland County tax records for 1768, showing among other holdings, 1 slave. Tax records for 1779 and 1781 show two "negroes," and 1782 records show one "negro." His will, executed 24 January, 1786, bequeaths "all his negroes and household furniture" to married daughters Margaret McCarrell and Elizabeth Lettice White. James Westley McKibben's family history is online and well documented at Ancestors of Everett "Skeets" Wilhite. Slave Name Not known Slave Age Not known Slave Sex Not known Slave Date of Birth Not known but prior to 1768 Slave Description "Negroe" Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Appears in tax records as early as 1768 Date of Record 1768 Source: Ancestors of Everett "Skeets" Wilhite. Slave Name Not known Slave Age Not known Slave Sex Not known Slave Date of Birth Not known but prior to 1779 Slave Description "Negroe" Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Appears in tax records as early as 1779 Date of Record 1779 Source: Ancestors of Everett "Skeets" Wilhite. Slaveholder Name McKibbin, Jeremiah City or Township Newton Township Occupation Notes Member of Big Springs Presbyterian Church Slave Name Dina Slave Age 01 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1792-November 04 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes 1793 Regsitration lists Dina's mother as "mulatto Fama." Date of Record 1793 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Jane Slave Age 01 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1790-February 28 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes 1791 Registration lists Jane's mother as "wench Fan." Date of Record 1791 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Sawney Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1795-December 26 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes 1796 Registration lists Sawney's mother as "Fan." Date of Record 1796 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Jem Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1794-June 14 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes 1794 Registration lists Jem's mother as "Fan." Date of Record 1794 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Dine Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1810-February 05 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1810 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Fan Slave Age ? (adult) Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Slave Status Undetermined Slave Notes Researcher John Alosi notes that Fan, as part of the Jeremiah McKibben household, is listed as one of six slaves known to be members of the Big Springs Presbyterian Church. The church recorded its membership, which included 23 Blacks, in 1789. Date of Record 1789 Source: Alosi, "Slavery in Post Revolutionary Cumberland County, 1780-1810," pages 54-55. Slaveholder Name McKinney, David City or Township Hopewell Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Cab Slave Age 05 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1784-August Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McKinney, Joseph City or Township Hopewell Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Jinn Slave Age 26 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1754 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record October 26, 1780 Source: John R. Miller Collection, 1750-1914 Slaveholder Name McKinney, Samuel City or Township Hopewell Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Sip Slave Age 07 Slave Sex Male (gender presumed) Slave Date of Birth 1754 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes "aged Seven years last feberuary." Date of Record October 26, 1780 Source: John R. Miller Collection, 1750-1914 Slaveholder Name McKuhan, Samuel City or Township West Pennsboro Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Lacey Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1816-August 11 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1816 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McMullen, Ester, Deceased City or Township Occupation Notes Registered by George Logue, Esquire, of Carlisle (presumably executor of her estate). Slave Name ??? Slave Age - Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1795-December 28 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1795 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name ??? Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1795-December 28 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1795 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name McPherrin, Rev. Thomas City or Township Peters Township Occupation Clergyman Notes Slave Name Dolly Slave Age 45 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1735 (calculated) Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes "Slave for life" is specified in the 1780 registration. Date of Record October 30, 1780 Source: John R. Miller Collection, 1750-1914 Slaveholder Name Miller, Elizabeth City or Township Middleton Township Occupation Notes Slave Name William Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1801-October 06 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1802 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Miller, John City or Township West Pennsboro Township Occupation Innkeeper Notes Kept the Mount Rock Tavern from the late 1750's through the 1770's, 1794-1800, and 1820-1825. The tavern was located on the Great Road turnpike between Carlisle and Pittsburgh (modern address: 2799 Ritner Highway). Slave Name James Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1797-March 28 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1797 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name ??? Slave Age ? ("man") Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Slave Status Undetermined Slave Notes Un-named slave mentioned in Cumberland County court Indictments as follows: "Deposition of John Miller of Mt. Rock. On March 3 or 4, Thomas Moffit, in company with his brother, came to my house about 3:00 in the evening, as informed by my wife. Thomas Moffit's brother purchased a violin from my negro man, and gave him 2 counterfiet dollars to pay for it. Test: Robert Crawford, Rannel Blair, John Skiles." Date of Record 1796 Source: Schaumann, Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Item #1778. Slave Name ? Slave Age ? ("woman") Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description "Mulatto Woman" Slave Status Undetermined Slave Notes Advertised for sale in "Kline's Carlisle Gazette," 01 May, 1798. Offered for sale with her two year-old child. A partial text reads: "a Mulatto Woman and her small child about 2 years old--the woman has been accustomed to house work, is an excellent cook and well calculated for a public house or private family, and is registered according to law." Date of Record May 01, 1798 Source: Schaumann, Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840, Page 187 Slave Name ? Slave Age 02a Slave Sex Undetermined Slave Date of Birth 1796 (calculated) Slave Description "small child" Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Offered for sale in May, 1798 along with the mother. See previous listing above. Date of Record May 01, 1798 Source: Schaumann, Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, 1750-1840, Page 187 Slave Name Bob Slave Age 26 or 27 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1748 or 1749 (calculated) Slave Description "Negroe man" Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Bob was advertised as a runaway from George Moore in Lancaster. Previous owners listed were Daniel Elliot and John Miller of Carlisle. Text of runaway advertisement, placed in the Pennsylvania Gazette: "Lancaster, November 7. SIX DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away on the 5th inst. from the subscriber, in the borough of Lancaster, a Negroe man named BOB, about 5 feet 8 inches high, 26 or 27 years of age, a well made stout fellow, this country born. Had on when he went away, a drab coloured coatee, elk skin breeches, Germantown stockings, and good shoes. Whoever secures said Negroe in any goal out of this county, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by GEORGE MOORE, Tavern keeper. *It is supposed he is gone towards Fort Pitt, as his former master Daniel Elliot followed the Indian trade, with whom he hath been frequently there. He served some time with John Miller, near Carlisle." Date of Record November 15, 1775 Source:** Accessible Archives--Pennsylvania Gazette, November 15, 1775; ITEM #58520. Slaveholder Name Miller, Matthew City or Township Middleton Township Occupation Notes Born 1718. Became a wealthy landowner in Middleton Twp., owning a brick house, a brick kitchen and a brick barn. The separate brick kitchen was a symbol of conspicuous wealth. At the time of his death in 1790 he owned over 600 acres in Middleton Township and an additional 1,000 acres elsewhere. He was usually taxed for 2 or 3 slaves. His son Matthew Jr. received his estate and slaves upon his death. (Van Doren, Cumberland County: An Architectural Survey) Slave Name Charles Slave Age 01 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1788-March Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Rachel Slave Age 01 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1788-November Slave Description Child Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Bob Slave Age 03 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1786-April Slave Description Child Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Let Slave Age 05 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1784-February Slave Description Child Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Miller, Matthew Jr. City or Township Middleton Township Occupation Notes Upon his father's death in 1790, Matthew Miller Jr. received the substantial estate in Middleton Twp. and Negro slaves, among other property. I have not determined which slaves were willed to Matthew Jr. The 1798 Tax Assessment for Middleton Township lists Matthew Miller with one slave under the age of 45 years. This is possibly the slave Rachel who may have been part of the estate which he inherited from his father. (Van Doren, Cumberland County: An Architectural Survey) Slave Name Patience Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1801-October 09 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1801 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Thom Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1804-December 20 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1805 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Miller, Robert City or Township Carlisle Occupation Notes Assessed for three "Negroes" in 1768 in Carlisle Borough (History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Chicago: Warner & Beers & Co. 1886, p. 221.) Slave Name Violet Slave Age 40a Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1740 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Abraham Slave Age 04a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1776 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Toby Slave Age 40a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1740 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Dorby Slave Age 40a Slave Sex Undetermined Slave Date of Birth 1740 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slaveholder Name Miller, William City or Township Carlisle Occupation Tanner Notes In 1767, Miller advertised to lease out the James Semple farm in Londonderry Township, Dauphiin County. He included in the lease "two good labouring Negroe Men." Slave Name Thomas Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1800-February 23 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1800 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name James Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1802-December 15 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1803 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name George Slave Age 3 months old at registration Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1797-November 04 Slave Description "Mulatto Male Child" Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Text of registration: "William Miller of the Borough of Carlisle, Tanner, One Mulatto Male Child named George born the fourth day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. Wm. Miller. "Cumberland County. Before me the Subscriber deputy Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County appeared William Miller of the Borough of Carlisle, Tanner, and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the above return is just true.--Wm. Miller. Sworn & subscribed Feby 13th 1798--Before David Irvine, Dy Clks." Date of Record 13 February 1798 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Harry Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1806-April 05 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1806 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Montgomery, John City or Township Carlisle Occupation Notes Montgomery was an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle. From July 3, 1775 to July 22, 1776 he was a Representative from Cumberland County to the State Committee of Safety, in Philadelphia. Following that he was commander of a regiment of the Flying Camp and fought in New York until November 1776, when taken prisoner by the British upon the fall of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island. He was exchanged in 1777. Other details: Pennsylvania Assembly-- 1781-1782; Representative to U.S. Congress-- 1783; Associate Judge, Cumberland County-- 1794; Helped found Dickinson College. Tax Records: 1768: Assessed for two "Negroes" in Carlisle Borough (History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Chicago: Warner & Beers & Co. 1886, p. 221.) 1780: House and a lot in Carlisle, misc. other property, 2 Black women, 250 acres in Middleton Township. (Alosi, page 13) Slave Name Dick Slave Age 01a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1779 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Vinia Slave Age 08a Slave Sex Undetermined Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Vinius Slave Age 08a Slave Sex Undetermined Slave Date of Birth 1772 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Dinia Slave Age 36a Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1744 (calculated) Slave Description Wench Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Tom Slave Age 04a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1776 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Belinda Slave Age 02a Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1778 (calculated) Slave Description Child Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes This child was registered in 1780 along with her mother, Jean, who was 22 years old. The relationship was stated in the registration. Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name Juba Slave Age 13a Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1767 (calculated) Slave Description "Negro boy" Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes John Montgomery purchased Juba, a "Negro boy," aged about 9 years, from William Smith on September 27, 1777. Montgomery later sold Juba, age 18, to Joseph Kreps on May 2, 1785. Kreps later obtained a certificate of registration from Cumberland County clerk John Agnew, stating "on the 23^rd day of October, 1780, entered office Juba, a Negro slave then supposed to be aged about 13 years in due time agreeable to the law for abolition of slavery.” The certificate, dated November 16, 1789, was in preparation for the sale of Juba, aged about 22 years, to Robert Coleman of Lancaster County, on January 1, 1790. (Coleman Papers, LCHS) Date of Record Registration: October 23, 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings; Coleman Papers Collection, MG-275, Slaves Folder 2, Inserts 1-4, Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Slave Name Jean Slave Age 22a Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1758 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes She was registered in 1780 along with her child, Belinda, who was 2 years old. This relationship was stated in the registration. Date of Record 1780 Source: Slave Returns Listings Slave Name ??? Slave Age ? (Boy) Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Negro Boy Slave Status Undetermined Slave Notes No name or date of birth is given in the transcript. Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Moore, James, Esquire City or Township Dickinson Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Eliza Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1808-October 28 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1809 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name James Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1811-January 31 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Transcript notes his name may be "Janus." Date of Record 1811 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Moore, John City or Township West Pennsboro Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Tobias Slave Age 02 Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1787-October 08 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Ann Slave Age 04 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1785-November Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1789 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Moore, John (2) City or Township Dickinson Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Hannah Slave Age - Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1797-May 01 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1797 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Fanney Slave Age Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1808-April 16 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1808 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Casey Slave Age 01 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1799-October 01 Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1800 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name George Slave Age Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1806-June 16 Slave Description Mulatto Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes Date of Record 1806 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slave Name Jane Johnston Slave Age ? (adult) Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Slave Status Undetermined (given in document as "slave") Slave Notes Mentioned in Cumberland County court Indictments as follows: "James Moore, William Kelver, Abraham Gregor, Ann Moore, John Moore & Eleanor his wife, Eleanor Moore the younger, Jane Johnston & negro Sarah, slaves of John Moore, at Dickinson Twp. entered the close and assaulted John Galacher. Test: John White, James McCane (July 1)" Date of Record July 01, 1795 Source: Schaumann, Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Item #1709. Slave Name Sarah Slave Age ? Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth ? Slave Description Negro Slave Status Undetermined (Given in document as "slave") Slave Notes Mentioned in Cumberland County court indictments in an incident from 1795. See the notes to slave Jane Johnston, above. Date of Record July 01, 1795 Source: Schaumann, Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Item #1709. Slaveholder Name Moore, William, Esquire City or Township Middleton Township Occupation Judge Notes Information is from the estate sale of this person, indicating that he was deceased by September 1804. Egle's Notes and Queries (Annual Volume 1900, XXXII, p. 172) reports the death of "Moore, Wm. esq., one of the Associate Judges of Cumberland county, d. at Carlisle, Friday, August 31, 1804." Slave Name ? Slave Age ? (adult) Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth? Slave Description "Negro Wench" Slave Status Undetermined Slave Notes Advertised to be sold at public sale as part of the estate of William Moore, Esquire. Text of ad: "TO BE SOLD, at PUBLIC VENDUE, On Wednesday, the third of October next, at the late dwelling house of William Moore, Esq. Dec'd, in Middleton township, in the county of Cumberland. A Variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, the time of a Negro Wench, Horses, Cows, Sheep & Hogs, Farming Utensils, and a number of articles too tedious to mention. The vendue to begin at ten o'clock, & continue from day to day until the whole is sold. Where due attention and reasonable credit will be given by John Moore, senr., George Wilson, James M'Cormick, John Moore, junr., James Given,} Adm'rs. Sept. 13." Date of Record September 13, 1804 Source: Carlisle Herald, September 21, 1804 Slaveholder Name Moore, William, the elder City or Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Peter Slave Age ? (adult) Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth? Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Mentioned in Cumberland County court Indictments: "William Moore the elder, Gilbert Sewright, William Simons, John Gibson, Alexander Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Samuel Shaw, John Maze, James Beyers, William McGinnis, James Kinkade, John McKee, Barnabus McCartney, Negro Peter & Negro Sambo, the slaves of William Moore for forcible entry at West Pennsborough Twp. in the close of Thomas Grier the elder, containing 1/4 acre of arable land & 133 acres of woodland (which land he had cleared of logs to build a house), and expelled him. Test: Elijah Forsythe, Thomas Lee (March 21)" Date of Record March 21, 1791 Source: Schaumann, Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Item #1502. Slave Name Sambo Slave Age ? (adult) Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth? Slave Description Negro Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Mentioned in Cumberland County court Indictments. See the notes to slave "Peter," above. Date of Record March 21, 1791 Source: Schaumann, Indictments--1750-1800, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Item #1502. Slaveholder Name Morton, Edward City or Township East Pennsboro Township Occupation Notes Slave Name Logan, Abram Slave Age - Slave Sex Male Slave Date of Birth 1794-July 25 Slave Description Slave Status Slave to age 28 Slave Notes 1794 Registration notes: "male child born of negro wench, property of estate of James Morton." Date of Record 1794 Source: Registrations of Children of Slaves Slaveholder Name Murdoch, John City or Township Carlisle Occupation Notes Slave Name Dinah Slave Age 15 Slave Sex Female Slave Date of Birth 1765 (calculated) Slave Description Slave Status Slave for life Slave Notes Date of Record September 22, 1780 Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves Cumberland County Index \| Enslavement Main Page \| Afrolumens Project Home

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