Dauphin County Slaveholders, D - F
Slaveholders listed on this page
- Dearmond, Richard (Slaves listed: Rachel; Venus; Joseph; Tom; Dina; Samuel)
- Detweiler, David (Slaves listed: Emilin)
- Dickey, William (Slaves listed: Bett)
- Didding, John (Slaves listed: George Dillin)
- Dorrance, Henry B. (Slaves listed: Mark)
- Duncan, James (Slaves listed: Betty; Sam Roach)
- Duncan, Jean (Slaves listed: Betty)
- Duncan, John (Slaves listed: Crist)
- Eisenhower, John (Slaves listed: Hectir)
- Elder, David (Slaves listed: York)
- Elder, John (Slaves listed: William)
- Elder, Joshua (Slaves listed: Peter; Rachel; Clarey; Jane; Richard; un-named male; Jack;
Pero; Gin; Susanna; Silvia; Charles)
- Elder, Robert (Slaves listed: un-named male)
- Elder, Thomas (Slaves listed: Lydia; Henry)
- Elen, David (Slaves listed: Ruth)
- Espy, Josiah (Slaves listed: Sarah)
- Ferguson, David (Slaves listed: Will; Amelia; Peter; Gibe; Derry; Lucy)
- Fisher, George (Slaves listed: Hannah)
- Forster, James (Slaves listed: Sam)
- Forster, John (Slaves listed: Ambrose)
- Foster, John (Slaves listed: Charlotte)
- Fox, John (Slaves listed: Eve)
- Frazier, William (Slaves listed: Jane; Charlotte; Ruth)
- French, John (Slaves listed: Lonon)
- Fulton, Joseph (Slaves listed: Abigal, Jack)
- Fulton, William (Slaves listed: Dirick)
Enslavement Data
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Owner's Surname: Dearmond
Owner's First Name: Richard
Owner's Township: West Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Farmer
Owner--Memo:
Dearmond traveled with James Wilson on October 12, 1780 to Lancaster to
register their slaves. The clerk recorded "Dearmond, Richard & James
Wilson of Hanover township, farmers, enter as owners" Tom, Negroe Man, about
20 years of age, slave during life; Dina, Negroe Wench, about 20 years of
age, slave during life; Samuel, Negroe Boy, about one year old, slave during
life; London, Negroe Man, about 23 years of age, slave during life; Sip,
Negroe Wench, about 22 years of age, slave during life and Hege, Negroe
Girl, about four years old, slave for life.The clerk did not indicate who
owned which slaves, but it was customary to list slaves by descending age,
males first, followed by females in descending age order. Using that
custom as an indicator, it was possible to make a guess as to who held which
slaves.
- Counter: 229
Slave Surname, if known:
Thomas
Slave Given Name: Rachel
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record: post 1788
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28. The Harrisburg 1821 Registry
of African Americans listed Rachel Thomas, aged 42, who was "brought
up by Mr. Dearmon and Sarved her time with Jary Rees." Since she was
registered some time after 1780 as the child of a slave, it seems apparent that
someone overestimated her own age when she was entered into the registry.
At some point, Dearmond sold Rachel to
Jeremiah Rees, of Harrisburg.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
| "Harrisburg Registry of Free African Americans, 1821-1826," Archives of
the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Counter: 230
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Venus
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Gender is presumed. Status: Slave to age
28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 231
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Joseph
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 64
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Tom
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 20
years old at registration (1780), but described as 28 years old in June 1786
runaway ad.
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Slave Memo: Status: "Slave during life." Described as "Negroe
Man," registered at Lancaster. Tom ran away in June 1786. Dearmond placed
the following advertisement to recapture him:
Eight Dollars Reward.
Ran-Away on the 26th inst., a Negro Man, named Tom, about 28 years of age,
had on and took with him, one blue coat, one white ditto, two cotton jackets,
one pair corduroy breeches, and one pair leather ditto, one fine shirt ruffled
at the breast, two course ditto, one pair trowsers, two pair stockings, had
a down look, pitted with the small pox, & wears a queue.
Whoever takes up and secures said Negro, so that his master may have him again,, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges paid, by me,
Richard Dearmond.
Hanover Township, Dauphin Co. June 27th, 1786.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves
and Servants, 1780."
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780" |
Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, 24 July 1786
- Counter: 65
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dina
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 20
years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Slave Memo: Status: "Slave during life." Described as "Negroe
Wench," registered at Lancaster.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 66
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Samuel
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about one year old at registration; ran away at 17 years old.
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Slave Memo: Status: "Slave during life." Described as "Negroe
Boy," registered at Lancaster.
Notes: Samuel ran away on Sunday, June 5th, 1796. When Dearmond was unable to find him, he placed an ad at the end of June in the Philadelphia newspaper, the United States Gazette, which had a circulation throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the Subscriber, living near Harrisburgh, county of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania, on Sunday, 5th inst. A NEGRO MAN, named SAM, about 17 or 18 years of age, 5 feet, 7 or 8 inches high; has no particular mark, but apt to look down when charged with a fault. Had on and took away, a home-made cloth coat, and overalls of the same, striped jean jacket, felt hat, almost new, calf skin shoes, and white shirt.
The above reward will be paid to any person who will secure said negro in any goal, so that his master may hear of the same, and reasonable charges paid, if brought home to
RICHARD DEARMOND.
June 29
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
The United States Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), 02 July 1796, page 2.
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Owner's Surname: Detweiler
Owner's First Name: David
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Derry
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 300
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Emilin
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- 149
Owner's Surname: Dickey
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's Township: Paxtang
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 113
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Bett
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 22
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Mulatto Woman," 22 years old., a "slave during life."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780." | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
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Owner's Name: Didding, John
Owner's Township: Susquehanna Township
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
Slave Surname, if known: Dillin
Slave Given Name: George
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): "between the age of 16 and 17"
Date of Registry or Record: 19 March 1842
Slave Memo: George Dillin ran away from Didding on Saturday, March 12, 1842. Didding placed the following advertisement in local newspapers to recover him:
One Dollar Reward!
RANAWAY from the subscriber, living in Susquehanna township, Dauphin county, on Saturday the 12th inst., A BRIGHT MULATTO BOY, named George Dillin. Said boy was between the age of 16 and 17, and had on when he went away a frock coat, brush hat, (nearly new) Cassinett pants, and brown cloth vest.
Whoever takes up said boy, and returns him to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward -- but no charges will be allowed.
JOHN DIDDING.
March 19
Sources: The Keystone (Harrisburg, PA), 23 March 1842.
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Owner's Surname: Dorrance
Owner's First Name: Henry B.
Owner's City: Halifax
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Physician
Owner--Memo: Dorrance's occupation is established with the following advertisement from the Harrisburg Republican, September 17, 1816:
"Dr. Henry B. Dorrance,
Having recently removed to the town of Halifax, takes this method to inform the public, that he will promptly comply with their calls in his professional business, viz. practice of physic, surgery and midwifery. A share of public patronage will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged.
Halifax; August 27, 1816."
Microfilm of the Harrisburg Republican can be found at the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Counter: 354
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Mark
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- 151
Owner's Surname: Duncan
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Location: Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: By the time his slave Sam ran away in 1794, Sam's ownership
had changed to Benjamin Duncan.
James Duncan is buried in Newside Cemetery, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County.
- Counter: 52
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Betty
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): aged 21 at registration
Slave Date of Birth: 1759 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Status: Registered in 1780 at Lancaster as Bett, a "Negroe Woman,"
21 years of age, "a slave."
Slave Memo: In July 1800, Betty is listed with slaveholder Jean Duncan of Lower Paxton Township.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 53
Slave Surname, if known: Roach (source 26)
Slave Given Name: Sam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): aged 3 years at registration, ran away at age 17.
Date of Registry or Record: 10/12/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as Sam, a "Negroe Boy, three
years of age, "a slave." Sam ran away on
December 19, 1794. (The Pennsylvania Gazette, January 7, 1795) He was subsequently captured and committed to the Chester County jail in early 1795. (The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 6, 1795)
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Duncan
Owner's First Name: Jean
Owner's Location: Lower Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Betty
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 40 (see notes for Betty, held by James Duncan, above)
Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated) (see notes for Betty, held by
James Duncan, above)
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Memo: In October 1780, Betty was registered as a slave for life by slaveholder James Duncan of "Paxtang" Township.
Source:Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Duncan
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Location:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Died October, 1788. Husband of Ann.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Crist
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): Not known
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Date of Registry or Record: October 25, 1788
Slave Status: Not determined
Slave Memo: In his will, dated June 1788 and proved October 25, 1788, John Duncan left his "slave Crist" to his grandson-in-law David Ritchey.
Source:"Slaves and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills"
- Owner's Surname: Eisenhower
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City:
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: Son of Michael and Esther Eisenhower. Buried in Wenrich's Cemetery, Lower Paxton Township. Died June 21, 1861.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hectir
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age (Years):
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Not determined.
From Wenrich's Records: "Hectir was the name of his slave. He could ride or drive the oxen. Very often he would ride on, over to Caspar Heckerts home in Heckert's Gap. He is buried at Caspar Heckarts home. 'He loved nature, fields woods sky, night lightening and thunder.' "
Source: Wenrich's Records, page 43
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Owner's Surname: Elder
Owner's First Name: David
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 283
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: York
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- 154
Owner's Surname: Elder
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City: Annville
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 301
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: William
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- 155
Owner's Surname: Elder
Owner's First Name: Joshua
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township: Paxtang Township, Lancaster County (1780)
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: More on Joshua Elder,
including an image of a slave advertisement.
- Counter: 206
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peter
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 218
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Rachel
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 338
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Clarey
Slave Sex: Undetermined
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 350
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jane
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 351
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Richard
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 369
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: ? (possibly the slave Peter, above)
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 22
Date of Registry or Record: 1/16/1808
Slave Memo: Status: A slave to age 28. Offered for sale in early
1808. Click here for an image of that ad.
Source: The Oracle of Dauphin, January
16, 1808
- Counter: 98
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 36
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," 36 years of age,
"a slave."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
- Counter: 99
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pero
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 29
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," 29 years of age,
"a slave, now absent." Egle lists this slave's name as "Pero."
This man ran away about a month before Elder registered him, and Elder noted
his absence on the registration. On the 22nd of September, Joshua
Elder lost Pero at Stedtler's (Stetler's) Tavern in what is now Trappe,
Montgomery County. He described the runaway as "a Negroe man...about
28 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high," traveling with "a great bundle of
clothes tied up in a blanket." Elder offered two hundred dollars
reward for Pero's return.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780 |
The Pennsylvania Gazette, 27 September 1780
- Counter: 100
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Gin
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 19
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a
"Negroe Woman," 19 years of age, "a slave."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
- Counter: 101
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Susanna
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 02
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life.
Registered at Lancaster as a "Mulatto Girl," 2 years of age, "a slave."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
- Counter: 102
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Silvia
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 6 months old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Negro
Girl," 6 months of age, "a slave."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
- Counter: 428
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: ???
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 40
Date of Registry or Record: 10/18/1808
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Offered for sale on October 18, 1808.
Source: 47
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Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Charles
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age (Years): 40
Date of Registry or Record: January 11, 1805
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Ran away on November 5th, 1804.
Text of runaway notice, from the Lancaster Journal, January 11, 1805: "RAN-AWAY
FROM the subscriber living in Harrisburgh, on the 5th of November last, a
negro man, named CHARLES, forty years old, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high,
a stout made fellow, has some scores down his cheeks common to the Guinea
negroes, and is fond of strong liquor. He went off in a drunken frolick,
and took with him only his wearing clothes, which were an old blue cloth
coat with large metal buttons, broad striped swansdown jacket, coarse shirt
and trowsers, half worn shoes, yarn stockings, and a good fur hat.
Whoever takes up and secures said runaway in any jail, so that his master can get him again, shall be entitled to FIFTEEN DOLLARS reward, and reasonable charges paid, by JOSHUA ELDER. January 11."
Of particular interest in the advertisement above is the statement "has
some scores down his cheeks common to the Guinea negroes." This
evidence of tribal scarification is rare in this time and place.
Charles was captured, but escaped again, this time on October 19, 1806. Charles planned better, taking more clothing and a faked pass. Elder placed the following ad, which elaborates on the cheek scars:
RAN AWAY
FROM the subscriber, living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, on Sunday night the 19th instant, a negro man named CHARLES, about 40 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches high, stout made, has three scores down each cheek, common to African negroes, is fond of whiskey, and when drunk very talkative, speaks through his nose. had on and took with him, a blue coating great coat with velvet cape, a light coloured fustian roundabout jacket, four or five under jackets, and as many shirts, trowsers and stockings of each, a good fur hat and new pair of shoes. Whoever takes up said negro and secures him so that his master may have him again, shall receive THIRTY DOLLARS reward, and reasonable charges paid by
Joshua Elder.
N.B. It is supposed he will change his name, as he was detected about 12 miles from home the second night after he went away, when he produced a pass.
Oct 31
Sources: 97, also United States Gazette, 20 November 1806, page 4.
- Owner's Surname: Elder
Owner's First Name: Robert
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Swatara
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: ???
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 22
Date of Registry or Record: July 08, 1808
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28. Offered for sale in July, 1808.
Source: 48
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Owner's Surname: Elder
Owner's First Name: Thomas
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 296
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lydia
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 325
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Henry
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Owner's Surname: Elen
Owner's First Name: David
Owner's Location: Halifax
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Surname may be a misspelling of Allen?
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ruth
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 13
Date of Registry or Record: 1807
Slave Date of Birth: 1794 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Memo: Listed in an 1807 list of slaves in Halifax, Dauphin County as follows: "Ruth a Molattoe age 13, female, owner David Elen."
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807
- Owner's Surname: Espy
Owner's First Name: Josiah
Owner's Location: Lower Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sarah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 60
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
Slave Status: Not Determined
Slave Memo:
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807
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Owner's Surname: Ferguson
Owner's First Name: David
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: West Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 276
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Will
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 329
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Amelia
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 330
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peter
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 331
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Gibe
Slave Sex: Undetermined
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 332
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Derry
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 333
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lucy
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Owner's Surname: Fisher
Owner's First Name: George
Owner's City: Middletown
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Egle identifies Fisher as the Founder of Middletown.
Although a Quaker, Fisher held on to his slave Hannah, not manumitting her
during his lifetime, but providing for her manumission in his will. For
a photo of the Pennsylvania state historical marker honoring Fisher, click
here.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hannah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record: February 22, 1777
Slave Memo: Status: Manumitted in 1781. From the will of George Fisher: "Item. I do order and hereby declare that my Negro Wench called Hannah be Immediately set free after my decease, and that my Executors do pay her out of my Estate during her life the Annual Sum of Six pounds lawful money aforesaid." The will was dated 22 February, 1777. Fisher died in October, 1781.
Source: Egle, "Notes and Queries," Third Series, Volume 1, page 18.
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Owner's Surname: Forster
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Township: Londonderry
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at the time of the 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: James Forser's slave was registered at Lancaster on
November 1, 1780 "by his attorney William Hay of the same place [Londonderry
Township]." On that same day, Hay also registered two slaves for
William Moore of Londonderry Township.
- Counter: 158
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 17
Date of Registry or Record: 11/1/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," 17 years old, a
"slave during life."
Source:"Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
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Owner's Surname: Forster
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 24
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ambrose
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 24
Date of Registry or Record: September 21, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negro Man" in
registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Source:"Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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- Owner's Surname: Foster
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Susquehanna
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Unknown
Owner--Memo:
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Charlotte
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 22a
Date of Registry or Record: May 5, 1820
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway
Source: 51
- Owner's Surname: Fox
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Derry
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Unknown
Owner--Memo: Two John Fox's were enumerated during the 1807 Septennial Census; John Fox was listed as an innkeeper and the other, John Fox Jr., did not have an occupation listed.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Eve
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 45
Date of Registry or Record: 1807
Slave Memo: Status: Undetermined. This was the only slave recorded in the township during the 1807 Septennial Census.
Source: 40
179
Owner's Surname: Frazier
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Londonderry
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 279
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jane
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Counter: 304
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Charlotte
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ruth
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ? "Girl"
Date of Registry or Record: February 16, 1816
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway.
Source: 49
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Owner's Surname: French
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at the time of the 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 163
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lonon
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 24
years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 11/1/1780
Slave Memo: Name possibly a misspelling of "London?" Registered at
Lancaster as a "Negroe Man, age about 24 years, a slave for life."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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Owner's Surname: Fulton
Owner's First Name: Joseph
Owner's Township: Paxtang
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: In his will, dated January 21, 1787 and proved May 25, 1787, Joseph Fulton leaves one "negro boy" to his brother Richard, and after Richard to his son Richard. Fulton leaves a second "negro boy" to his nephew Richard Wallace. "Slaves and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills"
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 2 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/26/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy," 2 years
old, a "slave for life."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Abigal
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): "about 29
years" at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/26/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Wench, about 29
years old," a "slave for life."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
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Owner's Surname: Fulton
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's Township: Paxtang
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 122
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dirick
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): "age about10
years"
Date of Registry or Record: 10/26/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy, age about 10
years," a "slave for life."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780."
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
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