Blacks and other 'non-whites' in Franklin County PA
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MITCHELL, JAMES, Antrim. Nuncupative will. October 13, 1780/7 February 1781.
The day before he died he said that his part of his father's estate should be devised betwixt his wife and 2 daus. House in Carlisle to go to his 2 daus. together with house that belonged to his grandmother, now in dispute. Plantation he lived on to go to his son and eldest dau. Wife Mary. Son, Andrew and two daus. Clothes to be divided between his two bros. Bro. Ross to have care of the three children.
To set Negro man Bristo free at age 31.
He asked the witnesses to go for Elias Davison to draw his will but there was no paper in the house. Elias Davison and Henry Pauling were to return the next evening but James Mitchell died before they arrived.
Wit: John Kenneday, James Crawford, Elias Davison.
Admrs. widow Mary Mitchell and bro. Ross Mitchell. D. 31-3.
[Antrim Township is now in Franklin County, PA. James Mitchell owned 330 acres of land in the 1780 Antrim tax list, but no horses, cows or Negroes. He is not listed on the 1778 tax list of either Carlisle or Antrim.]
Cumberland County Tax Lists, PA Archives, 3rd Series, Vol XX,
Antrim Twp (now Franklin County), 1778, State Tax, pp 3 and following
(Name, Number of Negroes)
William Allison 1
George Brown, miller 2
Joseph Cooke 1
John Cruncleton 2
Ellis Davis 2
Rob't Davis 1
Simon Egker 1
John Erwin 2
Humphreys Fulerton 1
Joseph Galady 1
Andrew Gibson Sr 1
Henry Gordon 1
Rodger Hart 1
James McClenaghan 1
Henry Pauling 1
James Poe 1
William Renkers 1
Antrim Twp, 1780 Supply Rates, pg 251ff
(Name, number of Negroes)
John Allison, miller 3
William Allison 2
Wm Berryhill, blacksmith 1
George Brown, miller 7
John Crushton 4
Joseph Cook 2
Robert Davison 2
Elias Davison 4
William Downey 1
John Erwin 1
Andrew Gibson 2
James Johnston, sheriff 1
Thomas Johnston 3
John Jack 1
James McClenahan 5
Widow McClenahan 2
William Nisbitt 1
James Poe 3
Henry Pawling 4
John Rannels, Esq 2
1790 Census Franklin County PA �First Census of the United States�
(from the published copy � sorry, my cover and title page are missing. My copy has the owner's name and '1930' on the first page. It has been reprinted several times.)
Slaveholders and free colored (Name, number of slaves, number of 'all other free persons')
'Fannett, Hamilton, Letterkenny, Montgomery and Peters Townships'
Pg 113
William Hervey 0+1
William Elliott 1
John Holliday 6+4
Robert Anderson 1
Joseph Anderson 1
James Elder 0+1
William Taylor 0+1
Samuel Coulter 1
John King 2+3
Joseph Smith 1+1
James McDowell 1
William McDowell 2+1
Henery Work 1+2
Edward Welch 1+3
James Patten 2+1
William Withorow 2+1
James Chambers 1+1
Pg 114
William Campbell 1
Adam Holliday 3+2
Walter Thomson 1
James Campbell 5+1
William Hayes 1+1
James Dunlap 1+1
James Dickey 1 [Editor's note: An
excerpt from the article "The Late Seth Dickey of Mercersburg," by Charles J.
Stoner, notes that in 1882, Calvin Dickey II visited his uncle Seth Dickey in
Mercersburg. A relative, James Chambers, took him around the area.
Calvin wrote "Among other things Jim Chambers took me to see an aged colored
woman who claimed formerly to have been a slave on the Dickey place, when there
were slaves in Penna. She could not remember any definite facts, and was mostly
interested in getting me to give her some money for tobacco. Her claim to have
been a slave may have been all bunk, a source of a touch once in a while,
whenever any of the Dickeys came around." While the woman in the story may
or may not have actually been a slave to the Dickey family at one time, the
writer acknowledges the existence of elderly African American former slaves in
this community shortly before the turn of the century. Source: "The
Late Seth Dickey of Mercersburg By Charles J. Stoner, Papers read before the
Kittochtinny Historical Society, vol. XVII February 19, 1981," page 23.
"Dickey Family Genealogy," Gary Dickey, http://www.drdickey.com/histories/
Notes%20On%20Seth%20Dickey.pdf, accessed October 19, 2005.]
Joseph Irwin 2
__McKimnie 1+1
Samuel Findlay 1+1
John Brownson 2+3
Robert McFarlen 2+1
Rollen Harris 1
Robert Wilson 1
John Findley 0+1
William Magaw 1+1
John Wray 1+1
John Davis 1+1
Carns Sterrett 2+1
James Huston 8+7
James Ranken 1+4
Jeremy Ranken 1
Pg 115
James Clarke 1
William Martin 1
Johnston Elliott 1+1
Joseph Vanlear 1+1
Archibald Irwin 3+5
John Scott 5+5
Catherine Davis 1+1
Samuel Davis 3
David Davis 8+7
Phillip Davis 1
James Ramsey 4+3
Hannah Maxwell 3+4
George Crafford 1
Jean Crafford 1
Philip Davis 1+1
John Campell 0+1
David Kenedy 1
George Eaker 0+1
Thomas McFarren 2
Josiah Price 2 [Note: Josiah himself is listed as 'all other free persons']
John Kenedy 1
Thusa McAdoo 0+4
James Maxwell 7+4
John McClelean 2+3
Patrick Jack 1+3
James Car 1
Alexander Daybourgh 0+1
Robert Thomson 2
William Thomson 1
Pg 116
John Buzard 1
James McFarlen 1+1
William Rannels 4+2
Joseph McKamey 0+1
Joseph Armstrong 3+4
William Bard 1+1
Andrew Bard 1+1
Johanah Sharp 1
Charles Cummins 2+1
William Davis 1
John Beard 2
Nicholas Paterson 5+2
Samuel Culbertson 1
Pg 117
John Croighead 0+1
'Remainder of the County'
Hendry Pawling 8+9
John Boggs 3+1
Fredrich Simmer 0+1
Jacob Widnor 0+1
John Miller 1
Wm Beatty 0+1
James Poe 1+2
Wm Nesbit 1
James Speerman 2
James McClenaham 8
William Dueny 3+3
James Gibson 4+2
Elias Davison 6+1
John Erwin, Junr 3
John Erwin, Senr 1
Hendry Gordon 1
Samuel Richey 2
Eliz. Cruncleton 3
Joseph Davis 1+1
James Johnston, Esq 1+1
Thos. Johnston, Esq 4
Joseph Snively 1+3
William Ervin 2+2
Wm Rankin 5+2
Joseph Cook 1
Pg 118
Thomas Brown 4 + 2
George Brown 6 + 5
Humphrey Fullerton 4 +1
Samuel Smith 2+5
John McLenahan 3
Sam'l McCulough 1
George Clark 2
John Alison 4+5
Wm Alison 5+1
John Gibson 1+2
James McLenahan 1
Dr. Robt Johnson 4+2
Joseph Cruncleton 1
Mary Conway 0+2
Margret Anderson 0+4
Mary Ranger 0+4
Robt Kerr 0+1
Thos Wallice 1
John Stemon 0+1
George Cook 0+1
Pg 119
Adam Prits 0+1
Sam'l Royer 1
John Port 0+1
Daniel Leep 0+1
John Johnston, Esq 1
John Brown 1
Wm Morrow 2+5
George Goondecker 1
Patrick Campble 1
Sarah Bealy 1
Thos McCane 2
John Jeck 1
Edward Crawford 1+3
John McConkey 2
Benjamin Chambers 3+2
Ruana Calhoon 2+2
Matthew Wilson 2+1
Jas Riddle, Esq. 2
Joseph Chambers 1+1
Henry Taylor 1
Jas Findley 3+1
Jas Culberson 1
Joseph Culberson 2+2
Robt Culberson 2
Jas Stuart 2
David Mahon 1
Pawl Imel 1
Hugh Torrence 2
Saml Ray 1
Alexinder McCane 1+2
Rubn Galaspy 1
Jas Breckinridge 1+1
John Breckinridge 1
Philip Stumbough 1
Daniel Nevins 1
John Herron 1
John Young 1+2
Saml Cox 1
John Culberson 1
Goyen Morrow 0+1
Thos Bar 2+3
Isaac Miller 1
Wm Linn Jr 1+3
Charles McClay 0+1
Wm McCawl 0+1
Wm Gess 1
Andr. Murphey 0+1
Archey Johnston 5+4
Wm Long 1+2
Wm Vanleer 1+2
Samson Wilson 0+1
Jean Culberson 1+1
John Kerr 3+1
Owen Aston 1+1
'All other Free Persons�
Fannett, Hamilton, Letterkenny, Montgomery and Peters Townships
(Name, comment if any, and number of persons in Household)
Pg 115
George (Black) 4
Jonathan Burgers 8
Josiah Price 1 +2 slaves
"Remainder of the county"
Pg 117
Jim (Mulatto) 7
Jean Lyons 2
Pg 118
Dick Scott 1
Pg 119
Thos Brownston 5
Felty Pehely 8
Pg 120
Moriah (yellow) 2
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