Juniata County Slaveholders N-Z

Index of slaveholders listed on this page

1. Neely, William  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
2. Nelson, Robert  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
3. Patterson, George  (Slaves listed:  Three unnamed slaves)
4. Patterson, James  (Slaves listed:  Four unnamed slaves)
5. Patterson, James, Jr.  (Slaves listed:  Two unnamed slaves)
6. Patterson, Jean  (Slaves listed:  Three unnamed slaves)
7. Patterson, John  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
8. Patterson, William --Milford Twp (Slaves listed:  Three unnamed slaves)
9. Patterson, William --Fermanagh Twp  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
10. Pollock, Charles (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
11. Poltney, Joseph  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
12. Poltney, Thomas (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
13. Sterrett, William  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
14. Stewart, George (Slaves listed:  Three unnamed slaves)
15. Stewart, George, Widow of  (Slaves listed:  Two unnamed slaves)
16. Stewart, John --Milford Twp. (Slaves listed:  Two unnamed slaves)
17. Stewart, John --Fermanagh Twp.  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
18. Tardevance, Peter (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
19. Taylor, Robert  (Slaves listed:  Unnamed mulatto slave)
20. Watson, John  (Slaves listed:  Two unnamed slaves)
21. Wilson, George  (Slaves listed:  Two unnamed slaves)
22. Wilson, Thomas  (Slaves listed:  One unnamed slave)
23. Wright, Jacob  (Slaves listed:  Unnamed Mulatto Boy)

Enslavement data

 

• Slaveholder Name  Neely, William
  City or Township Lack (Milford) Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1792 for one Negro slave valued at �7.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Nelson, Robert
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1768-1770 and in 1785-1788 for one Negro slave.  The value of the slave in 1769 was �4.  The value of the single slave in 1785 was �30 and in 1788 was �25.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Patterson, George
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation  Esquire
  Notes  Taxed in 1788-1791 for one Negro slave, valued at �20. Patterson was taxed for two slaves from 1792-1806 and for three slaves in 1808.  The value of the two slaves in 1792 was �25 each.  In 1799 they were valued at $60 each and in 1806 at $25 each.  The value of all three slaves in 1808 totaled $100.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Patterson, James
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation  Captain
  Notes  Taxed in 1767-1769 for four Negro slaves.  Captain Patterson was taxed for three slaves in 1770 and one slave in 1771.  The value of the four slaves in 1769 was �16.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Patterson, James, Jr.
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1782-1789 for a Negro "wench."  Taxed in 1787 for two Negro slaves.  The value of the single slave "wench" in 1783 was �15 and in 1789 was �45.  The two slaves were valued at �60 in 1787.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Patterson, Jean
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation  Widow of Captain James Patterson
  Notes  Taxed in 1772-1783 and again in 1795-1804 for one Negro slave.  In the years 1779 and 1783 she was taxed for two Negro slaves.  The single slave in 1804 was listed as "an invalid."  The value of the two slaves in 1779 was �100 each.  Values assessed for the slaves were:  1781, �20; 1783, �45; 1795, �15; 1799, $60 for each of the two, and in 1804, $50.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Patterson, John
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation  Merchant
  Notes  Taxed in 1804 for one Negro slave, valued at $30.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Patterson, William
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation  Esquire
  Notes  Taxed in 1767-1769 for two Negro slaves, and in 1770 for three Negro slaves.  The value of the two slaves in 1769 was set at �8.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Patterson, William
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation  Esquire
  Notes  Taxed in 1771-1772 for one Negro slave.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Pollock, Charles
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1773 for one Negro slave.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Poltney, Joseph
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1773, and again in 1783-1787 for one Negro slave.  The value of the slaves was set at �35 in 1783, �25 in 1785, and �22 10s in 1787.  Surname also spelled Poultney.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Poltney, Thomas
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1782 for one Negro slave, valued at �50.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Sterrett, William
  City or Township  Milford Township/ Fermanagh Twp (home)
  Occupation  Ironmaster, Freedom Forge, Beale and Sterrett Company
  Notes  Taxed in 1792-1799 for one Negro slave.  That slave was valued at �3 in 1792, �10 in 1794, �30 in 1796, and �10 in 1798 and 1799.  A slave for which Sterrett was taxed in 1789 and again in 1802 was "struck off at appeal" and "taxed to Beale & Sterrett at the forge in Milford."  That valuation was �45 in 1789.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Stewart, George
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed for one Negro slave in 1775-1778, for three Negro slaves in 1779-1782, and for two Negro slaves in 1783-1787.  His widow was taxed for two slaves from 1788-1790.  The three slaves in 1779 were valued at �600, and in 1781 at �240.  Two slaves, held by Stewart in 1783, were valued at �100.  By 1787 their value had dropped to �50.  Historian A. L. Guss, writing in the source below, notes that the single slave owned by George Stewart "is the ancestor of Robert Johnson, colored, now living in Beale."
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Stewart, George, widow of
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation  Widow
  Notes  Taxed for two Negro slaves from 1788-1790.  The two slaves in 1789 were valued at �40, and in 1790 at �30. 
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Stewart, John
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed for one Negro slave from 1791-1803 and for two Negro slaves in 1804.  He was taxed for "a girl" in 1809.  The two slaves in 1789 were valued at �40, and in 1790 at �30.  The value of the single Negro slave in 1791 was set at �20 and in 1796 at �90.  The value for two Negro slaves in 1804 was set at $100.  The value of the single Negro girl, in 1809, was set at $20.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Stewart, John
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation  Esquire
  Notes  Taxed in 1824 for one Negro slave valued at $25.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Tardevance, Peter
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1780 for one Negro slave.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Taylor, Robert
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed for one Mulatto slave from 1783-1798, valued at �20.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Watson, John
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation  Esquire
  Notes  Taxed in 1808 for two Negro slaves, valued at $75.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Wilson, George
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed for two Negro slaves, valued at $80, in 1804.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Wilson, Thomas
  City or Township  Milford Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed for one Negro slave from 1779-1796.  The value of the slave was set at �150 in 1779, at �60 in 1781, at �25 in 1785, at �12 in 1790, and at �90 in 1796.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679
   
• Slaveholder Name  Wright, Jacob
  City or Township  Fermanagh Township
  Occupation 
  Notes  Taxed in 1806, 1811, 1812, 1820 and 1824 for a "mulatto boy."   This slave was valued at $30 in 1806, at $60 in 1811, at $150 in 1812 and at $200 in 1820.
  Source History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1886, pp 678-679