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slavery in pennsylvania

Washington County slaveholders f-i

index of slaveholders listed on this page

  1. Fleming, John (Slaves listed: Bech)
  2. Formen, James (Slaves listed: Jane, Luce, Nane, Luse, Harry, Henry, Weane)
  3. Fry, Abraham (Slaves listed: Frank, Heshel, Derry, Tackarius, Bob, Jude, Jeremiah, Ama, Mark, Lunon, Nance)
  4. Fry, Benjamin (Slaves listed: Luce)
  5. Fry, James (Slaves listed: Bess)
  6. Fry, William (Slaves listed: Nell, Jame, Sarah)
  7. Frye, Abraham (Slaves listed: Moses)
  8. Frye, Samuel (Slaves listed: Bill, Pegg, Joe)
  9. Gallispie, James (Slaves listed: Delle, Dina, Grace)
  10. Gardner, John (Slaves listed: Unnamed woman)
  11. Geaither, Edward (Slaves listed: Flora)
  12. Gellespie, Neal (Slaves listed: Jupiter, Rachelle, Ben, Sall, Pompey)
  13. Glasgow, Samuel (Slaves listed: Charles, Unnamed male child, Lindee, Nearo, Jacob, Raphel)
  14. Greathouse, William (Slaves listed: Kays)
  15. Gregg, Henry (Slaves listed: Pegg)
  16. Gregg, Solomon (Slaves listed: Jacke, Jenny)
  17. Griffith, Elisha (Slaves listed: Jim, Bet, Sal, Rachel)
  18. Harvin, Elizabeth (Slaves listed: Unnamed male child)
  19. Harvin, Joshua (Slaves listed: Fouster, Dick)
  20. Hassellrigg, James (Slaves listed: Jacke, Amos, Jin)
  21. Hawkins, Richard (Slaves listed: Cloe)
  22. Heath, Henry (Slaves listed: Judith)
  23. Heth, Andrew (Slaves listed: Dick)
  24. Hill, Robert (Slaves listed: Nan, Ben)
  25. Hill, Thomas (Slaves listed: Susan)
  26. Hoge, David (Slaves listed: Benn)
  27. Hoge, Isabella (Slaves listed: Charles)
  28. Hoge, John (Slaves listed: Maria, Patty)
  29. Hoge, Thomas, Rev. (Slaves listed: Rose, Jacob, Lewis)
  30. Hoge, William (Slaves listed: Henry Roberts)
  31. Holliday, Moses (Slaves listed: Liddy)
  32. Hopkins, John (Slaves listed: Basel, Adam, Feder, Frank, Hamser, Perse, Sal, Jerry, Bob, Winsar)
  33. Hopkins, John (2) (Slaves listed: Masbach, Beck, Noker)
  34. Hopkins, John Jr. (Slaves listed: Jinney, Beard)
  35. Hopkins, Thomas (Slaves listed: Sall)
  36. Hughes, James (Slaves listed: Ephram, Bellin, Moram)
  37. Hughes, Phelix (Slaves listed: Ruth, Battor, Cato)
  38. Hughes, Thomas (Slaves listed: Sam, Jaan)
  39. Hull, John (Slaves listed: Jiles)
  40. Hutton, William (Slaves listed: Filis, Siloe, Flander, Tombo, Cloe)
  41. Innis, James (Slaves listed: Harry, Daphne, Betty, Charlotte, London, Harry [2], Moriah, Dick, Daniel, Tom, Charles, Charlotte [2], Hannah)
  42. Irwin, Samuel (Slaves listed: Will, Patty, Ben, Sall, Joshua, Judy)

enslavement data

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fleming, John
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Bech (Beck?)
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 11
      Slave Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negroe girl"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Formen, James
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman
    Notes: In 1792, with the registration of Luce, Foreman lists his township as Cecil.

       

    1. Slave Name: Jane
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 07
      Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Luce
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: "aged about two months"
      Slave Date of Birth: 1791--December (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: Female negro child
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 09 February, 1792: "James Foreman of Cecil township Washington County farmer enters one female negro child named Luce aged about two months. Oath being made according to law. Coram 1/6 pd. David Redick Feby. 9th 1792."
      Date of Record: February 09, 1792
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Nane
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Three months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1794--December 31
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negroe child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "James Foreman farmer of Cicil township enters of record a female negroe child named Nane born the last day December 1794. Oath made according to law. Coram Isaac Kerr for David Redick Clerk /6 paid March 19 1795"
      Date of Record: March 19, 1795
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Luse
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 14
      Slave Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    5. Slave Name: Harry
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 16
      Slave Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    6. Slave Name: Henry
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 23 Days old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1792--December 08
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Mulatto male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 31 December 1792: "James Foreman farmer of Cecil township, one mulatta male child named Henry born Decr. the eighth 1792. Oath being made according to law. entered this 31st day of Decr. 1792. 1/6 pd. David Redick."
      Date of Record: December 31, 1792
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    7. Slave Name: Weane
      Slave Sex: Not Determined
      Slave Age: 18
      Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fry, Abraham Sr. (Also spelled Frye)
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman, Farmer
    Notes: With the 1793 Registration of the child Jude, Fry lists his location as Nottingham   Husband of Agnes.

       

    1. Slave Name: Frank
      Slave Sex: Female (see notes)
      Slave Age: 17
      Slave Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman"
      Slave Notes: Frank is described in the Registration as "Negro woman." Although this could be a clerk's error, we have seen other instances of the name Frank being used for a female slave. 
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Heshel
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Six months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1791--January 16
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 21 June 1791: "Abraham Fry of Fallowfield township enters a male negro child named Heshel, born the 16 day of January 1791. Oath made according to law 21st June 1791. Coram. A. Baird."
      Date of Record: June 21, 1791
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Derry
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 01 and 03/12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1787, December (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro male"
      Slave Notes: See the notes for the slave Mark for the text of Derry's 1789 Registration. Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census with the notation "Slave till 28."  In his will, dated 4 April 1801, Abraham Frye, Sr., bequeathed Derry as follows:  "I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Agnes, one Negro boy (who is free at the age of twenty eight years) during her natural life, and at her death, I will that said boy named Derry shall belong to my son Abraham and to his heirs until the said Derry shall be twenty eight years at which time he is free."
      Date of Record: (Registration) March 21, 1789 ; (Will) April 4, 1801
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 | "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."  |  Will of Abraham Frye, Sr, 4 April, 1801, Washington County, Pennsylvania, transcribed in http://www.shawhan.com/families/freyf.rtf  at "Root and Branch," http://www.shawhan.com/.

       

    4. Slave Name: Teckarius
      Slave Sex: Not Determined
      Slave Age: Ten months old
      Slave Date of Birth: 1799 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census directly below the slave Nance with the notation "One of her children."
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    5. Slave Name: Bob
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 08
      Slave Date of Birth: 1792 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census with the notation "Slave till 28."
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    6. Slave Name: Jude
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: "about three months old"
      Slave Date of Birth: 1793--April 03 (approx.)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 16 August 1793: "Abraham Fry of Notingham township farmer enteres of record a female negro child named Jude about three months old on the third day of July last. Oath made before Daniel Depue Esqr. David Redick 16th Augt. 1793"
      Date of Record: August 16, 1793
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    7. Slave Name: Jeremiah
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 18 months and 19 days
      Slave Date of Birth: 1798 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated directly below the slave Nance in the 1800 Septennial Census with the notation "One of her children."
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    8. Slave Name: Ama
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 03 and 02/12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1786, January (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro female"
      Slave Notes: See the notes for the slave Mark (below) for the text of Ama's Registration.
      Date of Record: March 21, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    9. Slave Name: Mark
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 04 and 10/12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1784, May (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro male"
      Slave Notes: Text of 1789 Registrations: "1789 Abraham Fry of Fallowfield Township farmer enters the following negroes born since the 1st March 1780 and of the ages herein after mentioned, vis. A male negro named Mark aged four years & ten months. A female negro named ama aged three years & two months. A male negro named Derry aged one year & three months. Oath made according to law by the Said Abraham Fry the 21st March 1789 Coram
      Jno. Hoge."
      Date of Record: March 21, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    10. Slave Name: Lunon
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 31
      Slave Date of Birth: 1751 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    11. Slave Name: Nance
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 23
      Slave Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census with the notation "Slave for life." Mother of Jeremiah, aged 18 months and 19 days, and Teckarius, aged 10 months, at the time of the 1800 tax census. Both children were identified under Nance's name as "One of her children."
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fry, Benjamin
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Luce
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 19
      Slave Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fry, James
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Bess
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 11
      Slave Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro girl"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fry, William
    City or Township: Peters Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Miller
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Nell
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 20
      Slave Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Wench"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Jame
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 25
      Slave Date of Birth: 1757 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Man"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Sarah
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 14
      Slave Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Wench"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Frye, Abraham
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes: Identified in Registration documents as "Abraham Frye the younger," indicating the existence of another person of the same name in the region. See also "Fry, Abraham."

       

    1. Slave Name: Moses
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Two months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1794--April
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negroe male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 24 June 1794: "Abraham Frye the younger of followfield township Farmer registers a negroe male child named Moses, born the last week in April last. Oath made according to law. 1/6 pd. Coram David Redick June 24th 1794"
      Date of Record: June 24, 1794
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Frye, Samuel
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Bill
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 26
      Slave Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Pegg
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 16
      Slave Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Joe
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 18
      Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Gallispie, James
    City or Township: Hopewell Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Delle
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Four months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1789--October
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female mulatto child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 02 February 1790: "James Gallispie of Hopewell township farmer enters a female Mulatto child born some since in October last named Delle. Oath made according to law the 2nd February 1790/ Coram. A. Baird."
      Date of Record: February 02, 1790
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Dina
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age:  Described as a woman in 1785
      Slave Date of Birth:  Prior to 1780
      Slave Status:  Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman"
      Slave Notes:   Deed records show that Ed Anderson of Washington County sold one "Negro woman named Dina" and one " child named Grace" to James Gillespie, recorded on August 9, 1785.
      Date of Record:  9 August 1785
      Source: Email Correspondence, Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 21 December 2005, referencing Estate Records, 1781-96 and Deed Records, 1782-85 in Washington County, by Raymond Martin Bell, 1967.

       

    3. Slave Name: Grace
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Described as a child in 1785
      Slave Date of Birth:  Not determined, but in or before 1785
      Slave Status: Not determined
      Slave Description: "child"
      Slave Notes: Deed records show that Ed Anderson of Washington County sold one "Negro woman named Dina" and one " child named Grace" to James Gillespie, recorded on August 9, 1785.
      Date of Record: 9 August 1785
      Source: Email Correspondence, Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 21 December 2005, referencing Estate Records, 1781-96 and Deed Records, 1782-85 in Washington County, by Raymond Martin Bell, 1967.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Gardner, John
    City or Township: Cross Creek Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes  Died 1820 (see notes below)

       

    1. Slave Name: Hannah Kelly
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 22
      Slave Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro Woman"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated but not named in the 1800 Septennial Census.  Her identity is established by historian Boyd Crumrine in his History of Washington County, published in 1882:
      This slave woman was Hannah Kelly, the grandmother of Charles C. Kelly, at this date the Republican candidate for the office of jury commissioner for Washington County. She was brought from Africa when about three years old, sold in Virginia from the ship, afterwards bought by one John Elliott, a merchant of Pittsburg, and by his administrators sold to Mr. John Gardner. Mr. Gardner. died in 1820, and the woman remained with the family till the death of Mrs. Gardner, in 1820. She herself died, Jan. 31, 1863, from a burning received on the first of that month. She was thought to be one hundred and ten years old at her death. Communicated by Mr. James Simpson, of Cross Creek township.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington." ; Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, 1882, p. 262.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Geaither, Edward
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Flora
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 25
      Slave Date of Birth: 1757 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro wench"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Gellespie, Neal
    City or Township: Bethleham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer, Yeoman
    Notes: Surname is also spelled Gillespie. In 1789, Gillespie lists his township as Fallowfield and his occupation as Yeoman. In 1800, Gillespie is listed in Pikerun Township.

       

    1. Slave Name: Jupiter
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 21
      Slave Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negro Slave"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census as a "Mulatto male," 42 years old.
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 | "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    2. Slave Name: Rachelle
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 18
      Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female negro Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Ben
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 03
      Slave Date of Birth: 1785, December (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro male"
      Slave Notes: Text of 1789 Registration: "January 2 1789 Neal Gillespie of of Fallowfield Township yeoman enters the following Negro children born since the 1st of March 1780 vis. Male Ben aged 3 years and near a month Male Pompey age 3 months and some weeks. Oath made according to law before me.Tho. Scott."
      Date of Record: January 02, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 | "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    4. Slave Name: Sall
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1788 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Yellow female"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    5. Slave Name: Pompey
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Three months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1789, September (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro male"
      Slave Notes: See the slave Ben for the text of Pompey's Registration.
      Date of Record: January 02, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Glasgow, Samuel
    City or Township: Peters Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Wheelwright
    Notes: Transcription of the original Clerk's records includes this notation after Glasgow's slaves: "exit Cer. 8th xxxxxxx Octobr. 99." In 1789, Glasgow lists his location as Hanover Township. This location is continued through the 1800 Septennial Census.

       

    1. Slave Name: Charles
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: "about four months Old"
      Slave Date of Birth: 1792--February (approx.)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, undated but located with other registrations dated 02 June 1792: "Samule Glasgow Esquire of Hanover township one male negro child about four months Old named Charles. Oath being made according to law. David Redick"
      Date of Record: June 02, 1792
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: ?
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 03
      Slave Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Boy"
      Slave Notes: No name is given in the Clerk's records for this child. This is possibly the slave Nearo (see below), a 20 year-old male enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
      Date of Record: November 26, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Lindee
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 21
      Slave Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: November 26, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Nearo
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 20
      Slave Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave "for a term of years"
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census with the notation "for a term of years."
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    5. Slave Name: Jacob
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 03 and 08/12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1785, July (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of 1789 Registration: "Samuel Glasgow of Hanover township Esqr. enters a male negro child named Jacob aged three years & eight Months. Oath made according to law by the Said Samuel the 31st March 1789. Coram." Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census with the notation "for a term of years."
      Date of Record: March 31, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 | "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    6. Slave Name: Raphel
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Five months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1790--April 08
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 30 September 1790: "Samuel Glasgo of Hanover township yeoman enters a male negro child born the 8th day of April last named Raphel. Oath made according to law the 30th Septr. 1790 Coram Zephr. Beal."
      Date of Record: September 30, 1790
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Greathouse, William
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Kays
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 04
      Slave Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negroe female Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Gregg, Henry
    City or Township: Pikerun Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Pegg
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 40
      Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Black female"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Gregg, Solomon
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Jacke
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 40
      Slave Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Jenny
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 40
      Slave Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Griffith, Elisha
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Jim
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 06
      Slave Date of Birth: 1794 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    2. Slave Name: Bet
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 08
      Slave Date of Birth: 1792 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    3. Slave Name: Sal
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 30a
      Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census as "Sal.supposed age 30 years. Slave for life."
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    4. Slave Name: Rachel
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 04
      Slave Date of Birth: 1796 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Harvin, Elizabeth
    City or Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: ?
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 06
      Slave Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Mulato boy"
      Slave Notes: No name is registered for this slave.
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Harvin, Joshua
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Fouster
      Slave Sex: Not Determined
      Slave Age: 18
      Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Dick
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 35
      Slave Date of Birth: 1757 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hassellrigg, James
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Jacke
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 13
      Slave Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Amos
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 15
      Slave Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Jin
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 09
      Slave Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hawkins, Richard
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes

       

    1. Slave Name: Cloe
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro female"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Heath, Henry
    City or Township: Nottingham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: 1782 Registration includes the following notation: "D Dide 18"

       

    1. Slave Name: Judith
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 60
      Slave Date of Birth: 1722 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 03, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Heth, Andrew
    City or Township: Nottingham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Dick
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 13
      Slave Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro boy"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hill, Robert
    City or Township: Amwell Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: The 1800 Septennial Census lists Robert Hill in Cecil Township.

       

    1. Slave Name: Nan
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 23
      Slave Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Black female"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census with the notation "for life."
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    2. Slave Name: Ben
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 06
      Slave Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hill, Thomas
    City or Township: West Bethleham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Susan
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Four months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1795--June 06
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female Mullattoe child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Thomas Hill of West Bethleham Township farmer enters of record one female Mullattoe child called Susan aged four months one the Sixth day of this present month. Oath being made according ot law. 14th October 1795. Coram Iassac kerr for David Redick Clerk fees paid."
      Date of Record: October 14, 1795
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hoge, David
    City or Township: Washington
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Benn
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 07
      Slave Date of Birth: 1793 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the Septennial Census of 1800.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hoge, Isabella
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Charles
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Four months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1817--January 16
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Isabella Hoge of Washington County enters of record a male negro child named Charles, born the 16th day of January AD 1817. Cog. May 16th 1817.  fees paid Coram A. Murdoch Clerk"
      Date of Record: May 16, 1817
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hoge, John
    City or Township: Canton Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: Esquire

       

    1. Slave Name: Maria
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Three months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1807--May 07
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "John Hoge Esqr, of Washington enters of record one female negro child named maria, born in Chartiers' township May 7th 1807. of the body of Pricilla, a negro woman, slave. fees 20cts paid. Sworn Augt. 4 1807
      Coram W McKennan."
      Date of Record: August 04, 1807
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Patty
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Five months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1804--November 23
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "John Hoge Esqr of Canton township enters a female negro child named Patty born of Priscilla, a negro woman, on the twenty third day of November 1804. Fees 20 cts paid May 4. 1805 Coram W McKennan"
      Date of Record: May 04, 1805
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hoge, Thomas, Rev.
    City or Township: Washington Borough
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Minister; Merchant
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Rose
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: ? (adult)
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro slave"
      Slave Notes: Identified as the mother of Lewis, born 06 March 1817; and Jacob, born February 1819. Both children were registered by Rev. Hoge as children of slaves.
      Date of Record: July 11, 1817
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Jacob
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Five months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1819--February
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Revd. Thomas Hoge Merchant of the Borough of Washington, enters of record a male negro child named Jacob, born in the month of February AD 1819 of the body of Rose a Slave until the age of twenty eight years. Cog July 14 1819 Coram W Sample "
      Date of Record: July 14, 1819
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Lewis
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Four months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1817--March 06
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Revd. Thomas Hoge, of the Borough of Washington enters of record a male negro child named Lewis, born March 6th 1817 of Rose a negro Slave until twenty eight years of age. Cog. July 11. 1817 $0.25 paid Coram S. Murdoch"
      Date of Record: July 11, 1817
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hoge, William
    City or Township: Canton Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: Esquire

       

    1. Slave Name: Henry Roberts
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Two months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1813--November 12
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "William Hoge Esq of Canton township enters of record a male negro child, born on the 12th of November 1813 named "Henry Roberts" the property and in the possession of said Hoge. January 8th 1814 Fees 20/100 pd. Coram A. Murdoch"
      Date of Record: January 08, 1814
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Holliday, Moses
    City or Township: Nottingham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Liddy
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 18
      Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hopkins, John
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Basel
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 02
      Slave Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Adam
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 03
      Slave Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Feder
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 07
      Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Frank
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 07
      Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes: After Frank's name is the following notation: "Exit Certicate Apr. 12, 1819."
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    5. Slave Name: Hamser
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 28
      Slave Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    6. Slave Name: Perse
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 30
      Slave Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    7. Slave Name: Sal
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 07
      Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes: Next to Sal's name is the following notation "exit Cert. X Feby 18, ___6."
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    8. Slave Name: Jerry
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 10
      Slave Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    9. Slave Name: Bob
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 30
      Slave Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    10. Slave Name: Winsar
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 40
      Slave Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hopkins, John (2)
    City or Township: Peters Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Masbach
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 20
      Slave Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro man"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Beck
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 18
      Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Noker
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 15
      Slave Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Boy"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hopkins, John Jr.
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes: The oath of registration for the female slaves Jinney and Beard was given by Colonel Wallace.

       

    1. Slave Name: Jinney
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 06
      Slave Date of Birth: 1783 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes: Text of 1789 Registrations: "1789 march 7th John Hopkins junior of Followfield Township farmer enters the following negroes, born since the first March 1780, vis. Jinney aged six years) Beard aged three years (Both females. Oath made by Col. Wallace according to law the 2nd March 1789. Tho. Scott"
      Date of Record: March 07, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Beard
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 03
      Slave Date of Birth: 1786 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes: See the slave Jinney (above) for the text of this slave's 1789 Registration.
      Date of Record: March 07, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hopkins, Thomas
    City or Township: Pikerun Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Sall
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 10
      Slave Date of Birth: 1790 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Black female"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hughes, James
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Ephram
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Five months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1798--September 14
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "James Hughs of Straban Township blacksmith enters of record a male negro child, born 14th September 1798 named Ephram. Oath made according to law. fees pd. Coram David Redick 11th March 1799"
      Date of Record: March 11, 1799
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Bellin
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 28
      Slave Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Black"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the Septennial Census of 1800 along with "One Negro Boy--three years old," which could be the child Ephram (see above), although registration papers list Ephram's birth in 1798, making him only two years old at the time of the census.
      Date of Record: 1800
      Source: "A List of the Negroes, Mulattoes and People of Colour Held as Slaves in the County of Washington."

       

    3. Slave Name: Moram
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Six months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1794--December 09a
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "James Hughes Blacksmith of Straban Township in the County of Washington enters of record a female negro child called Moram, born on or about the ninth day of December in the year 1794. Oath made according to law, Cora[m], Isaac Kerr for David Redick Clerk June 4th 1795"
      Date of Record: June 04, 1795
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hughes, Phelix
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Ruth
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 10
      Slave Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negroe"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 12, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Battor
      Slave Sex: Not Determined
      Slave Age: 26
      Slave Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negroe"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 12, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Cato
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 40
      Slave Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negroe"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 12, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hughes, Thomas
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Sam
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 06
      Slave Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negroe"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 12, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Jaan
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 39
      Slave Date of Birth: 1743 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negroe"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 12, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hull, John
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: The transcription of the Clerk's records gives the following notation: "Exit Certifc with Seal 24th May 1796 . pro the Nannatx fees 53 cts pd. Exit Certce under Seal pro fils 11th March 1897 fees 53 cts pd. except 3 cts."

       

    1. Slave Name: Jiles
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 20
      Slave Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male negroe Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hutton, William
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Wheelwright
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Filis
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Eight months old at Registration.
      Slave Date of Birth: 1782, April (calculated)
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Siloe
      Slave Sex: Not Determined
      Slave Age: 03
      Slave Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Flander
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 08
      Slave Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: Sex is assumed from name.
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Tombo
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 21
      Slave Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    5. Slave Name: Cloe
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 19
      Slave Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Innis, James
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Gentleman
    Notes: The 1782 Registration was as follows: "Negro Tom Daniel, Dick, Harry, Charles, Harry Moriah, Hannah, Charlotte Daphne and her children (See his note)" Transcriptionist Slater notes: "the previous was on the transcript but I have no idea what "his note" refers to. JS"

       

    1. Slave Name: Harry (2)
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Daphne
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: ? (adult)
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes: "Daphne and her children" was the listing for this slave in the registrations. No children were listed, however.
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Betty
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Four months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1790--May 17
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, dated 29 September 1790: "James Innis of Fallowfield Township Gent. enters a female negro child born the 17th day of May last, named Betty. Oath made according to law the 29th September 1790. Coram Tho. Scott."
      Date of Record: September 29, 1790
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Charlotte
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 01
      Slave Date of Birth: 1787, September 28
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro child"
      Slave Notes: See the notes for the slave London for the text of Charlotte's 1789 Registration.
      Date of Record: March 31, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    5. Slave Name: London
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 05
      Slave Date of Birth: 1784, March 17
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of 1789 Registrations: "March 31st James Innis of Followfield Township Gent. enters the following negroe children of the names & ages following to wit. London born wednesday the 17th March 1784 and Charlotte born friday the 28th September 1787 Oath made according to law by the Said James before me the day above.  W. Wallace"
      Date of Record: March 31, 1789
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    6. Slave Name: Harry
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    7. Slave Name: Moriah
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    8. Slave Name: Dick
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    9. Slave Name: Daniel
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    10. Slave Name: Tom
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description: "Negro"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    11. Slave Name: Charles
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    12. Slave Name: Charlotte
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    13. Slave Name: Hannah
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: ?
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description:
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 31, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Irwin, Samuel
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Esquire
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Will
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 19
      Slave Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: July 17, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Patty
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 16
      Slave Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: July 17, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Ben
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: July 17, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Sall
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 17
      Slave Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Female Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: July 17, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    5. Slave Name: Joshua
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 22
      Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: July 17, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    6. Slave Name: Judy
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 02
      Slave Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description: "Female Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: July 17, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

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