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Washington County slaveholders j-l

index of slaveholders listed on this page

  1. Jackman, Robert (Slaves listed: Liddy, unnamed male child, Anner, Charles, Samuel, Noah, Rachel, Cass)
  2. Jacobs, Daniel (Slaves listed: Ann)
  3. Jennings, Ebanaser (Slaves listed: Hannah, Mary, Jude, Rose)
  4. Johnson, Benjamin, Dr. (Slaves listed: Isaac, Nann)
  5. Johnston, Jacob (Slaves listed: Suke, Zelph, and their future children)
  6. Johnston, Nicholas (Slaves listed: Tilf, Suck, Cutia, Robert, Nance)
  7. Johnston, William (Slaves listed: Sall)
  8. Jones, Jacob (Slaves listed: Grace, Jen, Jack, Nasa)
  9. Julan, Isaac (Slaves listed: Sall)
  10. Kerr, James (Slaves listed: Sall, Rine or Irene, Jesse, Thomas Nox, Moses)
  11. Kerr, John (Slaves listed: Peter, Rine)
  12. Kitten, Thomas (Slaves listed: James, Bet)
  13. Kreeps, John (Slaves listed: Jupeter, Sarah)
  14. Krepps, Christian (Slaves listed: Elleanor, Lucinda)
  15. Laughlin, Matthew (Slaves listed: Hagar)
  16. Leatherman, Christian, Sr. (Slaves listed: Saniker)
  17. Long, Jacob (Slaves listed: Jack Jordian)

enslavement data

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Jackman, Robert
    City or Township: Pikerun Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Liddy
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Six months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1802--September 13
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Robert Jackman of Pike run township in the County of Washington & State of Pennsylvania, Farmer, enters of record a female negro child born the 13th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and two, named Liddy, child of Rachel, both of Joseph Dorsey and by him registered. Oath made according to law. Mar. 18. 1803 Fees 20 cts paid. March 26 1803 [written in pencil]"
      Date of Record: March 18, 1803
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: ?
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Infant at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1810--July 06
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Robert Jackman of Pike run Township enters of record one male negro child born the 6th day of July 1810 of the body of Rachel a slave for life. Fees 20cts" Not dated, but item is listed between entries dated 02 July 1810 and 17 October 1810.
      Date of Record: 1810
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Anner
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Five months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1808--January 26
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro female child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Robert Jackman of Pike run township, enters of record, one negro female child, named Anner, born on the twenty sixth day of January 1808, of the body of black Rachel a slave for life. Fees 20 cts paid. Sworn June 22 1808. Coram W McKennan"
      Date of Record: June 22, 1808
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Charles
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 54
      Slave Date of Birth: 1746 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Black male"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census as being 54 years old, which is the oldest age for a male slave reported in that tax listing.
      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: Samuel
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Six months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1805--December 21
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negroe male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Robert Jackman of Pike run township enters a negroe male child named Samuel born December 21. 1805 of Rachel, a slave for life. Sworn June 17. 1806. Fees pd. Coram W. McKennan" See "Dorsey, Joseph" for the registration of Rachel.
      Date of Record: June 17, 1806
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    6. Slave Name: Noah
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Four months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1800--April 24
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Robert Jackman of Pike run township enters with the Clerk of the peace a negro male child named Noah born the 24th day of April last. Oath made according to law August 20th 1800 fees 20 cts paid Coram David Redick" Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census as a "Black male," aged "2 months 24th Jun 1800."
      Date of Record: August 20, 1800
      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."

       

    7. Slave Name: Rachel
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 25 (see notes)
      Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Black female"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census. Mother of Liddy, Samuel, Anner and an unnamed male, all registered by Jackman. Possibly also the mother of Cass and Noah. Rachel was originally registered by Joseph Dorsey of Bethleham Township, who reported her age in 1782 as 18, making her year of birth 1764.
      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: Cass
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 02
      Slave Date of Birth: 1798 (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: Jacobs, Daniel
    City or Township: Nottingham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Ann
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 01 and 03/12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1787, December (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro girl"
      Slave Notes: Text of 1789 Registration: "Daniel Jacobs of Notingham township farmer enters the following negro girl named Ann and of the age of one year & three months. Oath made according to law by the Said Daniel to the name & age of aforesaid negro the 31st March 1789. Coram W. Wallace"
      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."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Jennings, Ebanaser
    City or Township: Smith Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Physician
    Notes: Ebenezer.

       

    1. Slave Name: Hannah
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Six months old or less
      Slave Date of Birth: 1804--August (approx.)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Ebenesar Jennings enters of recored a female negro child born within six months named Hannah, born of the body of Jude a negro woman. Feby. 28 1805 Fees 20cts paid Coram W. McKennan."
      Date of Record: February 28, 1805
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Mary
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Registered on day of birth.
      Slave Date of Birth: 1807--June 06
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Ebenezer Jennings of Smiths township enters of record a female negro child named Mary born the sixth day of June 1807 of the body Jude a negro woman. Sworn June 6th 1807 Fees 20 cts Paid W McKennan"
      Date of Record: June 06, 1807
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Jude
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: ? (adult)
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman"
      Slave Notes: Identified as the mother of Hannah, born August 1804, and Mary, born 06 June 1807, both of whom were registered by Jennings as slave children.
      Date of Record: February 28, 1805
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    4. Slave Name: Rose
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: One month old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1802--November 26
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro female child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Ebanaser Jinnings Physician enters of record a negro female child named Rose born twenty sixth November eighteen hundred and two. Oath made according to law. 20 cts pd. Coram David Redick January 15th 1803"
      Date of Record: January 15, 1803
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnson, Benjamin, Dr.
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Physician
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Isaac
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 25
      Slave Date of Birth: 1757 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro man"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: November 26, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Nann
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Girl"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: November 26, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnston, Jacob
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: 1781, May 16: Jacob Johnston bequeaths unto his wife Mary Johnson, a negro woman slave named Suke; to his daughter Elizabeth Pierce, a negro girl named Zelph, and her future increase; to his daughter Eleanor Decker, the first child male or female, of Suke; to his daughter Ester Johnson, at the death of her mother, the above-named slave Suke. Should the said Suke have no children, one hundred pounds, in the hands of John Buchanan, is to be divided equally between his daughters; but if children are born to the slave Suke, the money is to be divided among his five children. (Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 19 April 2009, referencing The History of Washington County: from its first settlement to the present time... by Alfred Creigh, 1871 Second Edition.)

       

    1. Slave Name: Suke
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: adult
      Slave Date of Birth: not recorded
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman slave"
      Slave Notes: Bequeathed upon Johnston's death to his wife Mary. Suke's firstborn child (yet unborn) was willed to his daughter Eleanor Decker.
      Date of Record: 16 May 1781
      Source: Email, Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 19 April 2009.

       

    2. Slave Name: Zelph
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: adult
      Slave Date of Birth: not recorded
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman slave"
      Slave Notes: Bequeathed upon Johnston's death to his daughter Elizabeth Pierce. Zelph's future (as yet unborn) children were also willed to Pierce.
      Date of Record: 16 May 1781
      Source: Email, Jan Slater to Afrolumens Project, 19 April 2009.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnston, Nicholas
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: The following notation appears after the last slave listing in the 1782 Registrations: "Exit copy with Seal 7th Feby 1797 fees 50 1/2 cts pd. by Abraham Fry jun."

       

    1. Slave Name: Tilf
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 05
      Slave Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro female Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 

       

    2. Slave Name: Suck
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 1? Years (between 15 and 19)
      Slave Date of Birth: 1763 - 1767 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro female Slave"
      Slave Notes: Jan Slater was unable to decipher the exact age in the transcription. Slaves were usually listed in age order, oldest first, and the next youngest slave, Cutia, was 15 years old. Suck would have been equal in age or older than Cutia, up to a possible age 19.
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 

       

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

       

    4. Slave Name: Robert
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: "about four months old"
      Slave Date of Birth: 1792 (see note on dates)
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration, not dated but located in the clerk's register between other Registrations dated 02 June 1792 and 31 December 1792: "Nicholas Johnston of Fallowfield township enters one male child named Robert. about four months old. Oath being made according to" [page cut off JS]
      Date of Record: 1792
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 

       

    5. Slave Name: Nance
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 03
      Slave Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro female Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 19, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnston, William
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Sall
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 12
      Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (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: Jones, Jacob
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman 
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Grace
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 35
      Slave Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

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

       

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

       

    4. Slave Name: Nasa
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 20
      Slave Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Man"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 28, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Julan, Isaac
    City or Township: Bethleham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Sall
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 14
      Slave Date of Birth: 1768 (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: Kerr, James
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Cutler 
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Sall
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: ? Age not given (see notes)
      Slave Date of Birth: ?
      Slave Status: Not Determined
      Slave Description: "Mulatto Female"
      Slave Notes: Enumerated in the Septennial Census of 1800. Possibly an infant, only a few months old, as she was at the bottom of the list, below the other child.
      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: Rine or Irene (?)
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 46 at time of census
      Slave Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: slave; "Black"
      Slave Notes: Mother of Moses, born 11 October 1801 and registered by Kerr on 05 November 1801. Enumerated in the Septennial Census of 1800.
      Date of Record: November 05, 1801
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    3. Slave Name: Jesse
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 01
      Slave Date of Birth: 1813--December 08
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Black male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "James Kerr of Straban Township enters of record a black male child named "Jesse" born of Patty a mulatto wench Slave to the age of 28 ys. said child born the 8th day of December 1813. Cogt. Coram A. Murdoch Fees 25/100 pd. Decr. 13. 1814"
      Date of Record: December 13, 1814
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851 

       

    4. Slave Name: Thomas Nox
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 06
      Slave Date of Birth: 1794
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Mulatto"
      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."

       

    5. Slave Name: Moses
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Four weeks old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1801--October 11
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Mullato male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "James Kerr of Straban Township Cutler enters of record on Mullato male child named Moses born 11th Oct 1801 being the child of Rine" whom he claims as a slave for life. Oath made according to law 5th Novr. 1801 and entered of record same day Coram David Redick"
      Date of Record: November 05, 1801
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

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

       

    1. Slave Name: Peter
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 07
      Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro boy"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 03, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Rine
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 23
      Slave Date of Birth: 1759 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Negro woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 03, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Kitten, Thomas
    City or Township: Straban Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Yeoman
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: James
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 06
      Slave Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Boy"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Bet
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 08
      Slave Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Woman"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: October 01, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Kreeps, John
    City or Township: East Bethleham Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: Krepps

       

    1. Slave Name: Jupeter
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: Two months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1811--January 23
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro male child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "March 22 1811 John Kreeps of East Bethleham Township in Washington County enters of record One negro male child named Jupeter born on the 23d day of January 1811 of the body of Anne a slave for 28 years. Oath made according to law. Coram A. Murdoch P.
      Fees 20 cts paid 22 march 1811"
      Date of Record: March 22, 1811
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Sarah
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: One month old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1813--May 18
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "John Krepps of East Bethlehem Township Washington County enters of record a negro child named "Sarah" born the 18th day of May AD 1813. Oath made according to law Coram A. Murdoch 20 cts pd. June 21 1813"
      Date of Record: June 21, 1813
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Krepps, Christian
    City or Township: East Bethlehem Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation: Farmer; Innkeeper
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Elleanor
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Five months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1819--January 19
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Christian Krepps of East Bethelehem Township, inkeeper enters of record a female negro child named "Elleanor" born on the nineteenth day of January, Anno Domini, Eighteen hundred and nineteen. Cogt. 26th June 1819 Fees $0.25 pd. Coram W. Sample"
      Date of Record: June 26, 1819
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

       

    2. Slave Name: Lucinda
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: Five months old at Registration
      Slave Date of Birth: 1817--October 08
      Slave Status: Slave to age 28
      Slave Description: "Female negro child"
      Slave Notes: Text of Registration: "Christian Krepps of East Bethlehem township, farmer enters of record a female negro child named Lucinda born the 8th day of Octr. 1817 of the body of Susan a slave to the age of twenty eight years. See writing filed. fees $0.25 pd. Dogt. March 26. 1818 Cor. A. Murdoch"
      Date of Record: March 26, 1818
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, Matthew
    City or Township: Fallowfield Township
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes: The following notation follows the 1782 Registration of Hagar: "Exit copy Feby. 24th

       

    1. Slave Name: Hagar
      Slave Sex: Female
      Slave Age: 22
      Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (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

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Leatherman, Christian, Sr.
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

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

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Long, Jacob
    City or Township:
    County: Washington
    Occupation:
    Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Jordian, Jack
      Slave Sex: Male
      Slave Age: 28
      Slave Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
      Slave Status: Slave for life
      Slave Description: "Male Slave"
      Slave Notes:
      Date of Record: December 26, 1782
      Source: Negro (Slave) Register of Washington County Pennsylvania, From 1782 to 1851

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