Enslavement in Pennsylvania • Westmoreland County

Slaveholders, Surnames J-L

Index of Slaveholders listed on this page:

1. Johnston, John (Enslaved persons: Boast, Jack)
2. Johnston, Jonathan (Enslaved persons: Toby, Chloe, Lacum, Rachel, Patty, Esther)
3. Jones, Joseph (Enslaved persons: Cloe, Bridget, Dick)
4. Kemp, Reuben (Enslaved persons: Flora)
5. Kidd, John (Enslaved persons: Bob)
6. Kinkade, Samuel (Enslaved persons: Tenea, Sue, Isaac, Pitt, Grace)
7. Kirkindall, Benjamin (Enslaved persons: Sam, Ned, Nance)
8. Larimer, William (Enslaved persons: Elijah)
9. Lash, Paul (Enslaved persons: Sequire)
10. Laughlin, Hugh (Enslaved persons: Moll, Jean, Jacob, Kett)
11. Laughlin, James (Enslaved persons: Pegg)
12. Laughlin, John (Enslaved persons: Margere, Dinah)
13. Laughlin, Peter (Enslaved persons: Sam, Lydia, Fane, Mich, Toby)
14. Lindsey, John (Enslaved persons: Job, Hannah, Samboe, Judea, Abby)
15. Lynch, James (Enslaved persons: Jude, Dinah, Peter)
16. Lynn, Andrew (Enslaved persons: Jupeter, Doll, Roge, Ned, Reuben, Nace, Frank)

The Data

• Slaveholder Name: Johnston, John
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Boast
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 17
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1765 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 23 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Jack
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 30
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 23 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Johnston, Jonathan
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Toby
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 28
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1754 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Chloe
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 26
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1756 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Lacum
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 20
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1762 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Slave Name: Rachel
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 12
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1770 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Slave Name: Patty
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 3
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Slave Name: Esther
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 1
     Slave Status: Slave to age 28
     Date of Birth: 1781 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes: Slave status is here determined by the age reported at registration.
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Jones, Joseph
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Cloe
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 17
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1763 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Bridget
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 15
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1765 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Dick
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 1
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Kemp, Reuben
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Flora
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 40
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1742 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Kidd, John
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Bob
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 15
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 19 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Kinkade, Samuel
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Tenea
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 28
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1753 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Sue
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 10
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Isaac
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 7
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Slave Name: Pitt
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 5
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Slave Name: Grace
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 10
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Kirkindall, Benjamin
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Sam
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 28
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Ned
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 13
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Nance
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 9
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Larimer, William
  Location Ten miles west of Greensburg
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Elijah
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: "about 20 years of age"
     Slave Status: Slave for a term of years
     Date of Birth: circa 1795
     Date of Document: 14 March 1815
     Notes:

     Fifty Dollars Reward.
     RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 5th inst. a Mulatto Boy about 20 years of age, named ELIJAH, middling tall and slim made, and of rather a fairer complexion than Mulattoes generally are; his clothing when he went off, consisted of a dark coloured cloth coat, light coloured jacket, and black lincey trowsers; he can play a little on the violin and it is thought he took one with him.
     Any person taking up said runaway fifty miles from home, and delivering him to his master in Westmoreland county, ten miles west of Greensburgh, or lodging him in any jail so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward and all reasonable expences, and if taken nearer than fifty miles, and delivered or lodged in jail aforesaid, Thirty Dollars and reasonable expences will be paid.
     WILLIAM LARIMER.
     March 14, 1815.

     Source: Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, PA), 18 April 1815.

• Slaveholder Name: Lash, Paul
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Sequire
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 35
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1746 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 19 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, Hugh
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Moll
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 25
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Jean
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 14
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1768 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Jacob
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 18
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Slave Name: Kett
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 5
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1777 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, James
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Pegg
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 30
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, John
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Margere
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 40
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1742 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Dinah
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 15
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, Peter
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Sam
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 25
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Lydia
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 18
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Fane
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 10
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1772 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Slave Name: Mich
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 2
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1780 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Slave Name: Toby
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 2 months old
     Slave Status: Slave to age 28
     Date of Birth: October 1782 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 29 December, 1782
     Notes: Slave status is here determined by reported age at registration.
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Lindsey, John
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Job
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 26
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1756 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Hannah
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 25
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Samboe
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 14
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1768 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Slave Name: Judea
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 9
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1773 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Slave Name: Abby
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 8
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Lynch, James
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Jude
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 25
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Dinah
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 6
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Peter
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 3
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Lynn, Andrew
  Notes:

  1. Slave Name: Jupeter
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 26
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1755 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Slave Name: Doll
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 30
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1751 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Slave Name: Roge
     Slave Sex: Female
     Slave Age: 10
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Slave Name: Ned
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 7
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Slave Name: Reuben
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 5
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Slave Name: Nace
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 3
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1778 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  7. Slave Name: Frank
     Slave Sex: Male
     Slave Age: 1
     Slave Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1780 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.