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Slavery in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Listings from the 1780 Registry of Slaves, Excerpted from The History of Chester County
by Futhey and Cope
Table of Slaveholders
Slaveholder Name |
Township Name (1780) |
Number of Slaves Registered |
Alexander, Patrick |
Oxford |
1 |
Allison, William |
East Caln |
3 |
Anderson, Patrick |
Charlestown |
1 |
Bell, John |
West Fallowfield |
8 |
Black, James |
Westtown |
1 |
Blair, Frances |
Londonderry |
2 |
Bodley, William |
Charlestown |
2 |
Bowen, John |
Goshen |
5 |
Bowen, Stephen |
East Whiteland |
1 |
Boyd, Andrew |
Sadsbury |
2 |
Boyd, Catharine |
Sadsbury |
1 |
Boyd, George |
Unknown |
1 |
Boyd, James |
Londonderry |
4 |
Boyd, Matthew |
Sadsbury |
1 |
Brittain, Richard |
Treddyfrin |
4 |
Brown, Elias |
Charlestown |
1 |
Bull, Thomas |
East Nantmeal |
2 |
Campbell, George |
New London |
1 |
Cheyney, Thomas, Esq. |
Thornbury |
2 |
Cloyd, John |
Treddyfrin |
2 |
Correy, Robert |
New London |
3 |
Cuthbert, John |
East Nottingham |
3 |
Darlington, Joseph |
West Nantmeal |
2 |
Davis, Benjamin |
Treddyfrin |
1 |
Davis, Dr. John |
Treddyfrin |
1 |
Davis, Llewellyn |
Charlestown |
1 |
Davis, Thomas |
Sadsbury |
1 |
Dewees, Col. William |
Treddyfrin |
1 |
Dunwoody, James |
West Whiteland |
1 |
Evans, Evan |
London Britain |
6 |
Evans, John |
London Britain |
9 |
Evans, John |
Thornbury |
1 |
Evans, Thomas |
Thornbury |
6 |
Finney, John |
Londonderry |
1 |
Foster, Rev. William |
Sadsbury |
3 |
Futhey, Samuel |
West Fallowfield |
3 |
Garrett, Mary |
Goshen |
3 |
Gibbs, Gilbert |
West Caln |
2 |
Gibson, Andrew |
West Fallowfield |
1 |
Gill, David |
East Caln |
1 |
Grace, Rebecca |
Coventry |
3 |
Graham, James |
West Nantmeal |
5 |
Graham, James |
West Nantmeal |
1 |
Griffith, Isaac |
Willistown |
1 |
Gronow, Lewis |
Treddyfrin |
5 |
Haines, Josiah |
Goshen |
1 |
Hanna, James |
West Nantmeal |
1 |
Hannum, James |
West Marlborough |
2 |
Havard, Ann |
Treddyfrin |
1 |
Havard, Sarah |
Treddyfrin |
2 |
Hayes, David |
Oxford |
2 |
Hayes, Margaret |
Oxford |
1 |
Henderson, James |
East Nantmeal |
1 |
Henderson, Matthew |
East Nottingham |
1 |
Hodgson, Abel |
East Nottingham |
3 |
Hood, Walter |
Oxford |
5 |
Humphrey, John |
Charlestown |
1 |
Hunter, Peter |
West Nantmeal |
2 |
Hutchinson, Joseph |
Londonderry |
1 |
Jacobs, John, Estate of |
West Whiteland |
7 |
Johnston, Alexander |
New London |
1 |
Jones, Daniel |
Londonderry |
5 |
Kelso, Catherine |
New London |
1 |
Kelso, Mary |
New London |
1 |
Kennedy, Montgomery |
Londonderry |
2 |
Kennedy, Samuel, Heirs of |
Pikeland |
3 |
Lloyd, David |
East Whiteland |
1 |
Luckie, Joseph |
Oxford |
1 |
Lunn, Thomas |
London Britain |
2 |
Mackey, John |
New London |
1 |
Maffett, Thomas |
East Nottingham |
3 |
Mather, Peter |
East Whiteland |
1 |
May, Thomas |
Unknown |
4 |
McBeth, John |
East Nottingham |
1 |
McCalla, Alexander |
Charlestown |
1 |
McCamant, James |
West Nantmeal |
1 |
McCaraher, Capt. Alexander |
Pikeland |
2 |
McClenachan, John, F. |
Londonderry |
1 |
McClure, Arthur |
New London |
2 |
McDowell, James |
Oxford |
5 |
McDowell, John |
New London |
2 |
McIlhenny, George |
Charlestown |
2 |
McIntire, Andrew |
New Garden |
1 |
McKinley, Alexander |
Pikeland |
4 |
McPherson, Agnes |
Sadsbury |
1 |
Menough, John |
New London |
1 |
Moore, David |
West Nottingham |
1 (See "Scott, Alexander" of Lancaster County for a reference to "David Moor of Chester" who registered the slave "Jeudith" in 1780." |
Moore, Dr. Joseph |
Goshen |
3 |
Moore, Hannah |
Goshen |
1 |
Moore, James |
West Nantmeal |
5 |
Moore, William, Esq. |
Charlestown |
10 |
Morrison, Alexander |
New London |
5 |
Nice, John |
East Nantmeal |
1 |
Park, Joseph, Esq. |
Sadsbury |
4 |
Phipps, Caleb |
East Fallowfield |
5 |
Piersol, Mordecai |
West Nantmeal |
1 |
Pinkerton, William |
Oxford |
2 |
Polk, William |
West Nottingham |
3 |
Potts, Thomas |
Coventry |
6 |
Power, John |
East Nottingham |
1 |
Power, Patrick |
East Nottingham |
8 |
Pritchard, Anthony |
Charlestown |
4 |
Reed, James |
New London |
3 |
Reed, William |
New London |
2 |
Richards, William |
West Whiteland |
3 |
Richardson, Richard |
East Whiteland |
5 |
Ross, John |
Londongrove |
1 |
Ruston, Job |
Oxford |
10 |
Scott, Thomas |
Unknown |
1 |
Shearer, William |
New London |
3 |
Shippen, Joseph, Jr. |
Kennet |
3 |
Sidwell, Lydia |
East Nottingham |
1 |
Skiles, Herman |
West Caln |
1 |
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Smith, Elizabeth |
West Nottingham |
1 |
Smith, John |
New London |
1 |
Smith, Margaret, Heirs of |
West Nottingham |
1 |
Starrett, William |
East Nantmeal |
3 |
Starrett, William |
Oxford |
1 |
Steele, William |
Unknown |
2 |
Strawbridge, Joseph |
Londonderry |
1 |
Strawbridge, Thomas |
Londonderry |
3 |
Tanner, Philip |
East Nottingham |
2 |
Teales, John |
East Fallowfield |
2 |
Tenplin, Richard |
East Nantmeal |
1 |
Thomas, Benjamin |
Charlestown |
1 |
Trego, Moses |
West Nantmeal |
1 |
Vanlasey, John |
Unknown |
4 |
Vanleer, Branson |
East Nantmeal |
5 |
Wallace, Elizabeth |
West Caln |
2 |
Walters, Thomas |
Treddyfrin |
2 |
Wayne, General Anthony |
Easttown |
1 |
Wherry, David |
East Nottingham |
2 |
Whiting, John |
London Britain |
2 |
Wiley, Capt. Thomas |
Unknown |
1 |
Wiley, David |
Londongrove |
3 |
Williams, Hugh |
East Nantmeal |
1 |
Williams, John |
Treddyfrin |
1 |
Wilson, David |
Treddyfrin |
1 |
Wilson, James |
East Nottingham |
1 |
Wilson, John |
Treddyfrin |
2 |
Name |
Age |
Sex |
Slaveholder
Name |
Date of Record |
Notes |
Cudge |
58 |
M |
Potts, Thomas |
1780 |
A Slave for life. |
Ben |
24 |
M |
Potts, Thomas |
1780 |
A Slave for life. |
Peter |
17 |
M |
Potts, Thomas |
1780 |
A Slave for life. |
George |
1 |
M |
Potts, Thomas |
1780 |
Actual age of this slave was recorded as nine months. A Slave for life. |
Moll |
34 |
F |
Potts, Thomas |
1780 |
A Slave for life. |
Sall |
19 |
F |
Potts, Thomas |
1780 |
A Slave for life. |
Rachel |
38 |
F |
Evans, Evan |
1780 |
A Slave for life. |
Caesar |
16 |
M |
Evans, Evan |
1780 |
Listed in the registry as "a mulatto boy." A slave for life. |
Sue |
13 |
F |
Evans, Evan |
1780 |
A slave for life. |
Samp |
9 |
M |
Evans, Evan |
1780 |
A slave for life. |
Frank |
7 |
M |
Evans, Evan |
1780 |
A slave for life. |
Sal |
4 |
F |
Evans, Evan |
1780 |
Described in registry as "a mulatto female child." A slave for life. |
Jam |
28 |
M |
Hodgson, Abel |
1780 |
Described in the registry as "An Indian servant man till he attains the age of thirty-one years." This is one of very few non-Black slaves in the registry. See also the next listing. |
Sarah |
24 |
F |
Hodgson, Abel |
1780 |
Described in the registry as "An Indian girl." A slave for life. One of very few non-Black slaves in this registry. See also the previous listing. |
Caesar |
25 |
M |
Hodgson, Abel |
1780 |
A slave for life. |
Jince |
20 |
M |
Futhey, Samuel |
1780 |
Described in the registry as "A mulatto woman." A slave for life. |
Dinah |
1 |
F |
Futhey, Samuel |
1780 |
Described in the registry as "A mulatto girl named Dinah, aged one year and nine months." A slave for life. |
Sall |
? |
F |
Futhey, Samuel |
1780 |
Described in the registry as "A mulatto girl named Sall, a slave until she attains the age of thirty-one years." Her age at the time of registry is not stated in the source. |
George |
75 |
M |
Moore, William |
1780 |
The source lists this person as the oldest male slave listed in the 1780 registry. |
Nanny |
78 |
F |
Evans, John |
1780 |
The source lists this person as the oldest female slave listed in the registry. |
Tom |
* |
M |
Bowen, John |
1780 |
The actual age of this person at the time of registration was one month. The Source lists this person as the youngest slave listed in the registry. |
Andrew |
* |
M |
Bull, Rev. Levi |
? |
The birthdate of this person is 23 December, 1820. He is the last slave listed in the registrations of children of slaves. |
Abel |
24 or 25 |
M |
Sharps, James |
April 25, 1781 |
Abel, the property of Peter Grubb in Hopewell Forge, Lebanon County, escaped from James Sharps in Sadsbury Township. on April 10, 1779. (Source
61) |
Abigail Martin |
Age not known |
F |
Irwin, William |
January 15, 1815 |
Abigail "was sold to the said Isaac Smith [of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County] for the said 7 years by William Irwin of Chester County." (Source
119) |
Source for all of the data on this page, except where noted otherwise, is:
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania. J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope. Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1881, pages 423-426.
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