Slaveholders Listed on the Page
- Boone, Joseph (Enslaved persons: Hariot Oto, Valentine, Orson, Grace )
- Coleman, Samuel, Dr. (Enslaved persons: iun-named persons)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Boone, Joseph
City or Township: Chincleclamousche Township
County: Clearfield
Occupation:
Notes: Slave registrations for Clearfield County had to be made in Centre County as Clearfield did not have an organized court system until 1822.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Hariot Otto
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old at registration
Date of Birth: 26 January 1810
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Mulatoe female Child"
Notes: Hariot is probably the daughter of Grace (see entry below). Boone's registration of Hariot was made in Centre County:
I Joseph Boone of Chincleclamouch Township in the County of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania Do hereby make Known unto William Petrikin Esquire Clerk of the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the peace for Centre County (to which Clearfield County is by law annexed) That on the twenty Sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred ten a Mulatoe female Child was born in my family in Chincleclamouch Township aforesaid what I have named Hariot Oto & which Child I request you the said William Petrikin to Register agreeably to Law -- Witness my hand and seal the eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and ten. 1810
Jos Boone [Seal]
Centre County Ss
Beore me Wm Petrikin Clk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Centre came the above named Joseph Boon who saith on his Solemn oath that the facts stated in the above return are true
Sworn & Subscribed the 18th day of July 1810, Before Wm Petrikin } Josh Boone
Date of Record: 18 July 1810
Source: "9 Entry of Molatoe "Hariot Otto" By Joseph Boon, filed July 18th 1810," Centre County, Pennsylvania, Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820, RG-47, Records of County Governments (Microfilm Copies), Pennsylvania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Valentine
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old at registration
Date of Birth: 29 April 1811
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro boy"
Notes: Son of Grace and twin brother of Orson, both born in Grampian Hills, Lycoming County and registered by Boone in Centre County:
I Joseph Boone of Chinclinclamouse Township in the County of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania do hereby make Known unto William Petrikin Esquire Clerk of the Courts of Quarter Sessions of the peace for Centre County (to which Clearfield County is by law annexed) That on the night of the twenty ninth day of april last a certain negro woman of the name of Grace was delivered of two negro boys in my family at the plantation of Doctor Colemans, the said negro woman being a Servant of mine until the age of twenty eight years, the oldest of said Children is named Valentine & the youngest Orson, and which two children I request you the said William Petrikin Esquire to register agreeably to law -- Witness my hand & Seal the second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & Eleven 1811 --
Jos Boone [Seal]
In addition to Boone's sworn statement, the register includes an affirmation by Dr. Samuel Coleman, at whose estate the children were born:
Centre County Ss
Before me the Subscriber Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions in and for said County came Samuel Coleman who saith on his solemn oath affirmation that on the night of the twenty ninth of April last a certain Negro Woman of the name of Grace was delivered of two Negro boys in the family of Joseph Boon on the Grampian hills on the plantation of this deponent -- the said Negro woman being a servant for twenty eight years unto the said Joseph Boon -- the oldest of the said Negro children is named Valentine and the youngest Orson -- The woman is married to a Negro man of the [name] Henry C. Otto
Affirmed and subscribed the 27th day of August 1811 Wm Petrikin Saml Coleman
Date of Record: 27 August 1811 (Coleman's statement); 02 September 1811(Registration)
Sources: "12 Valantine & Orson Negro Children Returned & Registered by Joseph Boon," Centre County, Pennsylvania, Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820, RG-47, Records of County Governments (Microfilm Copies), Pennsylvania State Archives; "Affirmation of Dr. Saml Coleman in the case of Jos. Boons Negro Children," Centre County, Pennsylvania, Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820, RG-47, Records of County Governments (Microfilm Copies), Pennsylvania State Archives
- Enslaved Person's Name: Orson
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old at registration
Date of Birth: 29 April 1811
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro boy"
Notes: Son of Grace and twin brother of Valentine, both born in Grampian Hills, Lycoming County and registered by Boone in Centre County. See the entry for Valentine, above, for full text of the documents.
Date of Record: 27 August 1811 (Coleman's statement); 02 September 1811(Registration)
Sources: "12 Valantine & Orson Negro Children Returned & Registered by Joseph Boon," Centre County, Pennsylvania, Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820, RG-47, Records of County Governments (Microfilm Copies), Pennsylvania State Archives; "Affirmation of Dr. Saml Coleman in the case of Jos. Boons Negro Children," Centre County, Pennsylvania, Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820, RG-47, Records of County Governments (Microfilm Copies), Pennsylvania State Archives
- Enslaved Person's Name: Grace (Otto)
Sex: Female
Age: Age not specified in documents, but of childbearing age and described as a "woman."
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro Woman"
Notes: Mother of twin boys Valentine and Orson, both born in Grampian Hills, Lycoming County and registered by Boone in Centre County. See the entry for Valentine, above, for full text of the documents. Although Boone does not include this information in his statement, Dr. Coleman's affirmation includes the information that "The woman is married to a Negro man of the [name] Henry C. Otto." Grace is very likely also the mother of Hariot, born in January 1810 and registered by Boone as "Hariot Oto."
Date of Record: 27 August 1811 (Coleman's statement); 02 September 1811(Registration)
Sources: "12 Valantine & Orson Negro Children Returned & Registered by Joseph Boon," Centre County, Pennsylvania, Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820, RG-47, Records of County Governments (Microfilm Copies), Pennsylvania State Archives; "Affirmation of Dr. Saml Coleman in the case of Jos. Boons Negro Children," Centre County, Pennsylvania, Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820, RG-47, Records of County Governments (Microfilm Copies), Pennsylvania State Archives
- Slaveholder Name: Coleman, Samuel, Dr.
City or Township: Grampian
County: Clearfield
Occupation: Physician
Notes: LIved 1782-1819. Moved from Williamsport to Clearfield County circa 1808 bringing at least one enslaved person with him and possibly four enslaved persons.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Names not known
Sex: not known
Age: not known
Date of Birth:
Status: Undetermined
Description: slaves
Notes: County histories note that Dr. Coleman brought between one and four enslaved people with him from Williamsport when he settled in Clearfield County about 1808.
Date of Record:
Source: "Clearfield County Comprehensive Plan, 2006 Update," page 35. Online at http://www.planning.clearfieldco.org/06Comp_Plan/06Chapter_4_-_History__Resource_Invent___Preservation_Plan.pdf, accessed 17 April 2026.
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