Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Dawson, Benoni (Enslaved persons listed: Cato)
- Derth, James (Enslaved persons listed: Patty, Clem, Rebekah)
- Douglas, Ephraim (Enslaved persons listed: Noah)
- Evans, Jesse, Esquire (Enslaved persons listed: Hannah)
- Finley, James (Enslaved persons listed: Dick, Jesse, Harry, Harry [2], Frank, Lydia, Sam, Ben Daily, Joseph M., Hannah)
- Fraser, Andrew (Enslaved persons listed: Bob, Sal)
- Goe, John (Enslaved persons listed: Priscilla)
- Goe, William (Enslaved persons listed: Nogee, Lucy, Thomas, Isaac, Ruth)
- Grable, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Jacob)
- Graham, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: Lucy)
- Hammond, James (Enslaved persons listed: Ann, George, Jane, Daniel, Fan)
- Hezlip, John M. C. (Enslaved persons listed: Billy, Milly, Judy)
- Huston, John (Enslaved persons listed: Dark, Jo, Fan)
- Huston, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Nance)
- Huston, Mary (Enslaved persons listed: Valentine, Charity)
- Hutton, Margaret (Enslaved persons listed: Henry Fitz Edward, Charles, Priscilla, Robert, Rebecca, Jemima, Daniel, Esther, William, Dinah, Elizabeth, Catherine, Charity, George)
- Hyatt, John (Enslaved persons listed: Tamer)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Dawson, Benoni
City or Township: Franklin Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of Benoni Dawson, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Cato
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old
Date of Birth: 04 July 1791
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negro child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 14 December 1791
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Derth, James
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of James Derth, filed in Westmoreland County. Surname also spelled Dearth.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Patty
Sex: Female
Age: Three months old
Date of Birth: 03 September 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro child"
Notes: Text of registration:
James Derth of Luzerne township Fayette County farmer Enters a female negro child, which he calls Patty which was born on the third day of September last of a negroe wench a Slave for life the property of the said Jas Derth -- Sworn to before me this 18th day of December 1792
Ephraim Douglass
James Dearth
Date of Record: 18 December 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Clem
Sex: Female
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: 14 November 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro child"
Notes: The return for Clem (short for Clementine?) specified the registrant's name as James Dearth, Jr.
Date of Record: 16 December 1794
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Rebekah
Sex: Female
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: 26 February 1796
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negroe Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 09 May 1796
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Slaveholder Name: Douglas, Ephraim
City or Township: Union Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Esquire
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Noah
Sex: Male
Age: Three years old
Date of Birth: 12 May 1785
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto boy"
Notes:
Date of Record: 16 March 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Evans, Jesse, Esquire
City or Township: Springhill Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Ironmaster, Spring Hill Furnace, acquired from his father-in-law, Robert Jones.
Notes: Lived 1758-1842. Born in Chester County and moved to Fayette County. Married Mary Jones, daughter of ironmaster Robert Jones. Through Jones, Evans acquired ownership of Springhill Furnace (built 1794 by Robert and Benjamin Jones). Evans used his wealth to acquire considerable land holdings in Fayette County. Aboiut 1815 he entered into a merchant partnership in Uniontown with John Campbell.
Sources: James Moore Swank, Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1878, p. 52; James Haddon, A History of Uniontown, The County Seat of Fayette County Pennsylvania, 1913, p. 161; Myron B. Sharp and William H. Thomas, "A Guide to the Old Stone Blast Furnaces in Western Pennsylvania, Part 3," The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Volume 48, Number 3, July 1965, p. 279.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
Sex: Female
Age: Four months old when registered
Date of Birth: 17 December 1806
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro Child"
Notes: Text of registration: "Jesse Evans of Springhill Township Fayette County (Ironmaster) offers for Record a female Negro Child Named Hannah aged four months born the 17th December 1806 Jesse Evans / Sworn & subscribed 17th April 1807 before Ephraim Douglass Clk"
Date of Record: 17 April 1807
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Slaveholder Name: Finley, James
City or Township: Union Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Esquire, Judge, Politician, Engineer
Notes: Lived 1756-1828. See pre-1783 enslavement records of James Finley, filed in Westmoreland County. James Finley is noted for designing a rigid chain bridge spanning Jacob's Creek, and patented as the first suspension bridge.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Dick
Sex: Male
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: September 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "A mulatto child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 12 October 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jesse
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old
Date of Birth: 05 April 1792 "or thereabouts"
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Mulatto Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 24 September 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old
Date of Birth: 29 December 1793
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Mulatto Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 23 May 1794
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
Sex: Male
Age: Three months old
Date of Birth: 03 or 04 January 1796
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negroe Child"
Notes: Return notes "born on the nIght between the third and fourth day of January 1796"
Date of Record: 15 April 1796
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
Sex: Male
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: 03 November 1801
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Mulatto child"
Notes: Text of registration: "James Finley of Union Township Esquire Returns to be Recorded one Male Mulatto child named Frank born the 3d day of November 1801. / James Finley / Sworn to and subscribed 25th December 1801 before Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 25 December 1801
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Lydia
Sex: Female
Age: Five days old at registration
Date of Birth: 16 June 1804
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negroe Child"
Notes: Text of registration: "James Finley of Union Township Fayette County Esquire Returns to be recorded one female Negroe Child named Lydia born 16th June 1804. James Finley / Subscribed and sworn to the 21st June 1804. Coram Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 21 June 1804
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
Sex: Male
Age: Two months old
Date of Birth: 29 July 1806
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male negro child"
Notes: Text of registration: "James Finley of Union Township Fayette County Esquire, returns to be recorded one male negro child named Sam, born the 29th day of July 1806 / James Finley / Sworn to and subscribed 20th Septr 1806 before Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 20 September 1806
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Ben Daily
Sex: Male
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: 08 February 1809
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a mullatto male child"
Notes: Finley's return for this child had the following file notes written on the outside: "Ben Daily a mullatto child registered 22 March 1809 -- owner James Finley Esquire of Union Township in Fayette County" Text of return:
March 22nd 1809 James Finley Esquire of Union Township in Fayette County returns to be registered a mullatto male child named Ben Daily born the 8th February 1809 -- And makes oath of the truth of the above facts.
James Finley
Sworn & subscribed to
the day & year above written
Coram
R W Lane Clerk of the Peace
Date of Record: 22 March 1809
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Joseph M.
Sex: Male
Age: Two days old at registration
Date of Birth: 04 February 1812
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro"
Notes:
Date of Record: 06 February 1812
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
Sex: Female
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 07 July 1818
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a mulatto child"
Notes: Returned as "Hannah, a mulatto child, b. July 7, 1818, daughter of a woman named Sall, a slave for life." Sall was registered as a slave for life by James Finley in Westmoreland County.
Date of Record: 19 November 1818
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Fraser, Andrew
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Bob
Sex: Male
Age: Four years old
Date of Birth: 10 October 1784
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro"
Notes:
Date of Record: 31 March 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Sal
Sex: Male
Age: Eleven months old
Date of Birth: 15 April 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro," "a girl"
Notes:
Date of Record: 31 March 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Goe, John
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Son of William Goe.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Priscilla
Sex: Female
Age:
Date of Birth: 06 January 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro Child"
Notes: Return made by William Goe, father of John Goe.
Date of Record: 17 May 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Goe, William
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation:
Notes: Brother of Margaret Goe Hutton. See pre-1783 enslavement records of William Goe, filed in Westmoreland County. Father of John Goe.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Nogee
Sex: Female
Age: Of childbearing age by September 1782
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description:
Notes: Mother of Lucy, born September 1782, and Thomas, born June 1785 (below)
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy
Sex: Female
Age: 6 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: September 1782
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Mulatto
Notes: Daughter "of Nogee, a slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Thomas
Sex: Male
Age: 6 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: June 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Mulatto
Notes: Son "of Nogee, a slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac
Sex: Male
Age: 4 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 17 May 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Mulatto child"
Notes: Son "of Nogee, a slave"
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Ruth
Sex: Female
Age: One month old at Registration
Date of Birth: 05 May 1793
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:"Female Negro Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 17 June 1793
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Grable, Joseph
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: There was also a Joseph "Graybill" who had enslaved persons in Westmoreland County during this time. Family historians disagree as to whether this is the same person. Researcher of Pennsylvania enslavement records Cory James Young believes they are the same person. See pre-1783 enslavement records of Joseph Graybill, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old when registered
Date of Birth: 03 July 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes:
Date of Record: 01 January 1791
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Slaveholder Name: Graham, Thomas
City or Township: New Geneva
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Merchant
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy
Sex: Female
Age: Two months old when registered
Date of Birth: 06 January 1803
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro Child"
Notes: Text of registration: "Thos Graham Marchant [sic] of New Geneva Fayette County enters to be recorded a Female Negro Child Named Lucy born the sixth Day of Jenuary [sic] -- 1803 / Witness my hand Apriel 12th 1803 -- Thos. Graham /Sworn to 13th April 1803 / -- Cor Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 13 April 1803
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives;
- Slaveholder Name: Hammond, James
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of James Hammond, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Nancy
Sex: Female
Age: Of childbearing age by May 1792
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description:
Notes: Mother of twins George and Jane, born 18 May 1792 (below). Nancy does not appear on the pre-1783 enslavement records filed by Hammon in Westmoreland County.
Date of Record: 15 November 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Ann
Sex: Female
Age: About one month old at registration
Date of Birth: August 1789
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes:
Date of Record: August 1789
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: George
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old at registration
Date of Birth: 18 May 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Registration was made by Rachel Hammon, wife of James Hammond. George was a twin brother of Jane (see below), both born of Nancy, "a female slave the property of her said husband."
Date of Record: 15 November 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jane
Sex: Female
Age: Six months old at registration
Date of Birth: 18 May 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Registration was made by Rachel Hammond, wife of James Hammond. Jane was a twin sister of George (see above), both born of Nancy, "a female slave the property of her said husband."
Date of Record: 15 November 1792
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: Daniel
Sex: Male
Age: About two months old at registration
Date of Birth: 16 January 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: Return made by Rachel Hammond, wife of James Hammond.
Date of Record: 19 March 1794
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Enslaved Person's Name: Fan
Sex: Female
Age: About two months old at registration
Date of Birth: 14 November 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Mulatto child"
Notes: Return made by Rachel Hammond, wife of James Hammond.
Date of Record: 20 January 1795
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives; Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024;
- Slaveholder Name: Hezlip, John M. C
City or Township: Brownsville
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Tanner, Farmer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Billy
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old when registered
Date of Birth: 01 October 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro Male Child
Notes:
Date of Record: 13 February 1795
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Milly
Sex: Female
Age: Six months old when registered
Date of Birth: 16 December 1797
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 06 June 1798
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Judy
Sex: Female
Age: Two months old when registered
Date of Birth: 04 February 1799
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Mulattoe Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 02 April 1799
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Slaveholder Name: Huston, John
City or Township: German Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Hatter (1795), Farmer (1800), Merchant (1802)
Notes: Husband of Mary Huston.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Dark
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old when registered
Date of Birth: 10 June 1795
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Female Negro Child
Notes:
Date of Record: 27 November 1795
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jo
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old when registered
Date of Birth: 27 December 1799
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Mulatto child"
Notes: Text of registration: "John Huston of German Township Fayette County farmer Returns to be recorded one Male Mulatto child named Jo. born the 27th day of December 1799. Mary Huson [sic] / Subscribed & sworn to by Mary Huston Wife of the said John 16th May 1800 -- Coram Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 16 May 1800
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Fan
Sex: Female
Age: Two months old when registered
Date of Birth: 12 March 1802
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Mulatto child"
Notes: Text of registration: "John Huston of German Township Merchant returns to be recorded one Female Mulatto child named Fan, born the 12th day of March 1802 / John Huston / Sworn to and subscribed 6th May 1802 Coram Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 06 May 1802
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Slaveholder Name: Huston, Joseph
City or Township: Union Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Iron Master, Huston Furnace
Notes: Huston operated the Huston Furnace, also called Redstone Furnace, established circa 1797 on a branch of Redstone Creek called Lick Run.
Source: Myron B. Sharp and William H. Thomas, "A Guide to the Stone Blast Furnaces in Western Pennsylvania, Part 3, Fayette County" Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3 (July 1965), p. 278.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old when registered
Date of Birth: 04 February 1803
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Female Negro Child
Notes: Text of registration: "Joseph Huston of Union Township Feyatte [sic] County Iron master returns to be Recorded a Female Negro Child named Nance born on the 4th day of February last 1803. / Joseph Huston / Sworn to and subscribed 25 July 1803 before Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 25 July 1803
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Slaveholder Name: Huston, Mary
City or Township: German Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Widow of John Huston
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Valentine
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old when registered
Date of Birth: 18 May 1805
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Mulatto Child"
Notes: Text of registration: "Mary Huston of German Township Widow Returns to be Recorded one Male Mulatto Child, named Valentine born the 18th day of May 1805. Mary Huston / Sworn to and subscribed 23d October 1805. Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 23 October 1805
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Charity
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old when registered
Date of Birth: 29 June 1808
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female mulatto Child"
Notes: Text of registration: "Mary Huston of German Township Fayette County widow, returns to be recorded, one female mulatto Child named Charity, born 29th day of June 1808. Mary Huston / Sworn to and Subscribed 5th September 1808 Coram Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 05 September 1808
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Slaveholder Name: Hutton, Margaret
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Widow of Richard Hutton
Notes: Hutton registered nine people as slaves for life. See those listings under the Westmoreland County pages. Hutton's daughter Mary married Hezekiah McGruder, and Margaret was the executrix of McGruder's estate when he died in 1788. She inherited the enslaved people from her husband, Richard Hutton, and her son-in-law, Hezekiah McGruder, making her the largest slaveholder in Pennsylvania by 1790.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Henry Fitz Edward
Sex: Male
Age: 5 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: 13 March 1783
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: son "of Sarah, a mulatto slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Charles
Sex: Male
Age: 3 years old at Registration
Date of Birth: 17 September 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Returned as "Charles Fitz Edward," son "of Sarah, a mulatto slave"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Priscilla
Sex: Female
Age: 4 years and 8 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 29 December 1783
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Robert
Sex: Male
Age: 2 years and 8 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 25 December 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Son of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Rebecca
Sex: Female
Age: 3 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 30 June 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Twin sister to Jemima, below. Daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jemima
Sex: Female
Age: 3 months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 30 June 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Twin sister to Rebecca, above. Daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 23 September 1788
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Daniel
Sex: Male
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 27 June 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Twin"
Notes: Twin of Esther, born "of Suzanna, her slave."
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Esther
Sex: Female
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 27 June 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Twin"
Notes: Twin of Daniel, born "of Suzanna, her slave."
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: William
Sex: Male
Age: Three months old at registration
Date of Birth: 03 July 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Born to "Negro Hanna."
Date of Record: 20 September 1790
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
Sex: Female
Age: Four months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 11 March 1791
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: Registered as "daughter of Henriette, a slave." Henrietta was registered by Hutton in Westmoreland County.
Date of Record: 04 July 1791
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Elizabeth
Sex: Female
Age: Three months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 17 August 1791
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: Registered as "a negroe Child daughter of her slave Fereminta." Fereminta was registered by Hezekiah McGruder in Westmoreland County.
Date of Record: 07 November 1791
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Catherine
Sex: Female
Age: Three days old at Registration
Date of Birth: 13 June 1793
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 16 June 1793
Source: Young, Cory James. "A Just and True Return: Pennsylvania’s Surviving County Slave Registries, 1780-1826." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.25971/QS08-YE30. Accessed 31 July 2024; "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Charity
Sex: Female
Age: Four months old at original Registration (see notes)
Date of Birth: 05 April 1795
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Child"
Notes: Daughter of Mintey (Fereminta). Text of registration on file:
Margaret Hutton of Washington Township Fayette County hereby makes return agreeable to the Act of Assembly in that case provides of a female Child Named Charity born of her Slave Mintey on the ninth day of April one thousand seven hundred and ninety five
Fayette County Ss
Before me one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas for sd. County the aforesaid Margaret Hutton and made oath that the Above return of said Negroe Child is Just and true Given under my hand and Seal 5th Day of September 1795
Edw Cook
This Return had been made on the 12th of August in all things perfect, except that the name of the Child had been omitted; at that time it was recorded with a blank for that name.
Note that the original registration made by Hutton was faulty in that it did not include the enslaved child's name. Hutton filed an amended return along with swearing an oath before Judge Cook a month later in order to make the registration legal.
Date of Record: 12 August 1795; amended 05 September 1795
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Enslaved Person's Name: George
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 01 October 1796
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negro child"
Notes: Return made by the executors of Margaret Hutton's estate:
Richard Noble and William Goe junior Executors of Margaret Hutton deceased Return to be recorded one male Negro child named George born the first day of October 1796 agreably to a written memorandum left in the hand writing of Mrs. Hutton which the Executors afirmed say upon thier oath they believe to be the true age of the said Child.
Richd. Noble
William Goe Junr
Sworn & subscribed 22d
Febry 1797 before Ephraim Douglass
Date of Record: 22 February 1797
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
- Slaveholder Name: Hyatt, John
City or Township: Luzerne Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Return for Tamer was made by Hyatt's wife.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Tamer
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old
Date of Birth: 22 June 1800
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negroe Child"
Notes: Text of registration: "John Hyatt of Luzerne Township Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Farmer Returnes to be Recorded, a Female Negroe Child named Tamer born on the twenty second day of June last past -- John Hyatt -- 8th July 1800 -- Ephraim Douglass Esquire -- Sworn to by Mrs. Hyatt 8th July 1800 Coram Ephraim Douglass"
Date of Record: 08 July 1800
Source: "Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826," Fayette County, Pennnsylvania Prothonotary Records, RG-47 Birth Records for the County Governments, Pennsylania State Archives.
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