Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Jackson, John (Enslaved persons listed: Rachel)
- Lane, Presley Carr (Enslaved persons listed: Rachel)
- Laughlin, Hugh (Enslaved persons listed: Priscilla)
- Laughlin, John (Enslaved persons listed: Jacob)
- Long, Alexander (Enslaved persons listed: Nancy, Harry, Eowan, Joy or ?)
- Lynch, James (Enslaved persons listed: Hannah, Jacob, Samuel)
- Lynn, Andrew, Colonel (Enslaved persons listed: Frank, Poll, Sam)
- McClean, Alexander, Col. (Enslaved persons listed: Harry, James, Nelly, Jacob, Isaac)
- McClean, Robert (Enslaved persons listed: Jack)
- McClelland, John (Enslaved persons listed: Jack)
- McFarland, John, Major (Enslaved persons listed: Charles)
- McGruder, Hezekiah, Captain (Enslaved persons listed: Benjamin, Leah, Jeremiah, Anna, Sarah, Henry Fitz Edward, Charles Fitz Edward, Susanna, Priscilla, Robert, Rebecca, Jamima)
- Moore, John (Enslaved persons listed: Dick, Tom)
- Moore, Mary (Enslaved persons listed: Loos, Tarry)
- Murphy, Anne (Enslaved persons listed: Jerry)
- Murphy, Jacob (Enslaved persons listed: Venus)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Jackson, John
City or Township: Union Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Miller
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
Sex: Female
Age: Ten days old at registration
Date of Birth: 10 December 1791
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 20 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: Lane, Presley Carr
City or Township: Bullskin Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Politician
Notes: Moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania from Virginia in 1787. Served in the Pennsylvania State Senate between 1794-1798 and 1802-1816. Moved to Kentucky circa 1818.
Source: Library of the Senate of Pennsylvania, "Member Biography: Presley Carr Lane, Sr.," https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?id=4906, accessed 13 May 2026.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old at registration
Date of Birth: 22 February 1795
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negro Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 05 August 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.
- Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, Hugh
City or Township: Menallen Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Esquire
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of John Hugh, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Priscilla
Sex: Female
Age: Four months old at registration
Date of Birth: 15 November 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Mulatto child"
Notes: Return made by John Laughlin for Hugh Laughlin
Date of Record: 21 March 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.
- Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, John
City or Township: Springhill Township and Menallen Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Died in 1800. The History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis (1882) describes Laughlin's slaveholding in beneficient terms, falling for the then popular notion that slaveholding was socially acceptable as long as slaveholders were kind and generous to the people they enslaved. Ellis notes on page 726:
Laughlin was a bachelor, a farmer of some enterprise, and employed slave labor almost exclusively...He had been an excellent master to his slaves, and in his will left to each one a substantial reminder of his thoughtful care. Laughlin was not only a kindly-disposed and gentle master to his servants, he was an earnest and faithful worshipper at the Dunlap's Creek Church, despite the fact that he was not a member thereof.
See pre-1783 enslavement records of John Laughlin, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old at registration
Date of Birth: 05 January 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: Return made by Hugh Laughlin for John Laughlin
Date of Record: June 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; 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 29 January 2025.
- Slaveholder Name: Long, Alexander
City or Township: Tyrone Township; Menallen Township (
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Nancy
Sex: Female
Age: Two months old at registration
Date of Birth: "Middle of October 1790"
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes:
Date of Record: 14 December 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; 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 29 January 2025.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old at registration
Date of Birth: 07 November 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negro Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 19 March 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; 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 29 January 2025.
- Enslaved Person's Name: (?)oy (writing unclear)
Sex: Female
Age: Six months old at registration
Date of Birth: 30 July 1807
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a female mulatto child"
Notes: Long's residence for this return shows as Menallen Township.
Date of Record: 20 January 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, transcribed by G.D. Dixon;
- Enslaved Person's Name: Eowan
Sex: Male
Age: One month old at registration
Date of Birth: 19 February 1810
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a male child"
Notes: Long's residence for this return is again Tyrone Township
Date of Record: 16 March 1810
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: Lynch, James
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of James Lynch, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
Sex: Female
Age: Age not given in document, but of childbearing age in 1786 and described as a "woman."
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negroe woman"
Notes: Mother of Jacob, born circa early1786, recorded below.
Date of Record: 08 January 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.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob
Sex: Male
Age: "About three years of age"
Date of Birth: 1786
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negroe boy"
Notes: Text of return:
Jacob A Negroe boy of about three years of age, born in Washington Township in Fayette County Where his master now lives, of a Negroe woman named Hannah the property of the Subscriber.
Wintess my hand the 8th day of January 1789.
James Lynch
Date of Record: 08 January 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: Samuel
Sex: Male
Age: A few weeks old when registered
Date of Birth: 28 April 1797
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negroe child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 17 May 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: Lynn, Andrew, Colonel
City or Township: Menallen Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of Col. Andrew Lynn, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
Sex: Female (per 1789 registration: "a girl")
Age: Five years old at time of registration
Date of Birth: "born near the end of June 1783"
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "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.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Poll
Sex: Female
Age: Three years old at time of registration
Date of Birth: December 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "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.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
Sex: Male
Age: Nearly five months old at time of registration
Date of Birth: 02 May 1789
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "a boy"
Notes:
Date of Record: 28 October 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 29 January 2025.
- Slaveholder Name: McClean, Alexander, Colonel
City or Township: Uniontown
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Surveyor, Lawyer (1799), Recorder of Deeds (1803)
Notes: Assisted Mason and Dixon in running the Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. With Col. Andrew Porter, assisted in surveying and runing the line establishing Pennsylvania's western border up to Erie. Brother of Moses McClean of Adams County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
Sex: Male
Age: about 7 years old
Date of Birth: 28 December 1789
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: Registered by McClean as the son of Sal, "a slave."
Date of Record: 29 December 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 29 January 2025.
- Enslaved Person's Name: James
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old at time of registration
Date of Birth: 11 October 1795 "on the Morning of"
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negroe Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 09 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; 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 29 January 2025.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Nelly
Sex: Female
Age: Six months old at time of registration
Date of Birth: 04 July 1798
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negroe Female Child"
Notes: Return text notes "born on the evening of the fourth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight"
Date of Record: 04 January 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.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old at time of registration
Date of Birth: 07 June 1800
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes:
Date of Record: 05 December 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, 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 29 January 2025.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac
Sex: Male
Age: Five months old at time of registration
Date of Birth: 30 August 1802
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes: McClean reported his occupation as "Deputy Surveyor, Register of Wills, and Recorder of Deeds for Fayette Co."
Date of Record: 12 January 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, 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 29 January 2025.
- Slaveholder Name: McClean, Robert
City or Township: German Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jack
Sex: Male
Age: About six months old when registered
Date of Birth: 05 May 1798
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:"Male Negro child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 03 November 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.
- Slaveholder Name: McClelland, John
City or Township: Franklin Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See McClelland's earlier registration of enslaved persons in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jack
Sex: Male
Age: About five months old when registered
Date of Birth: May 1790
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
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; 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 29 January 2025.
- Slaveholder Name: McFarland, John, Major
City or Township: Springhill Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: "Major of Militia"
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Charles
Sex: Male
Age: Six months old
Date of Birth: 07 June 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negro Child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 05 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.
- Slaveholder Name: McGruder, Hezekiah, Captain
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation:
Notes: Lived circa 1750-1788. See McGruder's earlier registration of enslaved persons in Westmoreland County, which includes the mothers of some of the enslaved children listed below. The 1789 return of children born to women enslaved by McGruder was made by his estate executrix and mother-in-law Margaret Hutton nee Goe.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Benjamin
Sex: Male
Age: about 7 years old
Date of Birth: 01 January 1781
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Son of "Rachel, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, of Washington Twp."
Date of Record: 1788 (record 328)
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: Leah
Sex: Female
Age: about 5 years old
Date of Birth: 26 May 1783
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Daughter of "Rachel, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, of Washington Twp."
Date of Record: 1788 (record 329)
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: Jeremiah
Sex: Male
Age: about 5 years old
Date of Birth: 30 December 1783
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Son of "Hannah, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, of Washington Twp."
Date of Record: 1788 (record 330)
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: Anna
Sex: Female
Age: about 2 years old
Date of Birth: 10 May 1786
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Daughter of "Hannah, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, of Washington Twp."
Date of Record: 1788 (record 331)
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: Sarah
Sex: Female
Age: Old enough to bear children in 1783
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto Slave"
Notes: Mother of Henry Fitz Edward, born May 1783, and Charles Fitz Edward, born September 1785. Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 05 February 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: Henry Fitz Edward
Sex: Male
Age: about 6 years old
Date of Birth: 10 May 1783
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Son of "Sarah, a mulatto slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 05 February 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: Charles Fitz Edward
Sex: Male
Age: about 4 years old
Date of Birth: 17 September 1785
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Son of "Sarah, a mulatto slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 05 February 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: Susanna
Sex: Female
Age: Old enough to bear children in 1783
Date of Birth: Not known (possibly 1763, see notes)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Slave"
Notes: Mother of Priscilla, born December 1783, Robert, born December 1785, twin daughters Rebecca and Jamima, born 30 June 1788, and twins Daniel and Esther, born June 1790 in the household of Margaret Hutton. Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix," This is probably the same enslaved woman registered as a slave for life by Margaret Hutton in Westmoreland County in 1782.
Date of Record: 05 February 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: Priscilla
Sex: Female
Age: about 5 years old
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: 05 February 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: Robert
Sex: Male
Age: about 3 years old
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: 05 February 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: Rebecca
Sex: Female
Age: about 8 months old
Date of Birth: 30 June 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Twin of Jamima, below
Notes: Twin daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 05 February 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: Jamima
Sex: Female
Age: about 8 months old
Date of Birth: 30 June 1788
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Twin of Rebecca, above
Notes: Twin daughter of "Susanna, a slave." Return of "Capt. H. Magruder, deceased, returned by Margaret Hutton, of Washington Twp, Executrix,"
Date of Record: 05 February 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: Moore, John
City or Township: Menallen Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Wheelwright
Notes: Lived circa 1750-1788. See McGruder's earlier registration of enslaved persons in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Dick
Sex: Male
Age: Two years old
Date of Birth: 21 February 1787
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro
Notes:
Date of Record: 30 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: Tom
Sex: Male
Age: One month old
Date of Birth: 20 February 1789
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes:
Date of Record: 30 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: Moore, Mary
City or Township: Springhill Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Widow
Notes: .
- Enslaved Person's Name: Loos
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old at registration
Date of Birth: 05 October 1789
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: Negro, "a female child"
Notes: Return made by Aaron Moore for Widow Moore.
Date of Record: 08 March 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: Tarry
Sex: Female
Age: Five months old at registration
Date of Birth: 06 or 07 June 1792
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Negroe child"
Notes:
Date of Record: 26 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.
- Slaveholder Name: Murphy, Anne
City or Township: Union Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Widow
Notes: .Murphy (also spelled Murphey on same document} signed her return for Jerry with a "mark" instead of a signature.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jerry
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old at registration
Date of Birth: 18 January 1795
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male Negro child"
Notes: Murphy (also spelled Murphey on same document} signed her return for Jerry with a "mark" instead of a written signature.
Date of Record: 16 May 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, transcribed by G.D. Dixon.
- Slaveholder Name: Murphy, Jacob
City or Township: Franklin Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Venus
Sex: Female
Age: Four months old at registration
Date of Birth: 04 July 1798
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female Mulatto Girl"
Notes: Text of return:
Jacob Murphy of Franklin Township Fayette County Farmer returns for Entry a Female Mulatto Girl named Venus of the age of four months and Twenty days to the best of his knowledge born the 4th day of July 1798
Jacob Murphey
To Ephraim Douglass Esqr
Prothonotary
Sworn to and Subscribed 24th
Nov. 1798 Coram.
Ephraim Douglass
In the text of the return, handwritten by Murphy, above, the words "born the 4th day of July 1798" were inserted in the distinct handwriting of Prothonotary Ephraim Douglass. The intent of the insertion would be to ensure the return was legally valid by including a specific date of birth for the child, instead of only Murphy's statement about the enslaved child's age.
Date of Record: 24 November 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.
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