Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Laughlin, John (Enslaved persons listed: One un-named slave)
- Lynch, James (Enslaved persons listed: Jacob)
- McGruder, Hezekiah, Captain (Enslaved persons listed: Benjamin, Leah, Jeremiah, Anna, Sarah, Henry Fitz Edward, Charles Fitz Edward, Susanna, Priscilla, Robert, Rebecca, Jamima)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, John
City or Township: Springhill 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.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Not known
Sex: Not determined
Age: Not determined
Date of Birth: Not known.
Status: Slave for life
Description: "slave"
Notes: One of several slaves owned in Springhill Township by Laughlin.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slaveholder Name: Lynch, James
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation:
Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of James Lynch, filed in Westmoreland County.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob
Sex: Male
Age:
Date of Birth: 1786
Status: Slave to age 28
Description:
Notes: Born in Washington Township "of Hannah, a slave."
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.
- 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
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Slave"
Notes: Mother of Priscilla, born December 1783, Robert, born December 1785, and twin daughters Rebecca and Jamima, born 30 June 1788. 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: 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.
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