Fayette County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders N-Z

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Fayette County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders, N - Z
Slaveholders Listed on this Page Noble, Richard (Enslaved persons listed: Ann, Nace, Lucy, Toby, Henrietta, Bazil, Samuel, Alfred, Maria, Terissa) Patterson, John (Enslaved persons listed: Jacob, Martha, Jery, Anna, Lewis, Eshter, Rachel) Paull, James, Colonel (Enslaved persons listed: Harry, Jo, Lydia, Ann, Susy, Jane) Paull, James Jr. (Enslaved persons listed: Matilda) Phillips, Ann (Enslaved persons listed: Sue or Susannah) Phillips, Theophilus (Enslaved persons listed: Sue or Susannah, Hana) Rabb, Andrew (Enslaved persons listed: Sam, Harry, George) Ramsay, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: Bell, Aleck, Nick) Reed, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: Unnamed female) Rodgers, John (Enslaved persons listed: Casey) Rogers, Ann (Enslaved persons listed: Venus, Jane) Rogers, Daniel (Enslaved persons listed: Tousaint) Rogers, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Jane, Charles) Shaffner, Charles (Enslaved persons listed: Daniel) Shaffner, Phillip (Enslaved persons listed: Margaret) Shute, Philip (Enslaved persons listed: York) Stephens, Benjamin (Enslaved persons listed: Mary, Nell, Rachel, George) Stephens, Elizabeth (Enslaved persons listed: Bess) Stephens, Levi (Enslaved persons listed: Bess) Stephenson, Elizabeth (Enslaved persons listed: Hannah) Stevens, Nancy (Enslaved persons listed: George Daurot, Eli, George) Stouffer, John (Enslaved persons listed: Ned) Swearingen, Catherine (Enslaved persons listed: Stephen, Ephraim, Ned) Taylor, George (Enslaved persons listed: Jerry Isles Dublin) Thornton, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Ratliff, Lucy, Charles, Samuel, Priss) Tiernan, Patrick (Enslaved persons listed: Dan) Tobin, George (Enslaved persons listed: Isaac) Tobin, Thomas (Enslaved persons listed: Jack, Carra, Judah) Torrence, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Isaac, Will, Hannah, Benjamin, David, Louis, Maria) Vance, George (Enslaved persons listed: John Valentine) Vance, Margaret (Enslaved persons listed: Poll, Ned) Walker, Zadoc (Enslaved persons listed: Maria, Moses) Walter, Ephraim (Enslaved persons listed: Abbe, Henry, Essau, Cassey, Lydia) Wilson, John (Enslaved persons listed: Amos) Witherow, John (Enslaved persons listed: Lucy, George) Wood, John (Enslaved persons listed: Gin, Ned, Firm) Work, Samuel (Enslaved persons listed: Jude, David, Alek, Mary) Works, Joseph (Enslaved persons listed: Mosey, Milly) Workman, Nancy (Enslaved persons listed: Joe) Enslavement Data Slaveholder Name: Noble, Richard City or Township: Washington Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer, Distiller Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of Richard Noble, filed in Westmoreland County, which includes the registration of Dinah, mother of Toby and Henrietta, born in November 1804. Richard Noble also registered the child Maria in Fayette County for Allegheny County slaveholder Joseph Beckett in August 1809, and the child Terissa, born in March 1814 to Beckett's enslaved woman Dinah. The reason Noble was filing on behalf of Beckett is not clear, but may have something to do with the child's mother, Dinah, who might be the same person registered at six years old by Noble in Westmoreland County in 1782. Enslaved Person's Name: Ann Sex: Female Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 06 February 1790 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: Negro Notes: Mother of Alfred (listed below), born August 1808. Date of Record: 28 July 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: Nace Sex: Male Age: Three weeks old at registration Date of Birth: 23 May 1801 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro child" "twins" Notes: Twin of Lucy, below. Text of registration for the twins: Richard Noble of Washington Township Fayette County Farmer Returns to be recorded one Male Negro child named Nace born 23rd day of May 1801. One female Negro child named Lucy born at the same time, they being twins -- Richd. Noble Sworn to and subscribed 12th June 1801. Cor. Ephraim Douglass Date of Record: 12 June 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, 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: Lucy Sex: Female Age: Three weeks old at registration Date of Birth: 23 May 1801 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negro child" "twins" Notes: Twin of Nace, above. See above for the text of their registration. Date of Record: 12 June 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, 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: Toby Sex: Male Age: Two months old at registration Date of Birth: 19 November 1804 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro" child Notes: Registered as "the son of Dinah." Return made by John Noble for Richard Noble. Also note, if both Toby and Henrietta (below) were born to Dinah, the dates of birth should coincide instead of being six days apart, unless there are two enslaved women named Dinah. February 12th 1805 Return of two Negro Children the property of Richard Noble of Washington Farmer, Fayatta County state of Pennsylvania a one of which is the son of Dinah was boren November 19th 1804 the name is Toby Henrietta Daughter to Dinah and Philimon was boren November 25th 1804 Toby a male 19th Novr 1804 Henrietta a female 25 Novr John Noble Sworn to & subscribed 13th February 1805 Ephraim Douglass Date of Record: 12 February 1805 (date on return); 13 February 1805 (recorded by Prothonotary) 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: Henrietta Sex: Female Age: Two months old at registration Date of Birth: 25 November 1804 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro" child Notes: Registered as "the daughter of Dinah and Philimon." Return made by John Noble for Richard Noble. Also note, if both Toby (above) and Henrietta were born to Dinah, the dates of birth should coincide instead of being six days apart, unless there are two enslaved women named Dinah. (see entire text of the return, above, with notes for Toby) Date of Record: 12 February 1805 (date of return); 13 February 1805 (recorded by Prothonotary) 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: Bazil Sex: Male Age: Two months old at registration Date of Birth: 01 Febriuary 1807 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro child" Notes: Text of registration: "Richard Noble of Washington Township Fayette County farmer returns to be recorded one male Negro child named Bazil born the first day of February 1807. Richd. Noble / Sworn to and subscribed 13th April 1807 before Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 13 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; 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: Samuel Sex: Male Age: 16 days old at registration Date of Birth: 10 December 1808 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Child" Notes: Son of Esther. Both Samuel and Alfred were registered on the same day. Text of registration: I Richard Noble farmer and Distiller of Washington Township Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Solemnly Swear that to the Best of my Knowledge on the tenth Day of December, 1808 Was Born of my Negroe Servant Woman Easther in Said Township a Male Child Now Called Samuel as Witness my hand and Seal the 26th Day of December, 1808. Richd Noble [Seal] Sworn and Subscribed Before me Isaac Hastings the 26th Day of December 1808 Date of Record: 26 December 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; 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: Alferd (Alfred) Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 10 August 1808 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Child" Notes: Registered as "son of Ann, Negro woman servant." Ann is listed above, born in February 1790. Both Samuel and Alfred were registered on the same day. Ss Richard Noble farmer and Distiller of Washington Township Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Solemnly Swear that to the Best of my Knowledge on the tenth Day of August, 1808 Was Born of my Negroe Woman Servant Ann in Said Township a Male Child Now Called Alferd as Witness my hand and Seal the 26th Day of December, 1808. Richd Noble [Seal] Sworn and Subscribed Before me Isaac Hastings the 26th Day of December 1808 Date of Record: 26 December 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; 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: Maria Sex: Female Age: Two months old at time of registration Date of Birth: 25 June 1809 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female child" Notes: Daughter of "Little Dinah." Text of registration, filed by Richard Noble in Fayette County: August 22nd 1809 Joseph Beckett Esquire of Elizabeth Township in Allegheny County Returns to the Clerk of the peace to be registered a female child named Maria, (daughter of Dinah generally distinguished by the name of 'Little Dinah) born the twenty fifth day of June 1809. -- I Richard Noble of Redstone Township in the County of Fayette do swear that the facts contained in the above Return are true to the best of my knowledge Richd. Noble -- Sworn & subscribed the same day and year Coram} R W Lane Why Maria, a child enslaved by Joseph Beckett of Allegheny County, was registered in Fayette County by Richard Noble is not stated. Possibly the child's mother, Dinah, was working for Noble, or perhaps Beckett was travelling with some of his enslaved workers and staying with Noble at the time of the birth. Also, Richard Noble registered a six-year-old girl named Dinah in Westmoreland County in 1782. That Dinah would be about 33 years old in 1809, and is possibly the mother mentioned in the registration. With regard to the child's name, Glenn Dixon transcribed the name as Maud, but there is a distinct dot over what is actually an "i" and the last character of the name is actually an "a" with a pronounced upstroke flourish. JATR database confirms the name Maria. Date of Record: 22 August 1809 Sources: "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: Terissa Sex: Female Age: One month old at time of registration Date of Birth: 01 March 1814 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female negro child" Notes: Daughter of Dinah. Text of registration, filed by Richard Noble in Fayette County: Richard Noble of Washington Township in Fayette County farmer returns for registry to the Clerk of the peace of said County a female negro child named Terissa born of the body of Dinah a slave claimed & owned by Joseph Deckett [sic] Esquire of Elizabeth Township in Allegheny County in the state of Penna farmer on the first day of March 1814 Returned 13 April 1814 Richd. Noble Sworn & subscribed the same day before R W Lane Clerk As with the registration of Maria, above, Richard Noble registered this child with the clerk in Uniontown, Fayette County. Unlike the registration of Maria, who Noble registered in Beckett's name, the return for the child Terissa is registered in Noble's name. The overall relationship between the mother Dinah, her two daughters, and the enslavers Noble and Beckett is not clear. Date of Record: 13 April 1814 Sources: "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: Patterson, John City or Township: Washington Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Esquire Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Jacob Sex: Male Age: Date of Birth: 23 June 1792 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro Child" Notes: Date of Record: 09 October 1792 Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882; Wills:Theophilus Philips, 1789: Fayette County, PA; George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447. Enslaved Person's Name: Martha Sex: Female Age: Two months old at registration Date of Birth: 03 April 1794 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "A Negro Child" Notes: Text of return: John Patterson Esqr Living in Fayette County Washington Township Returns A negro Child Being A famel [female] Named Martha Born the third Day of Aprile in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & Ninty four Fayette County Ss Personaly appeared Before me the Subscriber one of the Common Wealths Justices of the Peace for the County Aforesaid the Above Named John Patterson Esqr & Being Sworn as the Law Directs Deposeth & Sayeth that the above Record is the True Time that the Above Child was Born Sworn & Subscribed Before me the 17 Day of June one Thousand Seven Hundred & Ninty four as Wittness my hand & Seal John Patterson Hugh Laughlen Date of Record: 17 June 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: Jery Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 06 March 1794 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "A Meal [male] Black Child" Notes: Return made by Henry Spears for John Patterson Date of Record: 19 July 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: Anna Sex: Female Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 08 October 1795 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Feamal Negro Child" Notes: Text of return: Anna a feamal Negro Child the Property of John Patterson of Washington Township was born october the Eighth one thousand Seven hundred and ninty five John Petteron Sworn to 29th Decr 1795 before Ephraim Douglass Date of Record: 29 December 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: Lewis Sex: Male Age: Twelve days old at registration Date of Birth: 12 June 1797 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Date of Record: 26 June 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Esther Sex: Female Age: Twelve days old at registration Date of Birth: 25 February 1801 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negroe twin children" Notes: Twin sister of Rachel, below. Text of registration: "John Patterson of Washington Township Esquire, returns to be recorded two female Negroe twin children, named Esther and Rachel born the 25th Februry 1801. John Patterson / Sworn to and subscribed 9th March 1801. Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 09 March 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: Rachel Sex: Female Age: Twelve days old at registration Date of Birth: 25 February 1801 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negroe twin children" Notes: Twin sister of Esther, above. Text of registration: "John Patterson of Washington Township Esquire, returns to be recorded two female Negroe twin children, named Esther and Rachel born the 25th Februry 1801. John Patterson / Sworn to and subscribed 9th March 1801. Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 09 March 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. Slaveholder Name: Paull, James Irwin, Colonel City or Township: Franklin Township (1798), Dunbar Township (1800) County: Fayette County Occupation: Esquire, Farmer Notes: Father of James Paull Jr. Enslaved Person's Name: Harry Sex: Male Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 17 December 1793 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Date of Record: 10 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: Jo Sex: Male Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 25 May 1798 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male negro child" Notes: Date of Record: 06 October 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: Lydia Sex: Female Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 25 May 1800 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negro child" Notes: Text of registration: "James Paull of Dunbar Township Farmer returns to be recorded one female Negro child named Lydia born the 25th May 1800 / James Paull / Sworn to and subscribed 14th October 1800 Cor. Ephraim Douglass" Lydia is almost certainly the mother of Matilda, born in July 1819 and registered that same month by James Paull Jr. Date of Record: 14 October 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: Ann Sex: Female Age: Three months old at registration Date of Birth: 17 October 1806 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negro child" Notes: Text of registration: "James Paull of Dunbar Township Fayette County Farmer returns to be recorded one female Negro child named Ann born the 17th October 1806. James Paull / Sworn to and subscribed 20th January 1807 Coram Ephraim Douglass Clerk" Date of Record: 20 January 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Susy Sex: Female Age: Three months old at registration Date of Birth: 04 October 1809 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female" (Return); "Negro child" (Registration file note) Notes: Text of registration: "Colonel James Paull of Dunbar Township in Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, farmer, Returns to be registered by the Clerk of the peace of said County Susy a female Born the fourth day of October last James Paull / Sworn & subscribed the sixteenth day of January 1810 Coram R W Lane Clerk" Date of Record: 16 January 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Jane Sex: Female Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 20 December 1811 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro female child" Notes: Text of registration: "James Paull Esq of Dunbar Township in Fayette County returns for registry to the Clerk of the peace of said County a negro female child named Jane born the twentieth day of December Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and eleven. Returned the 26th May 1812 James Paull / Sworn & subscribed the 26th May 1812 Coram me} Richard William Lane Clerk of the peace" Date of Record: 26 May 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. Slaveholder Name: Paull, James Jr. City or Township: Franklin Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Ironmaster Notes: Son of Colonel James Irwin Paull. Enslaved Person's Name: Matilda Sex: Female Age: Two weeks old at registration Date of Birth: 15 July 1819 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Daughter of Lydia. Text of registration: "James Paull Junior, Iron Master of Franklin Township Fayette County returns for registry to the Clerk of the Peace of said County a mulatto female child named Matilda born the fifteenth day of July AD 1819 of a negro Woman called Lydia a servant until 28 years of age / James paull Jr / Sworn & subscribed the 30th day of May [sic] 1819 Coram John StClair Clk" Although the clerk recorded at the bottom of the return the date that Paull swore to the truth of his return as May 30, 1819, this would have impossible if Matilda was born July 15 that same year. The actual date it was filed was July 30, 1819 per the clerk's file notes on the reverse. Lydia, the mother of Matilda, is almost certainly the person registered by James Paull's father, Colonel James Paull, in October 1800. Since the law required the return to come from the person who claimed ownership of the child, it seems likely that Lydia was at some point acquired by James Paull Junior from his father. Date of Record: 30 July 1819 (per Clerk's file notations) 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: Phillips, Ann City or Township: Springhill Township County: Fayette County" Occupation: Widow Notes: Wife of Theophilus Phillips. Enslaved Person's Name: Sue or Susannah Sex: Female Age: About 25 years old at time of bequest Date of Birth: circa 1764 (based upon reported age at Registration) Status: Slave for life Description: "negro woman" Notes: One of several slaves owned in Springhill Township by Phillips. Willed to his wife Ann in 1789. Susannah was registered by Philips in Westmoreland County as a 17-year-old slave for life on December 19, 1781. Date of Record: 19 December 1781 (Registration); Will of Theophilus Phillips, 1789. Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882; Wills:Theophilus Philips, 1789: Fayette County, PA; George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447. Slaveholder Name: Phillips, Theophilus City or Township: Springhill Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Husband of Ann. Elected to the state legislature in 1789. Died while en route to Philadelphia.The History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis (1882) notes on page 763: Mr. Phillips enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him and was often called to fill public positions. It was near his residence that the courts of Monongalia County, Virginia, were held in the last half of the eighteenth century. The buildings have long been demolished and nothing but the foundations of them remain to mark the site. To the left of the New Geneva and Springhill furnace roads, via Morris Cross Roads and about two hundred yards from the same, on a long knoll with direction northeast, stood the Phillips residence with many outbuildings, including shop, negro quarters, still house and stables. Theophilus Phillips is cross-listed on the Westmoreland County pages. Enslaved Person's Name: Sue or Susannah Sex: Female Age: About 25 years old at time of bequest Date of Birth: circa 1764 (based upon reported age at Registration) Status: Slave for life Description: "negro woman" Notes: One of several slaves owned in Springhill Township by Phillips. Willed to his wife Ann in 1789. Susannah was registered by Philips in Westmoreland County as a 17-year-old slave for life on December 19, 1781. Date of Record: 19 December 1781 (Registration); Will of Theophilus Phillips, 1789. Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882; Wills:Theophilus Philips, 1789: Fayette County, PA; George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447. Enslaved Person's Name: Hana Sex: Male Age: Not determined, but described as a "negro boy." Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1789. (see notes) Status: Not determined Description: "negro boy" Notes: One of several slaves owned in Springhill Township by Phillips. Named as property in his will in 1789. This may be the boy Harry, born in 1779 and registered by Phillips in Westmoreland County on December 19, 1781. (See Theophilus Phillips in Westmoreland County) Date of Record: Township history written in 1882. Will of Theophilus Phillips, 1789. Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882. \| Wills: Theophilus Philips, 1789: Fayette County, PA. Slaveholder Name: Rabb, Andrew City or Township: German Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Distiller, miller, associate justice of the Fayette County court Notes: Lived circa 1740-1804. During the Revolution served with the Westmoreland County Rangers. In the Whiskey Rebellion, Rabb took the side of the local farmers against the federal tax on whiskey and served on the Committee of Correspondence. He died in 1804 after being poisoned, supposedly by a slave. Enslaved Person's Name: Sam Sex: Male Age: "about 27 years of age" Date of Birth: circa 1765 Status: Slave for life; self-emancipated August 1792 Description: "Negro Slave" Notes: Sam escaped from Rabb along with another man, Harry, on the night of August 11, 1792: Twenty Dollars Reward. RANAWAY in the night of the 11th instant from the plantation of the subscriber, in Fayette county, one Negro Slave named SAM, about 27 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, very black, short frizled hair, very talkative and impertinent, had on and took with him one check shirt and a country linen one, coarse blue cloth coat, olive velvet vest, and olive fustian overalls, a grey sailor's jacket, and a felt hat very little worn. Also, a Mulatto slave named HARRY, formerly the property of Mr. James Blaine of Carlisle, about 23 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, well made, of a fair complexion, long frizled hair, is very fond of liquor, had on and took with him one pair of lead coloured thickset breeches, a pair of country linen black coloured trowsers, two country linen shirts, a striped toilenet vest, and a high crowned hat. The above reward will be paid for apprehending the above described slaves, and securing them in any jail so that their Master may get them again, or Ten Dollars for either, and if brought home reasonable charges, paid by ANDREW RABB. August 13, 1792. Date of Record: 13 August 1792 (this ad was still being published in October 1792) Source: The Carlisle Gazette and Western Repository of Knowledge, 22 August 1792. Enslaved Person's Name: Harry Sex: Male Age: "about 23 years of age" Date of Birth: circa 1769 Status: Slave for life; self-emancipated August 1792 Description: "Mulatto Slave" Notes: Harry was formerly enslaved by Col. Ephraim Blaine in Carlisle. Rabb acquired Harry at some point but the man escaped from Rabb along with another man, Sam, on the night of August 11, 1792. See the entry for Sam, above, for the full text of Rabb's escape notice. By the end of 1793, Harry was enslaved by William Amberson in Pittsburgh, from whom he again escaped, this time in late 1793. Date of Record: 13 August 1792 (this ad was still being published in October 1792) Source: The Carlisle Gazette and Western Repository of Knowledge, 22 August 1792. Enslaved Person's Name: George Sex: Male Age: Nearly six months old at registration Date of Birth: 18 September 1800 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Mulatto boy" Notes: Text of registration: Andrew Rabb of German Township Miller returns to be recorded one male Mulatto boy named George, born in the possession of John Bartlett in Redstone Township (who had the service of the mother with the consent of Andrew Rabb the owner, at the time of her delivery) on the 18th day of September 1800 John Bartlett Subscribed and sworn to the 11th day of March 1801 Ephraim Douglass Note that John Bartlett signed the registration document and was the person sworn to the facts. He had possession of the child George and George's mother at the time. Date of Record: 11 March 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. Slaveholder Name: Ramsay, Thomas City or Township: Springhill Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Bell Sex: Female Age: Age not given in document, but of childbearing age in September 1815 Date of Birth: Not known Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Negro servant" Notes: Mother of Aleck, below. Date of Record: 22 February 1816 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: Aleck Sex: Male Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 14 September 1815 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Male Negroe Child" Notes: Son of Bell. Text of registration: "Thomas Ramsay of Springhill Township Fayette County Penna. Farmer returns for registry a Male Negroe Child named Aleck who was born on the fourteenth day of September AD 1815 of the said Ramsays Negroe servant until the age of Twenty Eight years named Bell / Thos Ramsay / Sworn & subscribed 22d. Feby 1816 Cor R W Lane Clerk of the peace" Date of Record: 22 February 1816 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: Nick Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 28 November 1817 Status: Slave to age 28 Description: "Negro male child" Notes: Son of Bell. Text of registration: "Thomas Ramsay -- farmer of Springhill township returns for Registry a negro male child named Nick born twenty eighth day of November Eighteen hundred and Seventeen & returned 17th April 1818 -- / Thos Ramsay / Sworn & subscribed same day Cor Richard W Lane Clerk" Date of Record: 17 April 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. Slaveholder Name: Reed, Thomas City or Township: Georges Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Not recorded Sex: Female Age: Not determined Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1791. Status: Slave for life Description: "Negro wench" Notes: Willed to his wife Elizabeth in 1791. Excerpt from will: "I give and bequeath in the following manner (vis) all my household furniture and negro wench and one mare and two cows give to my said wife Elizabeth her heirs and assignees while she remains a widow." Date of Record: Will of Thomas Reed, 10 May 1791. Will probated 18 April 1794. Source: Will of Thomas Reed, Fayette County, Georges Township, Will Book 1, page 26. Slaveholder Name: Rodgers, John City or Township: Dunbar Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Innkeeper; farmer Notes: Name also spelled Rogers in some documents Enslaved Person's Name: Casey Sex: Female Age: Six months old when registered Date of Birth: 17 August 1802 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro girl" Notes: Text of registration: John Rodgers of Dunbar Township in the county of Fayette Inkeeper [sic] Farmer wishes to have a registry made of a negro girl named Casey born the seventeenth day of august last past -- dated this fifteenth day of February A.D. 1803 To Ephraim Douglass Esq. Clk. o f the peace of the county foresaid} Sworn to & subscribed the same day. Ephraim Douglass Date of Record: 15 February 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Dorr Sex: Male Age: Nearly five months old when registered Date of Birth: 01 January 1805 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negroe boy" Notes: Text of registration: John Rogers Innkeeper & Farmer of Dunbar Township in the County of Fayette returns for entry to the Clerk of the peace of the said County a Negroe boy named Dorr aged four months and twenty seven days John Rogers May 27th 1805 Sworn to 27th May Coram Ephraim Douglass Date of Record: 27 May 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. Slaveholder Name: Rogers, Ann City or Township: Dunbar Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Widow Notes: Widow of Thomas Rogers. Enslaved Person's Name: Venus Sex: Female Age: Described as a "woman," and of childbearing age in September 1819. Date of Birth: Not known Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro woman" Notes: Mother of Jane, born in September 1819 (below). Date of Record: 02 March 1820 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: Jane Sex: Female Age: Five months old when registered Date of Birth: 24 September 1819 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro female child" Notes: Daughter of Venus. Text of registration: "Fayette county Penna / Ann Rogers widow and relict of Thomas Rogers late of Dunbar township deceased returns for registry to the Clerk of the Sessions of said county a negro female child named Jane born on the Twenty fourth day of September AD 1819 of a negro woman called Venus a servant while she shall arrive at the age of Twenty eight years / Ann Rogers / Sworn and subscribed 2d March 1820 Coram / John StClair Clerk" Date of Record: 02 March 1820 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: Rogers, Daniel City or Township: Bullskin Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Merchant Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Tousaint Sex: Male Age: Six weeks old when registered Date of Birth: 15 November 1812 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Child" (return); "Negro" (clerk's file note) Notes: Text of registration: "[Daniel] Rogers of Bullskin Township, Merchant returns to the clerk of the peace to be registered a Male Child named Tousaint born on the 15th day of Novr. 1812 -- Returned 2d day of Jany 1813 Daniel Rogers / Sworn & subscribed 2 Jany. 1813 Cor. R W Lane Clerk" Date of Record: 02 January 1813 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: Rogers, Joseph City or Township: Bullskin Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Jane Sex: Female Age: Described as a "woman," of childbearing age in July 1818 Date of Birth: 24 Not known Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Woman" Notes: Mother of Charles, born July 1818 (see below). Date of Record: 08 December 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Charles Sex: Male Age: Four months old when registered Date of Birth: 24 July 1818 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro male child" Notes: Son of Jane. Text of registration: "Joseph Rogers of the Township of Bullskin in the county of Fayette & commonwealth of Pennsylvania returns to the clerk of the peace of said county for registry a negro male child named Charles born the 24th July 1818 of a woman named Jane a Servant until she arrives at the age of Twenty Eight years, the property of the said Joseph Rogers returned the Eighth day of December 1818 to be registered ageeably to the provisions of an actd of assembly passed the 29th day of March Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight / Joseph Rogers / December 8th 1818 Sworn coram / John StClair Clk" Date of Record: 08 December 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. Slaveholder Name: Shaffner, Charles City or Township: Redstone Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Merchant Notes: Husband of Maria Stoy. Enslaved Person's Name: Daniel Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 31 July 1807 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male mulatto child" Notes: Text of registration, returned by Henry Stoy for Charles Shaffner: "Charles Shaffner of Redstone Township Fayette County Merchant by Henry Stoy returns to be recorded one male mulatto child named Daniel born 31st July 1807. Henry Stoy / Sworn to and subscribed 8th December 1807 Coram Ephraim Douglass Clerk." Date of Record: 08 December 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: Shaffner, Phillip City or Township: Redstone Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Merchant Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Margaret Sex: Female Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 19 December 1810 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female mullatto child" Notes: Text of registration, returned by Henry Stoy for Charles Shaffner: "April 6th 1811 Philip Shaffner of Redstone Township Merchant returns for registry to the Clerk of the peace a female mullatto child named Margaret born on the nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten Phillip Shaffner / Sworn & subscribed on the 6th April 1811" Date of Record: 06 April 1811 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: Shute, Philip City or Township: Union Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of Phillip Shutt, filed in Westmoreland County. Enslaved Person's Name: York Sex: Male Age: Three months old at registration Date of Birth: 17 December 1790 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: Negro, "a male child" Notes: Date of Record: 02 April 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: Stephens, Benjamin City or Township: Franklin Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of Benjamin Stephens, filed in Westmoreland County. Enslaved Person's Name: Mary Sex: Female Age: Four years old Date of Birth: 15 September 1784 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: Notes: Date of Record: 21 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: Nell Sex: Female Age: Two years old Date of Birth: 15 July 1786 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "female child" Notes: Date of Record: 21 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: Rachel Sex: Female Age: Seven months old Date of Birth: 02 August 1788 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: Notes: Date of Record: 21 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: George Sex: Male Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 08 May 1796 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Stephens provided "his mark" in lieu of a signature on the return Date of Record: 27 October 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: Stephens, Elizabeth City or Township: Washington Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Widow Notes: Wife of Levi Stephens Enslaved Person's Name: Bess Sex: Female Age: Not determined Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1780. Status: Slave for life Description: "Negro woman" Notes: Willed to his wife Elizabeth in 1808. Excerpt from will: "Second I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural life the use, rents, profits, benefits and interest of the land, meadows orchards sugar camp and other premises which have of late been in my immediate occupancy, also a sufficiency of timber land for the plantation to keep the premises in complete repair also the Negro woman, named Bess, the eight day clock, all the grain gathered or growing." Date of Record: Will of Levi Stephens, 1808. Source: Will of Levi Stephens, 1808: Washington Township, Fayette Co. Slaveholder Name: Stephens, Levi City or Township: Washington Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Born in 1744. Husband of Elizabeth. See pre-1783 enslavement records of Levi Stephens, filed in Westmoreland County. Enslaved Person's Name: Bess Sex: Female Age: 44 Date of Birth: 1764 Status: Slave for life Description: "Negro woman" Notes: Willed to his wife Elizabeth in 1808. This appears to be the enslaved woman Elizabeth, born in 1764 and registered by Stephens in Westmoreland County. Date of Record: Will of Levi Stephens, 1808. Source: Will of Levi Stephens, 1808: Washington Township, Fayette Co. Slaveholder Name: Stephenson, Elizabeth City or Township: Bullksin Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Single Woman Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah Sex: Female Age: Three months old at registration Date of Birth: 26 September 1793 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negroe child" Notes: Text of return: Elizabeth Stephenson of Bullskin Township Single woman by Henry Loar returns to be recorded one female Negroe Child named Hannah born in the House of the said Henry the 26th September 1793 -- Sworn to 30th Decr. 1793 by Henry Loar who cannot write before Ephraim Douglas. Date of Record: 30 December 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. Slaveholder Name: Stevens, Nancy (Ann) City or Township: Menallen Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Widow, farmer Notes: Widow of Samuel Stevens. She was also known as Ann Stevens. Daughter of Anne Murphy. In 1813 she added the occupation "farmer" to her return for the male child Jesse, and signed the return Ann Stevens. Mother of Priscilla, wife of Uniontown attorney John Morse Austin. Enslaved Person's Name: George Daurot Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 04 October 1808 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro male child" Notes: Clerk's filing note on outside of return: "Nancy Stevens, Return of the age, Sex & name &c of a negro child /4th February 1809 / Registered /38." Text of return: I Nancy Stevens of ~~Franklin~~ Menallen Township in Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Widow, do swear that a negro male child, this day delivered to the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid to be registered agreeably to the Laws of this Commonwealth, named George Daurot was born on the fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight Sworn to the fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine Coram Richard W Lane Clerk of the peace Same day Recorded Date of Record: 04 February 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: Eli Sex: Male Age: One month old at registration Date of Birth: 08 February 1810 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro male child" Notes: Text of return: "Nancy Stevens, Widow of Menallen Township in Fayette County returns to the Clerk of the peace of said County to be registered a negro male child named Eli born the eighth day of February AD 1810 Nancy Stevens / Sworn & subscribed 20th March 1810 Coram Richard William Lane Clerk of the peace}" Date of Record: 20 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Jesse Sex: Male Age: Almost five months old at registration Date of Birth: 15 December 1812 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Text of return: "Mrs. Nancey Stevens of Menalen township in Fayette County & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania widow, & by occupation a farmer Returns for registry for the Clerk of the Peace of sd. County a Male Negro Child Named Jesse born on ~~or about~~ the 15th of Dec 1812 -- returned the 6th May 1813 Ann Stevens -- / Sworn & subscribed 6th May 1813 -- before me Richard William Lane Clerk" The return for Jesse as written originally stated his date of birth as "born on or about" the 15th of December, 1812. However the words "or about" were heavily struck out. In addition, the phrase "widow, & by occupation a farmer" was added in between lines in a heavy hand, making it an obvious late edit before being filed. Date of Record: 06 May 1813 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: Eleven days old at registration Date of Birth: 20 June 1816 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro or Coloured Male Child" Notes: Son of Pol. Text of return: "Fayette County ss To R W Lane Esq - Clerk & c Widow Ann Stevens, farmer, of Franklin township of Fayette County afsd Returns for recording a negro, or Coloured Male Child, Named George, born of a Yellow girl named Pol, on the 20th of June 1816 being now eleaven days old -- July 1st 1816. -- Ann Stevens / Sworn before me R W Lane, Clerk" Date of Record: 01 July 1816 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: Stouffer, John City or Township: Bullskin Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Husband of Barbara. Enslaved Person's Name: Ned Sex: Male Age: Not determined, but described as "boy." Date of Birth: Not known, but after 1780. Status: "a 28 year servant" Description: "Negro Boy" Notes: Willed to his son John Stouffer in 1820, with the stipulation that Ned "wait upon his present Mistress my said wife Barbara as long as she shall remain a widow." Date of Record: 2 June 1820. Recorded 1822. Source: Will of John Stouffer (Sr), 2 June 1820. Book 1, p. 222. Recorded 1822. Slaveholder Name: Swearingen, Catherine City or Township: Springhill Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Widow Notes: See also enslavement records of the Swearingen family in Washington County and Westmoreland County. Catherine Swearingen and Margaret Caldwell were midwives for the birth of the child Phillis to Hugh Cunningham's enslaved woman Phillis in July 1794. Enslaved Person's Name: Stephen Sex: Male Age: Two months and two weeks old Date of Birth: 14 April 1793 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negroe child" Notes: Date of Record: 29 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Ephraim Sex: Male Age: One month and three weeks old Date of Birth: 05 May 1793 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negroe child" Notes: Date of Record: 29 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Ned Sex: Male Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 09 February 1795 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negroe child" Notes: Registered by Samuel Swearingen for Catherine Swearingen Date of Record: 11 July 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: Taylor, George City or Township: Dunbar Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Ironmaster Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Jerry Isles Dublin Sex: Male Age: Almost three months old at registration Date of Birth: 09 October 1816 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro male child" Notes: Son of Hester. Text of registration: "George Taylor Iron Master of Dunbar Township returns for Registry a negro male child named Jerry Isles Dublin born (of the Body of Hester a female Servant of Said George Taylor) the 9th day of October AD 1816, and returned 26th day of December AD 1816 / Sworn & Subscribed the 26th Decr 1816 Coram R W Lane Clerk} George Taylor" Date of Record: 26 December 1816 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: Thornton, Joseph City or Township: Brownsville (1797 and 1814), Redstone Township (1809) County: Fayette County Occupation: Merchant Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Ratliff Sex: Male Age: Three months old at registration Date of Birth: "Born about the 13th or 14th of February 1797" Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro child" Notes: Text of registration: "Joseph Thornton of Brownsville Merchant Returns to be recorded one Male negro child named Ratliff born about the 13th of 14th of February 1797 Joseph Thornton / Sworn to & subscribed 25th May 1797 before Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 25 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy Sex: Female Age: Two months old at registration Date of Birth: 02 August 1809 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female negro child" Notes: Text of registration: "Joseph Thornton of Redstone Township in Fayette County Merchant Returns to the Clerk of the peace of said County to be Registered Lucy a female negro child born the second day of August 1809 / Sworn & subscribed the 25th Day of October 1809 Coram Richd W Lane Clerk" Date of Record: 25 October 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: Charles Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 28 July 1814 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female negro child" Notes: Text of registration: "Joseph Thornton, Merchant of Brownsville returns for registry a male negro child born the 28th July 1814, named Charles./ Joseph Thornton / Sworn & subscribed the 23d. Nov 1814 / Coram R W Lane" Date of Record: 23 November 1814 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: Samuel Sex: Male Age: Almost four months old at registration Date of Birth: 31 April 1816 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male negro child" Notes: Text of registration: "Joseph Thornton of Brownsville in Fayette County Pennsylvania Merchant returns for registry a male negro child named Samuel born the thirty first day of April eighteen hundred & sixteen returned the twenty first day of August Eighteen hundred and sixteen Joseph Thornton / Sworn & subscribed 21 Aug. 1816 R W Lane Clerk of the peace" Date of Record: 21 August 1816 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: Priss Sex: Female Age: Almost five months old at registration Date of Birth: 19 August 1817 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro female child" Notes: Text of registration: "Joseph Thornton Merchant of Brownsville Fayette County Pennsylvania returns to the Clerk of the peace of said county for registry a negro female child named Priss born the nineteenth day of August one thousand Eight hundred and Seventeen returned the thirteenth day of January one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen. -- / Joseph Thornton / Sworn & subscribed the 13th day of Jany 1818 before me R W Lane Clerk of the peace}" Date of Record: 13 January 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. Slaveholder Name: Tiernan, Patrick City or Township: Redstone Fort County: Fayette County Occupation: Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Dan Sex: Male Age: "near 18 years of age" Date of Birth: circa 1776 Status: "Indented" Description: "Indented negro man" Notes: Dan escaped from Tiernan on April 22, 1794: Four Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the 22d inst. an indented negro man named DAN, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, near 18 years of age, had on when he went away, a tow linen shirt and trowsers, a black silk handkerchief, a new felt hat with a small buckle and ribband to it, black buckskin mockasins, a striped cloth jacket, had a scar near the corner of his mouthk, and remarkable large feet, plays on the fiddle, its possible he may change his dress and pass for a freeman. The above reward will be given to any person that will bring him home or secure him in any jail, so as the subscriber will get him again. PAT. TIERNAN. Redstone Fort, April 24, 1794. Date of Record: 24 April 1794 Source: Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, 17 May 1794. Slaveholder Name: Tobin, George City or Township: George Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac Sex: Male Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: "born in July 1792" Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negroe child" Notes: Return made by Rebeckah Tobin for George Tobin. Date of Record: 06 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, transcribed by G.D. Dixon. Slaveholder Name: Tobin, Thomas City or Township: Springhill Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Jack Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: "born in March 1797" Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male child" Notes: Glenn Dixon has this name transcribed as Zach. Handwriting is difficult to read. Date of Record: 05 (?) July 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Carra Sex: Female Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 02 March 1809 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female child" Notes: Both Glenn Dixon and JATR have this name transcribed as Carna. However the downstroke of the fourth character of the name could easily be an "r." Carra seems to be a more likely name for a female child. Text of registration: "Thomas Tobin Farmer of Springhill Township Returns to be registered to the Clerk of the peace a ~~Mulatto~~ female child name Carra born the 2nd March 1809 /Thos Tobin / Sworn & subscribed the 12th August 1809 / Coram / R W Lane Clerk" The descriptive word "Mulatto" is more than struck through, it is nearly thoroughly blotted out. However enough strokes of characters are visible to make out the word. Date of Record: 12 August 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: Judah Sex: Female Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: May 1816 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro Female Child" Notes: Text of registration: "Thomas Tobin of Springhill Township in the County of Fayette & State of Pennsylvania returns for registry a Negro Female Child, named Judah, born at the place aforesaid, in the Month of May AD eighteen hundred & sixteen -- Returned for registry this 27th day of May 1816 / Thos Tobin / Sworn & subscribed before me R W Lane" Tobin did not include the exact day in May that Judah was born, which is required by law. This return and registration could have been legally challenged. Date of Record: 27 May 1816 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: Torrence, Joseph City or Township: Dunbar Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer, Esquire Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac Sex: Male Age: Five months old at registration Date of Birth: 25 November 1801 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro child" Notes: Text of return: "Joseph Torrence of Dunbar Township Farmer returns to be recorded one Male Negro child namde Isaac Born 25th November 1801 -- Joseph Torrence / Sworn to & subscribed 28th April 1802 before Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 28 April 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Will Sex: Male Age: Three months old at registration Date of Birth: 14 March 1804 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro child" Notes: Text of return: "Joseph Torrence of Dunbar Township Fayette County Farmer Returns to be recorded one Male Negro child named Will born the 14th March 1804 Joseph Torrence / Sworn to and subscribed 19th June 1804 Coram Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 19 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: Hannah Sex: Female Age: Two months old at registration Date of Birth: 10 March 1807 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negro child" Notes: Text of return: "Joseph Torrence of Dunbar Township Fayette County Esquire returns to be recorded one female Negro child named Hannah born the 10th day of March 1807. Joseph Torrence / Sworn to & subscribed 25th May 1807 Coram Ephraim Douglass Clerk" Date of Record: 25 May 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Benjamin Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 20 December 1808 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negroe Male child" Notes: Text of return: Joseph Torrence of Dunbar Township Fayette County & State of Penna. Yeoman returns to the ~~Prothonotary~~ Clerk of sd. County to be recorded a negroe Male child named Benjamin born twentieth day of Decemr. 1808 Joseph Torrence Sworn and subscribed the 11th April 1809 Coram R W Lane clerk Date of Record: 11 April 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: David Sex: Male Age: Four months old at registration Date of Birth: 27 December 1811 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male negroe child" Notes: Text of return: "Joseph Torrence of Dunbar Township, in Fayette County farmer, returns to be recorded, one male negroe child named David, born the twenty seventh day of December Eighteen Hundred & eleven. Returned the twenty seventh day of February Eighteen hundred and twelve. Joseph Torrence / Sworn & subscribed the 27th Feby 1812 Coram. Richard William Lane Clerk of the peace" Date of Record: 27 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Louis Sex: Male Age: Two months old at registration Date of Birth: 20 December 1814 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro male child" Notes: Text of return: "Joseph Torrence Esquire of Dunbar Township in the County of Fayette, farmer returns to the Clerk of the peace for registry a negro male child named Louis born on the twentieth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Returned the twenty third day of February in the year Eighteen hundred & fifteen Joseph Torrence / Sworn & subscribed before R W Lane Clk" Date of Record: 23 February 1815 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: Maria Sex: Female Age: Eight days old at registration Date of Birth: 21 May 1816 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro female Child" Notes: Text of return: "Joseph Torrence Esquire of Dunbar Township in Fayette County farmer returns for registry to the Clerk of the Peace a negro female Child named Maria born the twenty first day of May eighteen hundred and sixteen returned the twenty ninth day of May eighteen hundred and sixteen / Joseph Torrence / Sworn & subscribed 29th May 1816 Cor. me Date of Record: 29 May 1816 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: Vance, George City or Township: German Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: John Valentine Sex: Male Age: Five months old at time of registration Date of Birth: 04 April 1819 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "mulattoe male child" Notes: Son of Valentine. Text of registration: "George Vance Farmer of German township Fayette County returns for registry to the Clerk of the Session of said county a mulattoe male child named John Valentine born the fourth of April 1819 of a negro woman called [old?] Valentine a slave / George Vance / Sworn & subsribed 8th Sept. 1819 coram John StClair Clerk" Date of Record: 08 September 1819 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: Vance, Margaret City or Township: Tyrone Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Widow of John Vance Notes: See pre-1783 enslavement records of Margaret Vance, filed in Westmoreland County. Enslaved Person's Name: Poll Sex: Female Age: One year and nine months old Date of Birth: 23 June 1787 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "a girl" Notes: Date of Record: 26 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; 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: Ned Sex: Male Age: Two months old Date of Birth: 17 July 1795 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male negro Child" Notes: Return made by Moses Vance for his mother Margaret Vance: Moses Vance makes return of a Male negro Child Named Ned Born the 17th day of July 1795 belonging to his Mother Margret Vance of Tyrone Township of the County of Fayette in the State of Pennsylvania -- Widow & relict of John Vance late of said County deceased Moses Vance Sworn to before me 21st Sept 1795 Ephraim Douglass Date of Record: 21 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; 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: Walker, Zadoc City or Township: Uniontown County: Fayette County Occupation: Merchant, innkeeper (Walker House) Notes: Died 1831. A trustee of Union Academy, Uniontown. Enslaved Person's Name: Maria Sex: Female Age: Described as a "woman," and of childbearing age in May 1820 Date of Birth: Not known Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro woman" Notes: Mother of Moses, born May 1820 (below) Date of Record: 25 July 1820 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: Moses Sex: Male Age: Two months old when registered Date of Birth: 19 May 1820 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Mulatto Male child" Notes: Son of Maria. Text of return: "Fayette county Penna. / Zadok Walker merchant of Union Borough and county of Fayette and State aforesaid returns for registry to the Clerk of the Sessions of said county a Mulatto Male child named Moses born on the nineteenth day of May AD 1820 of a negro woman called Maria a servant until she shall arrive at the age of twenty eight years / Z. Walker / July 25th 1820 Sworn and subscribed Coram John StClair Clk" Date of Record: 25 July 1820 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: Walter, Ephraim City or Township: German Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer, "Yeoman" Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Abbe Sex: Female Age: About two weeks old when registered Date of Birth: 28 December 1795 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negro Child" Notes: Return made by "Mrs. Walter." Date of Record: 11 January 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: Henry Sex: Male Age: About two weeks old when registered Date of Birth: 05 February 1798 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro Male Child" Notes: Return made by "Mrs. Walter." Date of Record: 23 February 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: Esser (Essau?) Sex: Male Age: About two months old when registered Date of Birth: 29 April 1802 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro boy" Notes: Text of return: "Ephraim Walter of German Township farmer returns to be recorded one negro boy Esser [spelling uncertain] born 29th April 1802 / Ephraim Walter / Sworn to & subscribed 30th June 1802 Cor. Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 30 June 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Cassey Sex: Female Age: One month old when registered Date of Birth: 23 February 1805 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Famale Mulatto Child" Notes: Text of return: "Ephraim Walter of German Township Farmer returns to be recorded one female Mulatto Child Cassey born 23rd February 1805 Ephraim Walter / Sworn to and subscribed 29th March 1805 Coram Ephraim Douglass" The word "himself" is written in small script in between the first two lines of the return, for reasons that are not clear. The handwriting of the return differs somewhat from Walter's signature, and more closely matches the handwriing of the clerk, Ephraim Douglass. Perhaps the note "himself" is in reference to someone else writing the return? Date of Record: 29 March 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: Lydia Sex: Female Age: Two months old when registered Date of Birth: 05 November 1807 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro female Child" Notes: Text of return: "Ephraim Walters Yeoman of Fayette County in german Township Farmer One Negro female Child named Lydia born the fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and seven born of a Slave Ephraim Walter /Subscribed and sworn to 30th January 1808 Coram Ephraim Douglass" As in previous returns, the text is written in a handwriting that differs from the enslaver's signature. This return is written in a rich roundhand, distinctly different from the handwriting of both Walter and Douglass. The person who wrote the return spelled the enslaver's name as "Walters," and gave his occupation as "Yeoman" instead of farmer, a term rarely seen on enslavement returns in this county. Date of Record: 30 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. Slaveholder Name: Wilson, John City or Township: Springhill Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Amos Sex: Male Age: One year and nine months old Date of Birth: 16 May 1791 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "a mulatto child" Notes: Date of Record: 03 October 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 29 January 2025. Slaveholder Name: Witherow, John City or Township: Uniontown County: Fayette County Occupation: High Sheriff (1817-1820), politician, wagonmaker, merchant Notes: Lived 1779-1824. Elected to Pennsylvania House of Representatives and served one term, 1820-1821. Source: "John Witherow Biography," Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, online at https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=10336, accessed 06 October 2026. Husband of Isabella Cannon, daughter of Daniel and Agnes Cannon. Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy Sex: Female Age: Described as a "woman," and of childbearing age in July 1819. Date of Birth: Not known Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro woman" Notes: Mother of George, born July 1819 (below). There was an enslaved child named Lucy registered in January 1799 by John Canon (Cannon) of Dunbar Township, and she would be of childbearing age at this time. Witherow's wife Isabella's maiden name was Cannon, so there may be a connection there. Date of Record: 20 October 1819 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: Three months old at time of registration Date of Birth: 06 July 1819 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro Male child" Notes: Son of Lucy. Text of registration: "John Withrow High Sheriff of Fayette County residing in Union Borough returns for registry to the Clerk of the Sessions of said county a negro Male child named George born on the Sixth day of July 1819 of a negro woman called Lucy a servant until she arrives at the age of 28 years / John Withrow / Sworn and subscribed 20th Oct 1819 coram John StClair, Clerk" Date of Record: 20 October 1819 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: Wood, John City or Township: "Jacob's Addition to the Town of Union" (1797); "Union Town" (1799) County: Fayette County Occupation: Saddler (1797), Merchant (1799) Notes: Surname is spelled "Woode" in the signature on the return for the child Gin, and Wood on the return for Ned. Both returns appear to be written out in the same neat longhand script, different from other returns of the same time period. The return for Gin shows the signature of "John Woode" in that same precisely formed handwriting, but the return for Ned shows a signature done in a different, less neat and refined, hand.. Enslaved Person's Name: Gin Sex: Female Age: "Aged Two months and four days" old when registered Date of Birth: 14 November 1796 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Mulatto Female Child" Notes: Date of Record: 19 January 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Ned Sex: Male Age: One month old when registered Date of Birth: 29 October 1799 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro Male Child" Notes: Text of record: John Wood of Union Town Merchant Returns a Negro Male Child named "Ned" born on the twenty ninth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, to be Recorded agreeably to Law -- John Wood Ephraim Douglass Esquire Prothonotary of Fayette County 14th December 1799 -- Sworn to & subscribed 15th Decr. 1799 before E. Douglass Date of Record: 15 December 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: Firm Sex: Male Age: Five months old when registered Date of Birth: 13 November 1800 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Mulattoe Child" Notes: Text of record: John Wood of Union Town Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Merchant returns to the prothonotary of said County to be Recorded, a Male Mulattoe Child named "Firm" born on the thirteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred -- John Wood Ephraim Douglass Esqr. Prothy} 27th April 1801 -- Sworn the same day Ephraim Douglass Date of Record: 27 April 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. Slaveholder Name: Work, Samuel City or Township: Franklin Township (1796); Dunbar Township (1812) County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Jude Sex: Female Age: Five months old when registered Date of Birth: 14 March 1796 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female Negro child" Notes: Return notes "born the Night of the 14th March 1796" Date of Record: 16 August 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: David Sex: Male Age: Three months old when registered Date of Birth: 04 April 1812 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro male Child" Notes: Text of registration: "Samuel Work of Dunbar Township in the County of Fayette, Farmer, returns on the tenth day of July 1812 to the Clerk of the peace of sd. County for registry a negro male Child named David born the fourth day of April in the year eighteen hundred & twelve. Samuel Work / Sworn & subscribed the 10th July 1812 Cor. me Richard William Lane" Date of Record: 10 July 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. Enslaved Person's Name: Alek Sex: Male Age: Three months old when registered Date of Birth: 10 November 1814 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Negro male Child" Notes: Text of registration: "Samuel Work of Dunbar Township in Fayette County Pennsa. farmer returns for registry a negro male child named Alek born the tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen returned to the Clerk of the peace the eighth day of February Eighteen hundred and fifteen. Samuel Work / Sworn & subscribed the same day Before me R W Lane Clerk of the peace" Date of Record: 08 February 1815 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: Mary Sex: Female Age: Three months old when registered Date of Birth: 16 July 1817 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Female negro child" Notes: Text of registration: Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania Ss Samuel Work farmer of Dunbar Township in said County returns to the Clerk of the peace thereof for registry a female negro child born the sixteenth day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and seventeen and named Mary returned the twenty second day of October Eighteen hundred and seventeen Samuel Work Sworn & subscribed 22d Oct 1817 Richard W Lane Clerk of the peace Date of Record: 22 October 1817 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: Works, Joseph City or Township: Dunbar Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Farmer Notes: Surname also spelled Work Enslaved Person's Name: Mosey Sex: Male Age: "Seven" or "Several" days old when registered (see notes) Date of Birth: 07 April 1804 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Return text: "Joseph Works of Dunbar Township Fayette County Farmer Enters a male Negro Child named Mosey, Seven days oald being born Aprile 7th 1804 to be recorded Joseph Works April 10th 1804 / Sworn & Subscribed 13th April 1804 before Ephraim Douglass" Works' statement that Mosey was "seven" days old is inconsistent with the date given for his birth and the dates on both the return and the date it was recorded. The transcribed word "seven" appears at the extreme right edge of the return with the last letter, '"n" partially cut off, so it is possible Works was writing the word "several" but the last few letters were cut off. It is evident and clearly readable that Works recorded the birth date for Mosey as April 7, 1804. Date of Record: 10 April 1804 (date of return); 13 April 1804 (return recorded by Prothonotary) 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: "aged Seven days oald" at registration Date of Birth: 12 November 1806 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Return text: "Joseph Work of Dunbar Township Fayette County Farmer Enters a Female Negro Child to be Recorded Named Milly aged Seven days oald being born November the twelf one thousand Eaigh hundred and Six as witness my hand this 19th of November 1806 Joseph Work / Sworn to & subscribed 19th Novr. 1806 Ephraim Douglass" Date of Record: 19 November 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. Slaveholder Name: Workman, Nancy City or Township: Menallen Township County: Fayette County Occupation: Widow Notes: Enslaved Person's Name: Joe Sex: Male Age: Four months old Date of Birth: 05 April 1792 Status: Enslaved to age 28 Description: "Male Negro Child" Notes: Date of Record: 21 August 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. Fayette County Page \| Educational Articles \| Afrolumens Project Home

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