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various aspects of enslavement in Pennsylvania

Enslavement in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Slaveholders, Surnames C-E

Slaveholders listed on this page

1. Cain, Charles (Enslaved persons: David)
2. Campbell, Charles (Enslaved persons: Unnamed adult female, unnamed male child)
3. Campbell, John (Enslaved persons: Bessy, Jack)
4. Campbell, Michael (Enslaved persons: Bob, Jin, Cate)
5. Carr, John (Enslaved persons: Bass)
6. Clark, George (Enslaved persons: Ben, Tom, Suck)
7. Clere, Thomas (Enslaved persons: Heager)
8. Coe, Benjamin (Enslaved persons: Titus)
9. Coe, John (Enslaved persons: Keziah, Delia, Susan, Peter, Jane)
10. Coe, Margaret (Enslaved persons: Rachel)
11. Coe, William (Enslaved persons: James, Anthony, Scotland, Jane, Ann, Dye, Daphney, Priscilla, Hannah, Lucey)
12. Comel, Zachariah (Enslaved persons: Tom, Luce)
13. Conwell, William (Enslaved persons: Gin)
14. Cook, Edward (Enslaved persons: Jame, Sall, Davy, Joshua, Esther, Nelly, Sue, Ben)
15. Coulter, Eli (Enslaved persons: Lucy, Guilbert)
16. Cox, Gabriel (Enslaved persons: Hannah, Squash, Job, Jack, Sall)
17. Cross, James (Enslaved persons: James, Susanna, Bill, Lett, Edy, Lucy, Maffy, Mary)
18. Davis, Benjamin (Enslaved persons: Pomp, Hanna, Milton, Sue)
19. Dawson, Benoni (Enslaved persons: Doll, John, Christopher, Lucy, Priscilla, Joseph, Smith)
20. Dawson, Elenor (Enslaved persons: Scipio)
21. Dawson, Nicholas (Enslaved persons: Sam)
22. Death, James Jr. (Enslaved persons: Tom, Polldore, Flora, Caesar, Sale, Rachel)
23. Decamp, John and Nehemiah Stokely (Enslaved persons: Syres, Nan, Melsey, Prince, Nance, Pegg, Frank)
24. Devalt, John Pierce (Enslaved persons: Crish)
25. Dorsey, Joseph (Enslaved persons: Charles, Phil, Aaron, Tom, Casse, Jane, Pompey, Rachel, Phillis, George, Frederick, James, Harmer)
26. Duncan, David (Enslaved persons: Peet, Sue, Cate, Cook, Frank)
27. Elliot, Daniel (Enslaved persons: Bob, Hannah)
28. Evalt, Samuel (Enslaved persons: Moses)
29. Evans, Sallee (Enslaved persons: Rachel)

Enslavement Data

• Slaveholder Name: Cain, Charles
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: David
     Sex: Male
     Age: 16
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1765 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 24 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Campbell, Charles
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Unnamed adult female
     Sex: Female
     Age: 40
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1740 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Unnamed male child
     Sex: Male
     Age: 15
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1765 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Campbell, John
  City or Township:
  County: Lancaster (See Notes)
  Occupation: Merchant
  Notes: 1780 Slave Registration describes Campbell as "Merchant late of West Moreland County, but now a prisoner to the British for as by his Attorney, Jasper Yeates Esq. Of the borough of Lancaster, enters as owner. . ."

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bessy
     Sex: Female
     Age: 09a
     Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description: "Mulatto girl"
     Slave Notes: 1780 Slave Registration specifies status as "slave for life."
     Date of Record: October 18, 1780
     Source: "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Jack
     Sex: Male
     Age: 07a
     Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description: "Mulatto boy"
     Notes: 1780 Slave Registration specifies status as "slave for life."
     Date of Record: October 18, 1780
     Source: "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

• Slaveholder Name: Campbell, Michael
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bob
     Sex: Male
     Age: 10
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1772 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 09 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Jin
     Sex: Female
     Age: 8
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 09 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Cate
     Sex: Female
     Age: 4
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1778 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 09 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Carr, John
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bass
     Sex: Male
     Age: 23
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1759 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 23 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Clark, George
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Ben
     Sex: Male
     Age: 18
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Tom
     Sex: Male
     Age: 4
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1778 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Suck
     Sex: Suck
     Age: 16
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1766 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Clere, Thomas
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Heager
     Sex: Female
     Age: 8 years and 6 months
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: June 1773 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Coe, Benjamin
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Titus
     Sex: Male
     Age: 15
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 20 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Coe, John
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Keziah
     Sex: Male
     Age: 30
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1751 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 24 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Delia
     Sex: Female
     Age: 17
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 24 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Susan
     Sex: Female
     Age: 15
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1766 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 24 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Peter
     Sex: Male
     Age: 14
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1767 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 24 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Jane
     Sex: Female
     Age: 20
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1762 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes: Jane was registered ten months after those initially registered by John Coe. This may indicate that she was not in his possession in December, 1781.
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Coe, Margaret
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
     Sex: Female
     Age: 24
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1758 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Coe, William
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: James
     Sex: Male
     Age: 27
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1755 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Anthony
     Sex: Male
     Age: 24
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1758 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Scotland
     Sex: Male
     Age: 11
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Jane
     Sex: Female
     Age: 45
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1737 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Ann
     Sex: Female
     Age: 36
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1746 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Enslaved Person's Name: Dye
     Sex: Female
     Age: 18
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  7. Enslaved Person's Name: Daphney
     Sex: Female
     Age: 14
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1768 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  8. Enslaved Person's Name: Priscilla
     Sex: Female
     Age: 8
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  9. Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 5
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1777 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  10. Enslaved Person's Name: Lucey
      Sex: Female
      Age: 2.5 years
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Date of Birth: April 1780 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
      Notes: Slave status is here determined by the reported age of Lucey.
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Comel, Zachariah
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Tom
     Sex: Male
     Age: 32
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1748 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 December, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Luce
     Sex: Female
     Age: 40
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1740 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 December, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Conwell, William
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Gin
     Sex: Female
     Age: 14
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1766 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 December, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Cook, Edward
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Jame
     Sex: Male
     Age: 45
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1735 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Sall
     Sex: Female
     Age: 35
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1745 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Davy
     Sex: Male
     Age: 24
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1756 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Joshua
     Sex: Male
     Age: 22
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1758 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Esther
     Sex: Female
     Age: 17
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1763 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Enslaved Person's Name: Nelly
     Sex: Female
     Age: 16
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1764(estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  7. Enslaved Person's Name: Sue
     Sex: Female
     Age: 1
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 12 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  8. Enslaved Person's Name: Ben
     Sex: Male
     Age: 12
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1770 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1782
     Notes: Ben was registered two years after Cook's other slaves.
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Coulter, Eli
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy
     Sex: Female
     Age: 19
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1763 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Guilbert
     Sex: Male
     Age: 35
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1747 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Cox, Gabriel
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 15
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1766 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 14 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Squash
     Sex: Male
     Age: 26
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1755 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 14 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Job
     Sex: Male
     Age: 20
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1761 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 14 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Jack
     Sex: Male
     Age: 21
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1760 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 14 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Sall
     Sex: Female
     Age: 19
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1762 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 14 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Cross, James
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: James
     Sex: Male
     Age: 24
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1758 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes: James was registered as a "mulatto."
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Susanna
     Sex: Female
     Age: 26
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1756 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Bill
     Sex: Male
     Age: 22
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1760 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Lett
     Sex: Female
     Age: 30
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Edy
     Sex: Female
     Age: 5
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1777 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy
     Sex: Female
     Age: 5
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1777 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  7. Enslaved Person's Name: Maffy
     Sex: Female
     Age: 3
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  8. Enslaved Person's Name: Mary
     Sex: Female
     Age: 2
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1780 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Davis, Benjamin
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Pomp
     Sex: Male
     Age: 23
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1759 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 04 June, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Hanna
     Sex: Female
     Age: 25
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 04 June, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Milton
     Sex: Male
     Age: 7
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1775 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 04 June, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Sue
     Sex: Female
     Age: 4
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1778 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 04 June, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Dawson, Benoni
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Doll
     Sex: Female
     Age: 36
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1746 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: John
     Sex: Male
     Age: 14
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1768 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Christopher
     Sex: Male
     Age: 11
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Lucy
     Sex: Female
     Age: 11
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1771 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Priscilla
     Sex: Female
     Age: 9
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1773 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Enslaved Person's Name: Joseph
     Sex: Male
     Age: 6
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  7. Enslaved Person's Name: Smith
     Sex: Male
     Age: 3
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1779 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 30 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Dawson, Elenor
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Scipio
     Sex: Male
     Age: 37
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1745 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 31 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Dawson, Nicholas
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
     Sex: Male
     Age: 27
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1755 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 31 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Death, James Jr.
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Tom
     Sex: Male
     Age: 18
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1764 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Polldore
     Sex: Female
     Age: 16
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1766 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Flora
     Sex: Female
     Age: 12
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1770 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Caesar
     Sex: Male
     Age: 8
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Sale
     Sex: Female
     Age: 7
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1775 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
     Sex: Female
     Age: 5
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1777 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 25 November, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Decamp, John and Nehemiah Stokely
  Notes: Both men registered as owners of the enslaved people listed below.

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Syres
     Sex: Male
     Age: 35
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1745 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Nan
     Sex: Female
     Age: 40
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1740 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Melsey
     Sex: Female
     Age: 14
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1766 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Prince
     Sex: Male
     Age: 6
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
     Sex: Female
     Age: 4
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Enslaved Person's Name: Pegg
     Sex: Female
     Age: 1 year and 11 months
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: December 1778 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  7. Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
     Sex: Female
     Age: 10 months old
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: January 1780 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 November, 1780
     Notes: Frank is occasionally found as a female slave name.
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Devalt, John Pierce
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Crish (or Trish)
     Sex: Female
     Age: 45
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1737 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 11 October, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Dorsey, Joseph
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Charles
     Sex: Male
     Age: 30
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1750 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Phil
     Sex: Male
     Age: 32
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1748 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Aaron
     Sex: Male
     Age: 19
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1761 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Tom
     Sex: Male
     Age: 19
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1761 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Casse
     Sex: Male
     Age: 25
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1755 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  6. Enslaved Person's Name: Jane
     Sex: Female
     Age: 28
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1752 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  7. Enslaved Person's Name: Pompey
     Sex: Male
     Age: 12
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1768 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  8. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
     Sex: Female
     Age: 06
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1774 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  9. Enslaved Person's Name: Phillis
     Sex: Female
     Age: 4
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1776 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  10. Enslaved Person's Name: George
      Sex: Male
      Age: 2
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: 1778 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  11. Enslaved Person's Name: Frederick
      Sex: Male
      Age: 1.5 years
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: April 1778 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  12. Enslaved Person's Name: James
      Sex: Male
      Age: one-half year old
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: April 1779 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  13. Enslaved Person's Name: Harmer
      Sex: Male
      Age: 5 months old
      Status: Slave for life
      Date of Birth: May 1779 (estimated)
      Date of Registration: 18 October, 1780
      Notes:
      Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Duncan, David
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Peet
     Sex: Male
     Age: 18
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1762 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Sue
     Sex: Female
     Age: 21
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1759 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  3. Enslaved Person's Name: Cate
     Sex: Female
     Age: 10
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1770 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  4. Enslaved Person's Name: Cook
     Sex: Female
     Age: 11 months old
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: November 1779 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

  5. Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
     Sex: Male
     Age: 2.5 years old
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: April, 1778 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 28 October, 1780
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Elliot, Daniel
  Occupation: Indian trader; ferry operator
  Notes: Elliot began working for Indian trader Alexander Lowry, then went into business for himself, marrying Lowry's daughter Elizabeth in 1774 and establishing a trading post on Saw Mill Run in 1777. In 1789 he began ferry service from Saw Mill Run to Pittsburgh.
  Source: William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania: Genealogies Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German, p. 653.; See also Norene M. Beatty, "A History of Pittsburgh’s Old Stone Tavern," published online by Pittsburgh's Old Stone Tavern Friends Trust, Inc. at https://postfriendstrust.org/?page_id=21, accessed 19 March 2026.

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bob
     Sex: Male
     Age: 26 or 27 (as of year of escape from George Moore)
     Date of Birth: circa 1748 or 1749
     Status: Slave for life
     Description: "Negroe man"
     Notes: Bob was advertised as escaping from George Moore in Lancaster. Previous owners listed in the escape ad by Moore were Daniel Elliot and John Miller of Carlisle. Text of runaway advertisement, placed in the The Pennsylvania Gazette:

     "Lancaster, November 7.
     SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
     RUN away on the 5th inst. from the subscriber, in the borough of Lancaster, a Negroe man named BOB, about 5 feet 8 inches high, 26 or 27 years of age, a well made stout fellow, this country born. Had on when he went away, a drab coloured coatee, elk skin breeches, Germantown stockings, and good shoes. Whoever secures said Negroe in any goal out of this county, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by GEORGE MOORE, Tavern keeper.
     ***It is supposed he is gone towards Fort Pitt, as his former master Daniel Elliot followed the Indian trade, with whom he hath been frequently there. He served some time with John Miller, near Carlisle."

     Date of Record: 15 November 1775
     Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 15, 29, November 1775.

  2. Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 12
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1770 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 03 December, 1782
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Evalt, Samuel
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Moses
     Sex: Male
     Age: 30
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1751 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 10 October, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

• Slaveholder Name: Evans, Sallee
  Notes:

  1. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
     Sex: Female
     Age: 24
     Status: Slave for life
     Date of Birth: 1757 (estimated)
     Date of Registration: 24 December, 1781
     Notes:
     Source: George D. Albert, editor, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), 447.

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