the Underground Railroad
in Central Pennsylvania

christopher densmore
index of r.c. smedley's
History of the Underground Railroad
in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania

index description

Christopher Densmore is curator of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.  His frequently posted lists of Underground Railroad activities and events are widely read and shared, providing invaluable learning and networking opportunities for UGRR researchers.

When the Kennett Underground Railroad Center made the decision to reprint Dr. Robert C. Smedley's detailed study of the covert network, they chose Christopher Densmore to write the introduction.  Densmore's seemingly boundless knowledge of people, places and events associated with the topic made him a logical choice to evaluate Smedley's work in the face of subsequent scholarship.

In the course of working with Smedley's book, Densmore produced the following index for his own use.  He has graciously provided the following copy of his index with the caveat that "this was my own working copy and is not guaranteed accurate or complete."  He also asks that anyone who finds errors please report them:

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working index
to History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania by R. C. Smedley, with an introduction by Christopher Densmore, published in 2005 by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

 A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M

 N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   Y

Adams, John Quincy, 102
Adamson, Charles (Schuylkill, PA), 193, 212
Adamson, Mary Corson, 212
Alabama, 104
Allen, Abram, 187
American Anti-Slavery Society (founding of), 264
American Anti-Slavery Society, 154
Ames, Charles G., 145
Andrew’s Bridge, Lancaster Co., 311-12
Anne Arundel County, Md, 37, 51, 108
Ashmead, J.W., 130
Atglen, PA, 116, 127
Auburn, NY, 251
Auge, Samuel (West Chester, PA), 197-8
Avondale, PA, 326

Baer, William (Slavecatcher), 70, 98-9, 127
Baltimore, MD, 52, 56, 100, 245, 262, 316, 348
Baptists, 210-11
Barber, Robert, 46-7
Barnard Family, 308
Barnard, Elizabeth, 289
Barnard, Enos, 289
Barnard, Eusebius, 141, 288-97
Barnard, Eusebus R., 290, 293-5
Barnard, Joseph, 288
Barnard, Mary Meredith, 288
Barnard, Richard M., 288
Barnard, Sarah Darlington, 288
Barnard, Sarah Marsh, 297
Barnard, Sarah Painter, 289, 297
Barnard, Sarah, 326
Barnard, Simon, 253, 276, 282-8, 301, 326, 342
Barnard, William, 253, 289, 297-9, 301, 302, 304
Bayard, James A. (slave owners), 239
Bell, Thomas S. (Judge), 196, 334
Belle Ayer, Md, 65
Benezet, Anthony, 144
Bernard, Simon, 185-6
Bessick, Thomas (colored, Columbia), 47
Bill (colored), 166-7
Binghamton, NY, 91
Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, 55, 59
Birdsall, Sylvester, 268
Black Charles (fugitive), 160
Black Pete (fugitive), 159
Bond, Samuel (mulatto), 233
Bonsall, Abraham (East Bradford), 99-100
Bonsall, Mary, 100
Bonsall, Thomas, 57, 73, 78, 100-6, 138, 193
Booth, Judge, 239
Boston, 178
Boston, Abraham (colored), 56
Bradburn, George, 187
Brandywine Township, Chester County, 178
Bridgeport, PA, 93
Brinton, Caleb (Pequa, Lancaster), 95
Brinton, Joshua (Salisbury, Lan.), 89, 132
Brinton, Samuel, 99
Brosius, Daniel K., 310
Brosius, Edwin, 310
Brosius, Mahlon, 310
Brosius, William, 312
Brown, Ellwood, 77
Brown, John (colored), 337
Brown, John, 167
Brown, Thomas (Muncy, PA), 51
Bucks County, PA, 164-5
Buckwalter, Abraham, 192
Burleigh, 235
Burleigh, C.C., 176
Burleigh, Charles C., 64, 204, 264-5, 278, 283, 287, 340
Burleigh, Cyrus (Massachusetts), 83
Burleigh, Cyrus, 287
Burleigh, Gertrude Kimber, 204-5
Burleigh, William, 287
Burrowes, Dr. Francis S. (Lancaster), 61
Bushong, Henry (Adams Co.), 71 (Bart, Lancaster), 71, 73-74, 75
Bushong, Henry, 233-4
Bushong, Jacob (Bart, Lan), 71-77, 104
Bushong, John, 75

Cain, Augustus, Dr., (Sadsbury, Chester), 99, 126
Cain, John, 99
Caln Monthly Meeting, 145
Caln Quarterly Meeting, 145, 169
Caln Township, Chester, 144
Caln, Chester Co., 137
Camden, Del, 236
Canada, 174, 176
Canada, 275
Cantwell’s Bridge, Delaware, 329
Cape Town, 150
Carolina, 155
Carter, Ellwood, 77
Carter, Jacob (fugitive), 136-7
Carter, Joseph (fugitive), 136-7
Carter, Richard (fugitive), 136-7
Cecil Co., Md., 77
Centreville, DE, 269
Centreville, Delaware, 276-7
Chamberlin, Marsh (Gap, Lancaster), 98; wife of, 99
Chambers, Caleb E. (West Chester, PA), 197
Chester County Anti-Slavery Society, 256
Christiana Riot, 251-2, 298, 311
Christiana Riot, 66, 107-30
Christiana Riot: Thomas Whitson, 70; 78, 81, 86, 92
Christiana, PA: emancipation celebration, 105
Cland [Cloud?], Pusey, 273
Clark, Henry – see Commegys, Andrew
Clark, John (fugitive), 99-100
Clarke, James Freeman, 279
Clarkson Anti-Slavery Association , 87-88, 101-2
Clarkson Anti-Slavery Society, 309
Clendenon, Joshua, 341
Coates, Deborah S., 87
Coates, Edwin H. 93
Coates, Elizaebth, 248
Coates, Emmeline, 86
Coates, Lindley (Sadsbury, Lan.) 68; purchase Stanton, 75. 78; 80, 90. 94, 96
Coates, Lindley, 101-2, 103, 132,135, 136, 138, on Parker, 113, 128
Coates, Lindley, 113
Coates, Lindley, 128
Coates, Lindley, 193
Coates, Lindley, 227
Coates, Lindley, 231
Coates, Lindley, 57. 64. 65, 164
Coates, Moses, 212
Coates, Simmons, 86
Coatesville, Chester Co., 294
Coatesville, PA, 132
Coatesville, PA, 256
Cochran (slave owners), 239
Coleraine Anti-Slavery Society, 311
Collyer, Robert, 235
Collyer, Robert, 279
Columbia, PA, 37-8, 46-50, 103, 112, 347
Commegys (slave owner), 329
Commegys, Andrew (fugitive), 328-31
Compton, Wilson (slave owner), 51
Cooke (slave hunter), 134
Cooper, Jeremiah (Sadsbury, Lan.), 84
Cooper, Thomas (Sadsbury, Lan.), 83
Corsons (Norristown, PA), 193
Cox, Hannah Pierce, 273-81
Cox, J. William, 275-6, 302-3
Cox, John, 273-81, 301-3
Cuffy (fugitive), 149-51
Cummichael, James. 161-2
Cunnigham, Mort (slave owner), 195, 202
Cunningham’s Rache – see Harris, Rachel
Curtis, George William, 188
Cuyler, Theodore, 124

Dannaker, James T., 344-53
Darby, Delaware Co., 250, 253
Darlington, Chandler, 263, 279, 308-9
Darlington, Emanuel, 288
Darlington, Hannah M., 308-9
Darlington, Judge, 333
Darlington, Martha, 288
Davy (colored, agent), 269-70
Dawsey, William (fugitive, Christiana), 81
Dayton, William L, 45, 60
Delaware City, DE, 303
Dorsey, Araminta, 328
Dorsey, John (fugitive), 328
Douglass, Frederick, 187-8, 287
Downingtown, Chester Co., 64, 95, 286, 290, 299, 303, 335
Drumore Township, Lancaster, 227-37
Dugdale, Joseph A., 256
Dunkards, 175

Earle, “Lawyer,” 99
Earle, Mary (Philadelphia), 61
Earle, Thomas (Philadelphia), 61, 89, 235, 345
East Bradford, Chester Co., 99, 288
East Caln, Chester Co., PA, 101
East Fallowfield, Chester, 247
East Marlborough, Chester, 247
Eliza (fugitive), 271
Elizabeth (fugitive), 96-7
Elkton, MD, 97-8, 274
Ercildoun, Chester Co., 136, 310
Eshleman, Dr. J.K. (Downingtown, Chester), 63-8, 138, 290-1, 295, 301, 304
Evans, David, 340-2
Evans, Nathan, 135, 136, 286, 301, 304, 338-43, 346-7
Everett, Hamilton (colored), 36
Everett, Hamilton (Gettysburg, PA), 36
Everhart, William, 268-9

Fairville Seminary, 293
Fell, Dr. (Bucks Co., PA), 164
Fenton (fugitive), 40-4
Ferree, Diller (Parkesburg), 128
Fisher, Joel (York), 39, 45
Florence, MA, 205
Forsyth, John, 325
Franklin, Benjamin, 144
Frederick City, MD, 44
Free Produce Store, Hamorton, 254
Free Produce, 312
Free Soil Party, 137, 138
Freeman, Benjamin (colored), 337
Fremont, John C., 45, 60
Fulton, James (Erclidoun, Chester), 77, 80, 85, 90
Fulton, James Jr., 134-7
Fulton, James, 134, 138-9, 248, 310, 342
Fulton, Joseph (Sadsbury, Chester), 90-4, 126, 132
Fulton, Mary Ann (Sadsbury, Chester), 91-3
Furniss, Oliver, 232-3
Fussell, Joseph, 175
Fussell, Bartholomew (Sr,,), 260-1
Fussell, Bartholomew, 169, 181, 187, 201, 260-73, 326, 342
Fussell, Bartholomew, 252-3
Fussell, Bartholomew, 289
Fussell, Bartholomew, 297
Fussell, Bartholomew, 301-2
Fussell, Bartholomew, 311
Fussell, Edmund, 188
Fussell, Edwin, 181-6
Fussell, Edwin, Dr., (Media, PA), 185-6
Fussell, Emma J., 188
Fussell, Esther, 261
Fussell, Jane, 181
Fussell, Joshua L, 269
Fussell, Joshua, 269
Fussell, Linnaeus, Dr. (Media, PA), 187
Fussell, Lydia M, 267, 269
Fussell, Lydia Morris, 263
Fussell, Milton, 175
Fussell, Morris, 269
Fussell, Rebecca Bond, 169, 260
Fussell, Rebecca C. Hewes, 257
Fussell, Rebecca Lewis 171, 186-90
Fussell, Solomon, 173
Fussell, William, 181, 185

Gap Gang, 107-8
Gap, Lancaster Co., 91, 132
Garfield, James A., 145
Garret, Thomas, 301-301
Garrett, Davis, Jr., 341-2
Garrett, Dr. (slave owner, Washington, DC), 234
Garrett, Mary Sharpless, 237
Garrett, Rachel Mendenhall, 237
Garrett, Thomas, 164, 326, 329-30, 332
Garrett, Thomas, 237-45
Garrett, Thomas, 249-50
Garrett, Thomas, 266
Garrett, Thomas, 288-9
Garrett, Thomas, 291-2
Garrett, Thomas, 297
Garrett, Thomas, 308
Garrison, Lucy McKim, 167
Garrison, William Lloyd, 235
Garrison, William Lloyd, 278
Garrison, William Lloyd, 287
Garrison, William Lloyd, 68, 131, 167, 205
Gause, Jonathan (West Bradford, Chester), 59
Gay, Sidney Howard, 187
George (fugitive), 40-3
Georgetown, Lancaster Co., 83
Georgia, 149, 151
Gettysburg, PA, 36, 44
Gibbons, Daniel (Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster), 37-8, 46, 54-9
Gibbons, Daniel, 235
Gibbons, Daniel, 288
Gibbons, Daniel, 64, 69, 72-4, 77, 85, 90, 100, 102, 103, 135, 138, 164, 187, 192,
Gibbons, Dr. Joseph, 73
Gibbons, Hannah Wierman, (Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster), 37, 55, 59
Gibbons, James, 54
Gibbons, Joseph (Dr.), 58-63, 136
Gibbons, Phebe Earle, 61
Gibbs, Richard (fugitive), 140-1
Giddings, Joshua R., 287
Gilbert, Amos, 102
Gilbert, Joshua (Bart, Lan), 71
Gorsuch, 87
Goodell, William A., 131
Goodrich, William C. (colored, York), 45-6
Gorsuch, Dickerson, 119-
Gorsuch, Edward (slave owner), 108-
Goshen Friends Meeting, 54
Greenwood, Grace, 181
Grew, Mary, 279
Grier (Judge), 129-30
Griffith, Jarvis (fugitive), 305-8
Griffith, Mary (fugitive), 306
Griffith, William (fugitive), 306-8
Groff, John A., 192-3

Haines, Joseph, 138
Hall (slaveowner), 95
Hall, Thomas (fugitive), 132-4
Hall, William, 158
Hambleton (Penn Township), 135
Hambleton, Charles, 312
Hambleton, Eli, 312
Hambleton, Eli, 82,
Hambleton, Thomas, 102, 134
Hambleton, Thomas, 312
Hamorton, Chester Co., 252-3
Hamorton, Chester Co.,, 267
Hamorton, PA, 254
Hanaway, Castner, 322
Hanway, Castner, 118-29
Hardy, Elizabeth, 188
Hardy, Neal, 188
Harris, George (fugitive), 272-3
Harris, Henry (fugitive; Sadsbury, Chester), 95-6
Harris, Isaac (fugitive), 196
Harris, Rachel (fugitive), 195, 328
Harrisburg, PA, 40, 43
Harvey, Ellwood, 268
Harvey, Ellwood, Dr. (West Chester), 182
Havre-de-Grace, MD, 135, 351
Hawley, Joseph, 302
Hayes, Esther, 304
Hayes, Jacob, 304
Hayes, Mordecai, 304
Hayes, Mordecai, 85, 342
Haynes, Jacob, 164
Henry (fugitive), 173
Hibbard, William Jr., 342
Hickman, Joseph, 340
Hood, Caleb C. (Bart, Lan), 80-84
Hood, John, 83
Hood, Joseph (Bart, Lan), 80-4
Hood, Thomas (Sadsbury, Lan.), 83
Hoopes, Joshua (West Chester, Chester), 59
Hopkins, Henry C. (colored; Sadsbury, Chester), 126
Hopkins, Thomas, 93
Hopper, Isaac T., 144, 150, 159, 279, 287
Howard, William (fugitive), 81; agent, 82
Hunn, Ezekiel, 326
Hunn, John, 238
Hutchinson, James. 198

Ingram, Thomas, Dr., 196
Irwin, Samuel, 318-21

Jackson (colored agent), 274, 276, 303
Jackson (Robinson Township, Berks), 57
Jackson Family, 204
Jackson, Hannah, 321
Jackson, Isaac, 314
Jackson, Isaac, 321
Jackson, Israel, 316
Jackson, John, 250
Jackson, John, 253
Jackson, John, 321
Jackson, Thomas (Forrest, Lancaster), 74
Jackson, William, 236
Jackson’s Valley, West Grove, Chester Co., 311
Jacobs, Lydia P., 177
Jamaica, 179
Jane (fugitive), 150
Janney, Richard, 164
Jefferson Medical College, 61
Jeffries, Hanna, 201
Johnson, Abraham (colored/Christiana), 115, 121-2, 248, 251-3
Johnson, Abraham (fugitive), 77-78
Johnson, Benjamin (colored), 93, 99
Johnson, Moses (fugitive), 74-76
Johnson, Reverdy (slave owner), 348, 350
Johnson, Susan P., 106
Johnson, William H. (Bucks Co.), 200, 328
Jones, Aaron Vickers, 154
Jones, Angelina Grimke, 153
Jones, Ben. (fugitive), 151
Jones, Benjamin S., 68, 85
Jones, John (fugitive), 46-7
Jones, Tom (fugitive), 152-5
Jourdon, Cato (colored), 46
Julia (fugitive), 90

Kane (Judge), 129
Kelley, Abigail, 254, 279
Kennett Anti-Slavery Society, 279
Kennett Monthly Meeting, 254-7, 303
Kennett Square, Chester County, 263-7, 269, 271, 275, 283
Kennett, Chester, 254
Kennett, Chester, 81, 156, 208
Kensington, PA, 237
Kent, Benjamin, 309-12
Kent, Elizabeth, 312
Kent, Hannah S., 309-12
Kent, Henry, 311
Kidd, John: purchase Stanton
Kidnapping (1849), 299-300
Kimber, Abigail, 202-3
Kimber, Emmor, 85, 97, 194-202, 333
Kimberton Boarding School, 204
Kimberton, Chester Co., 194, 204, 208, 310, 315
Kirk, Isaiah (Pughtown), 100
Kirk, Jacob, 236
Kirk, William (West Lampeter), 71
Kline, Henry H., 116-29

Lafayette, Indiana, 248
Lamborn, Jacob, 254
Lampeter Township, Lancaster, 192
Lancaster County, PA, 112
Lancaster, County, 288
Lancaster, PA, 38
Landrum, Abner, 151-2
Lawrencetown, PA, 175
Lee, Henry (colored), 341
Leesburg, VA, 136
Lemoyne, Dr. F.J., 45, 60
Levi (slave), 110-1
Lewis, Alice Jackson, 321
Lewis, Charles, 171
Lewis, Dr. (Lewisburg, [on the Conewago] PA), 39
Lewis, Elijah, 118-29
Lewis, Elizabeth R., 171, 179
Lewis, Enoch, 312-22
Lewis, Esther Fussell, 169-73, 184, 186, 267, 334
Lewis, Esther, 304
Lewis, Esther, 304
Lewis, Evan, 168, 317
Lewis, Grace Meredith, 169
Lewis, Graceanna, 138, 171-80, 192, 201-2, 253, 292
Lewis, Henry, 168
Lewis, Isaac (Brandywine Township, Chester), 178
Lewis, J.J. (West Chester), 158
Lewis, James, 340, 342, 344-52
Lewis, John Jr. (West Vincent, Chester), 168-71
Lewis, John, 186
Lewis, Joseph J., 314, 321
Lewis, Margaret, 168
Lewis, Mariann, 170-1. 180
Lewisburg, PA, 39
Liberty Party, 45, 60
Lindley, Jacob (Avondale, Chester), 100, 326
Lindley, Jacob, 245-7
Lionville, Chester Co., PA, 101, 145, 153, 155, 162, 163, 265
Little Britain, Lancaster, 232
Livermore, Mary A., 258
Logan, James, 258
London Grove, Chester Co., 236, 316
Loney, Robert (colored), 49, 51, 77-78
Long, Charles (fugitive, Christiana), 81, 126-7
Longwood, Chester Co., 276, 290
Louella, Delaware County, 52
Louisiana, 161
Lowell, James Russell, 254, 279, 287
Lundy, Benjamin, 90, 299
Lundy’s Lane, Ontario, 231
Lusley, Joe – see Harris, Isaac

Maria (fugitive, Christiana), 82
Maris, Norris (Kimberton, PA), 191-2
Marlborough Meeting House, 273
Marple Township, Delaware County, PA, 344
Marris, Norris, 174
Marsh, “Widow” (Caln, Chester), 94
Marsh, Gravener, 301, 304
Marsh, Gravner (East Caln), 101, 137-42, 164
Marsh, Hannah, 137-42
Marsh, Sarah, 138-41
Marshall, Lewis, 302
Marshallton, Chester, 286, 303, 341
Martin, W.A., 51
Maryland, 39, 164, 195
Maryland, fugitive from, 227
Mason, Thomas (Constable), 99
Massachusetts, 209-10
May, Samuel J., 279
McKim, J. Miller, 158, 167, 189, 235, 253
McKim, Lucy, 167
McKim, Sarah Speakman, 167
McKinley, John (Lionville), 155-6
Media, PA, 185
Mendenhall, Aaron, 256-7
Mendenhall, Benjamin, 258
Mendenhall, Dinah, 249-59, 289, 297, 326
Mendenhall, Isaac, 248-59, 289, 297, 326
Mercer, Jesse, 324, 331
Meredith, Isaac, 286, 297, 301-4
Meredith, Thamazine P, 301-4
Methodist, 103
Middletown, DE, 238
Mifflin, Elizabeth Brown Martin, 51
Mifflin, Hannah Wright, 52
Mifflin, John, 48
Mifflin, Jonathan, 48
Mifflin, Samuel W. (Columbia), 45, 48-52
Mifflin, Susan Wright, 48
Mike (fugitive), 336
Mikel, Samuel: purchase Stanton, 75
Miller, “Devil-Dave” (Lancaster), 73
Miller, Robert, 133
Mitchener, Ezra, 268
Montgomery County, PA, 253
Moore Hall Mill (Valley Forge), 100
Moore, Charles (Lionville), 163-4
Moore, Gainer: purchase Stanton, 75
Moore, Hamilton (fugitive), 71
Moore, Jeremiah, 78
Moore, Joseph (Christiana, Lancaster), 77-79
Moore, Joseph, 132
Morrison, John (fugitive), 231-2
Mott, James, 158-9
Mott, Lucretia, 235, 279, 287, 348
Mount Vernon, Lancaster, 96
Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, 127-8
Muncy, PA, 51
Munroe, James, 187
Myers, Michael (Coatesville, PA), 132-4

Nelson, Ned (fugitive), 327
New Castle, DE, 238
New Garden, Chester Co., 245, 314, 317, 321
Newlin, Chester Co., 282, 286, 288, 301, 304
Niagara Falls, NY, 231
Nixon’s Factory, Pickering Creek, 314-5
Norfolk, VA, 102, 348
Norristown, PA, 93, 193, 200, 208, 348

Owen, Griffith, 258
Oxford, Chester Co., PA, 286

Painter, James, 330
Painter, Joseph, 342
Painter, Samuel M., 201, 332-7
Parker (Christiana), 248, 251-3
Parker (Christiana), wife of, 92
Parker, Theodore, 279, 287
Parker, William (colored), 97, 108-30
Parkesburg, Chester County, PA, 128
Patterson, A.P. (Dr.), 120
Pauling’s, PA, 208
Paxon, J.L. (Dr.), 193, 253
Paxon, Jacob, 331
Paxon, Mary Shaw, 331
Peace Bottom, York County, 229
Pearson, Sarah, 254
Peart, Lewis (Lampeter Township, Lancaster), 174, 192-4
Peart, Thomas, 73
Peirce, Jacob (Kennett), 156-7
Pendleton, Indiana, 186, 269
Penn Township, Chester Co., 309
Penn, William, 258-9
Penn’s Grove, Chester Co., 312
Pennell, Robert, 258
Penningtonville (Atglen), PA, 95, 98, 116, 127-8
Pennock, Moses, 301
Pennock, Samuel, 178, 301
Pennsybury, Chester Co., 253
Pennsylvania Abolition Society, 52
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society [sic]. 144
Pennypacker, Eljah F., 174, 192, 206-15, 340
Pennypacker, Hannah Adamson, 212
Pennypacker, Sarah W. Coates, 212
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, 203
Philadelphia, PA, 50, 158-9, 185, 208, 237, 253, 276
Phillips, Wendell, 167
Phillips, Wendell, 287
Phoenixville, Chester Co., PA, 208, 214, 253
Pierce (Ercildoun), 90
Pierce, Gideon, 135, 310
Pierce, Joseph (rescuer), 76
Pierce, Lukens, 135, 341
Pikeland Preparative Meeting, 169
Pikeland, Chester Co., 269
Pine Grove, Little Britain, Lancaster, 76
Pinkney (Christiana), 248, 251-3
Pinkney (Christiana), wife of, 92
Pinkney, Alexander (colored), 115, 117, 121-2
Pleasant Garden Forge, 318-9
Pocopsin, Chester County, 289, 297
Port Providence, PA, 208
Pottstown, PA, 175
Pownall, E.B., 121
Pownall, Levi (Christiana, PA), 115, 120, 125
Pownall, Levi Jr., 120
Pownall, Sarah (Christiana, PA), 115, 121, 123
Pownall, Thomas, 124
Preston, Amos, 248, 305-8, 326
Preston, Ann, 248, 268
Preston, Isaac, 133
Preston, Mahlon, 305-8
Price, Benjamin, 199, 301, 323-32
Price, Eli K. (Philadelphia), 158
Price, Isaiah, 201, 328
Price, Jacob, 331
Price, Jane, 331
Price, John, 175
Price, Philip (East Bradford), 100, 323, 331
Price, Rachel, 331
Progressive Friends, 254-7, 279, 297
Pugh, James, 253
Pugh, Sarah, 279
Pughtown, Chester, 100, 245
Purvis, Robert, 353-62

Quakers, 103
Quakertown, PA, 208
Quiggs, Hannah (Georgetown, Bart, Lancaster), 83
Quincy, Edmund, 287

Radnor, Delaware Co., 321
Rakestraw, William, 247
Rakestraw, William: purchase Stanton, 75
Reading Railroad, 174,6
Reading, PA, 208
Reckless, Hester (colored), 348
Remond, Charles Lennox, 187
Republican Party, 60
Richards, Henry (colored, former slave), 193
Richardson, Abel (kidnapper), 173
Richmond, VA, 136
Ridgway, John (fugitive), 151
Rinewalt, Catharine, 210
Rinewalt, John, 210
Roberts, Anthony E., 128
Robinson Township, Berks Co., 57, 215
Robinson, Joshua (colored), 157, 162
Russell, John Neal, 233-5
Russell, John, 77
Russell, Rebecca, 185
Russell, Slater B., 234
Russellville, [PA?], 98

Sadsbury, Chester Co., 126, 215
Sam (fugitive), 277
Sam (fugitive), 40-3
Scarlett, Elizabeth, 215
Scarlett, Joseph P, 119-
Patterson, A.P., Dr., 120
Scarlett, Joseph P. (Robinson Twp, Berks Co.), 119, 128-9, 215-7
Schofield, Benjamin, 164
Schuylkill, PA, 193
Sellers, 344
Sellers, S., 345
Shadd, Abraham (colored), 337
Sharples, Philip P. (West Chester, PA), 199
Sharpless, Joshua, 335
Shippen, Edward, 258
Slack, Isaac, 86
Smith, Allen (Bart, Lancaster), 74, 83
Smith, Gerrit, 131
Smith, Joseph (Drumore, Lan), 80
Smith, Joseph, 227-32
Smith, Joseph, 312
Smith, Mrs., 46
Smith, P. Frazier, 333
Smith, Rachel, 231
Smith, Stephen (colored), 46
Smith, Stephen (Columbia, PA), 50
Smith, Tacy Shoemaker, 232
Smoker, John, 83
Snow, see William Wallace
Society of Friends, 106
Spackman, Thomas, 141
Speakman, Micajah, 94, 134, 138, 164-7
Speakman, Sarah – see McKim, Sarah
Speakman, William A., 134, 164-7
Staunton, Green (fugitive), 74-5
Steele, Worth and Gibbons, 100
Stephen, Smith, 50
Stevens, Thaddeus, 36, 38, 46, 89
Still, William, 176, 253
Stone, Lucy, 235
Stone,Lucy, 279
Strasburg, Lancaster, 63
Strode’s Mill, 100
Sugar, John, 326
Sugar, William, 289
Sunnyside (Lewis Home), 178-81

Taylor, James N., 251-2
Taylor, Bayard, 168, 279-80
Taylor, Franklin, 268
Taylor, James N., 247-8
Taylor, Joseph C. (rescue), 76
Taylor, Joseph C., 235-6
Taylor, William (slave owner), 196
Thomas, Richard, 152
Thomas, Zebulon, 291, 299-300
Thorne, J. Williams, 131-2
Tom (fugitive), 40-3
Tom-up-in-the-barn, 132
Torrey, Charles T. (Rev.), 52, 80-81, 233
Townsend, John K., 181
Townsend, Priscilla (Philadelphia), 181
Trimble, Sarah Vickers, 150, 151
Trimble, William, 150
Tubman, Harriet, 250-1
Tyson, Elisha (Baltimore, MD), 100, 245, 262, 264

Upper Darby, PA, 344
Urick, John (fugitive) 72
Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, 145, 169
Uwchlan, Chester County, 145, 326

Valley Creek Bridge, 100
Valley Forge, PA, 193, 245
Vickers, Aaron, 154
Vickers, Abby, 158-9
Vickers, Abigail Paxon, 144-
Vickers, John (Lionville), 64, 73, 105, 101, 138-9, 144-63, 191, 201, 208, 326, 333-5
Vickers, John, 252-3, 286, 291, 301, 310
Vickers, Mary (daughter of John), 148, 153, 155
Vickers, Paxon, 145, 162-3
Vickers, Sarah – see Trimble
Vickers, Thomas (father of John), 144, 150
Vickers, Thomas (grandfather of John), 144
Vigilance Committee (Philadelphia), 50, 208
Virginia, 157, 164, 251

Wagontown, West Caln, Chester, 100
Wales, Senator, 239
Walker, Enoch (Moore Hill Mill), 100
Walker, Joseph G., 243
Wallace (York), 46
Wallace Township, Chester, 164
Wallace, William (fugitive), 71-72
Walton, Asa, 102
Ward, Levi B., 247
Washington County, MD, 44
Washington, DC, 234
Washington, James (fugitive), 271
Waters, Henrietta – see Harris, Rachel
Waters, Henry (slave owners), 1995
Waters, Isaac, 229
Webster, George (Bart, Lancaster), 74; purchase Stanton, 75
Webster, George Jr., purchase Stanton
Webster, Jesse, 73
West Bradford, PA, 326
West Chester Friends Meeting, 199
West Chester, Chester Co., 265, 268
West Chester, Chester Co., 305
West Chester, PA, 185, 196, 331-2, 335, 340, 342
West Chester, PA, 276, 286, 288
West Grove Friends Meeting House, 309
West Grove, Chester Co., 305, 326
West Marlborough, Chester, 247
West Vincent, Chester County, 266, 271
West, J. Pierce, 253
Westtown Boarding School, 312-3
Wet Vincent, Chester County, 168
Wheeler, Mr. (slave owner), 77
Whildon, Captain, 347
Whipper, Benjamin (colored), 97
Whipper, William (colored), 46
White, William A., 187
Whitehead, William, 340
Whiteland, PA, 145
Whitson, Micah, 77
Whitson, Moses (Sadsbury, Chester), 83, 94-99,102
Whitson, Samuel, 99
Whitson, Thomas (Bart, Lan), 63-4, 67-70, 85, 90, 102, 164, 193, 227, 235, 312
Whitson, Thomas: and politics, 131-2
Whittier, John G., 131, 258, 278-80, 287
Wierman, Joel, 40, 43
Wierman, Phebe, 52
Wierman, William, 52
Wilkinson, Perry (fugitive), 50-1
Williams, James (Abolition Jim; Sadsbury, Chester), 215
Williams, James, 132
Williams, James, 85
Williams, Samuel (colored), 116,
Williams, William (colored), 128
Williamson, James, 132
Williamson, Seymour (Caln, Chester), 134
Willis, Samuel (York), 48
Willistown, PA, 208, 338
Wills, Allen, 138
Wills, Samuel (York), 48
Wilmington, DE, 238-45
Wilmington, DE, 249
Wilmington, DE, 266
Wilmington, DE, 274
Wilmington, DE, 275, 277
Wilmington, DE, 290
Wilmington, DE, 302
Wilmington, DE, 307
Wilmington, DE, 308
Wilmington, DE, 317
Wilmington, DE, 55
Wilson, Isaac, 250
Wilson, Joshua, 250
Wilson, Mary, 250
Windle (slave hunter), 134
Women’s Medical College (Philadelphia), 268
Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia, 170, 182
Wood, Day, 247
Wood, J.B., Dr., 336
Wood, James, 193
Woodrow, James (rescuer), 76
Woodward, Maris, 301
Woodward, Maris, 341
Worthington, Dr. (West Chester, PA), 197
Worthington, John T. (West Chester, PA), 197-8
Wright, John (colored), 341
Wright, Phebe Wierman, 37-44, 52
Wright, Phebe, 170
Wright, William (1788-1865), 37-45
Wright, William (York Springs, Adams), 37-45, 48, 78, 170
Wright, William, 46, 48, 52
Wright, Williams, 170
Wrightstown, PA, 37
Wrightsville, 349
Wrightsville, PA, 37
Wrightsville, PA, 373, 135
Wrightsville, PA, 47

Yokum, William (York), 46-7
York County, PA, 103
York Springs, Adams Co., Pa, 36
York, PA, 37-8, 45-8, 111-2, 297