Dauphin County Slaveholders, C

Each listing represents a record of one Black slave or indentured servant (more on terminology below). The list is sorted alphabetically according to the owner's surname first, the owner's given name second, and the slave's given name third. I felt that this order would be the most useful for several reasons. It groups slaves together who would have lived with the same owner, and increases the likelihood of finding persons related to each other. Records of slave surnames are rare, many being identified only through their given name. You can search this listing for a specific slave given name by using your browser's "find" feature (Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer use Ctrl + F).

The "Counter" entry tracks the order in which the listings were entered in the database, and is useful for judging relative ages for those children who were recorded in the later registry of children of slaves, source number 02. The lower the counter number, the earlier the birthdate of the child, in general. Source numbers are listed in the last entry, and correspond to the accompanying list of sources used in compiling this record.

Terminology, and Other Notes

The terms "slave" and "servant" were often used interchangeably, especially in the earliest years of the time period covered in this study. After the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780 was passed in Pennsylvania, the term "servant" frequently came to mean either someone in indentured servitude or someone employed by the head of the household. The passage from slave to servant was often indistinct for many Blacks, many of whom remained with their former owners after being legally emancipated. For simplicity I have used the term "slave" to represent these people whom I believe were truly in bondage, even though some records list them as "servants."

The locations listed for the owners, especially "Township" are greatly mixed, and represent the location listed in the original record. As township boundaries shifted and new townships and counties were created, the original listing may be very misleading. The township of "Paxtang," for instance, encompassed much of the area which later became Dauphin County.

The Data

Owner's Surname: Caldwell
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Location: Lower Paxton Township
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: A James Caldwell from Hanover Township registered a slave named Tom in 1780. It is uncertain whether this is the same slaveholder.

Counter: 292
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Casteel
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 27
Slave Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Memo: This slave does not appear in the 1780 Slave Registrations for this slaveholder. He does appear in a July 1800 listing of slaves in Lower Paxton Township.
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807.

Owner's Surname: Caldwell
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Location: "Hanover" Township
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: A James Caldwell from Lower Paxton Township registered a term-slave child named Sam. It is uncertain whether this is the same slaveholder.

Slave Given Name: Tom
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 20
Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: August 13, 1780
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Memo: "Mulato"
Source: "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780."

Owner's Surname: Campbell
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Township: Londonderry
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Co-registered with David Hays.

Counter: 140
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pett
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 24
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," 24 years old, "a slave."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Campbell
Owner's First Name: Margaret
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: East Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 203
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sal
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Campbell
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: East Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 221
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Polly
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Candour
Owner's First Name: Joseph
Owner's Township: Derry
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 81
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peter
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 27 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/18/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," about 27 years old.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Capp
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 348
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: James
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 352
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hannah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Carson
Owner's First Name: Elizabeth
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Widow
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 1
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pompey
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 14
Date of Registry or Record: September 1, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negroe Male."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" ; "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Carson
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Location: The 1780 slave registrations list Carson's township as "Paxton." A July 1800 slave list records his township as Lower Paxton."
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation: Judge
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 214
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Mary
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 223
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Andrew
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Counter: 239
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Esther
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 240
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hannah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 274
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Andrew
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 294
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Maria
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 295
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Frank
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 317
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: George
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 322
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Patience
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Retchel (Rachel?)
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 36
Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Memo: This slave does not appear in the listings of 1780 Slave Registrations for this slaveholder. She appears in a July 1800 listing of slaves in Lower Paxton Township.
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807.

Owner's Surname: Carson
Owner's First Name: Margaret
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 249
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Cass
Owner's First Name: George
Owner's Township: Derry
Owner's County: Dauphin (then Lancaster)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Cass did not register any slaves in Lancaster County in 1780. If he was assessed for one slave in 1780, he may have moved or sold the slave prior to the deadline for registration.

Slave Given Name: Not recorded
Slave Sex: Not recorded
Slave Age (Years): Not recorded
Date of Registry or Record: 1780
Slave Memo: Tax return for 1780 report one slave owned by George Cass of Derry Township
Source: Luther Reily Kelker, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907) p. 375.

Owner's Surname: Chambers
Owner's First Name: Arthur
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Lower Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 219
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Rachel
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Chambers
Owner's First Name: Maxwell
Owner's Township: Paxtang Township
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 35
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sarah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): About 27 years old
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negro Wench" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 36
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): About 13 years old
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: "Slave during life." Described as "Negro Boy" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 37
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Charles
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): About 9 years old
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: "Slave during life." Described as "Negro Boy" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 38
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hana
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): About 2 years old
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: "Slave during life." Described as "Negro Wench" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Clark
Owner's First Name: Benjamin
Owner's City: Near Jonestown
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lebanon) This listing has been cross-posted to the Lebanon County page.
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Slave Surname, if known: Welsh
Slave Given Name: Anthony
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 40 (about)
Date of Birth: 1731 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: August 12, 1772
Slave Memo: Ran away in 1772. The following ad was placed by Clark for his capture:
RUN away from the subscriber, living in Hanover township, Lancaster county, near Jonestown, a NEGROE man, named TONY (but sometimes calls himself Anthony) he is about 5 feet 5 inches high, 40 years old, has a scar across his throat, lost some of his teeth, is a butcher by trade; had on and took with him, when he went away, a lightish blue broadcloth coat, a striped jacket, two pair of striped trowsers, one pair of tow ditto, a half-worn beaver hat, a leather cap, and a hunting shirt, also one old velvet jacket, a lincey ditto, a new linen shirt, and an old shirt, a butchersteel, a hone, two pair of buckles, and a pair of shoes; he talks good English and Dutch, and is this country born. Whoever takes up said Negroe, and secures him, so that his master may have him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
BENJAMIN CLERK. July 27, 1772.
Anthony was captured in New Jersey, according to this jailor's advertisement:
Gloucester, New Jersey, September 1, 1772.
WERE committed to my custody two men, one on suspicion of being a runaway servant, and calls himself JOHN HANDLIN, about 30 years of age, a short well set fellow, of a dark complexion, and black curled hair; had on, when committed, a pair of new shoes, coarse shirt and trowsers, striped jacket, without sleeves, and old felt hat, and says he was born in Ireland. Likewise a Negroe man, says he belongs to BENJAMIN CLARKE, in Hanover township, Lancaster county, calls himself ANTHONY WELSH, and says he was born in Burlington, in the jerseys. This is therefore to desire their masters or mistresses, if any they have, to come within three weeks from this date, pay charges, and take them away, or they will be sold out for the same, by me RICHARD JOHNSON, Goaler.
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 12, September 9, 1772

Owner's Surname: Clark
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Township: Paxtang
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 83
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ath
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 6 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/21/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Wench," about six years old, a "slave during life."
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Clendenin
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Township: Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at the time of the 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Surveyor
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 159
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Prince
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 47
Date of Registry or Record: 11/1/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 160
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Team
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 35
Date of Registry or Record: 11/1/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Woman."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 161
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Rob
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 02
Date of Registry or Record: 11/1/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Cochran
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Location:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: In his will, dated November 9, 1789 and proved November 28, 1789, John Cochran leaves a "negro wench" to his wife Cary (or Cory). ("Slaves and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills") This appears to be an elder John Cochran, and not the Middle Paxton farmer listed below.

Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name:
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): Not known
Date of Registry or Record: November 28, 1789
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life.
Source:"Slaves and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills"

Owner's Surname: Cochran
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Location: The 1780 Slave Registrations show Cochran's residence in "Paxtang" Township, although later records indicate he lived in Middle Paxton Township. See the notes under Slave Date of Birth for Stephen Smith, and Slave Memo for Nancy Smith, below.
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: See also the elder John Cochran, above.

Counter: 393
Slave Surname, if known: Smith
Slave Given Name: Stephen
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years):
Slave Date of Birth: April 1796 (Worner "The Columbia Race Riots"). Worner gives April 1796 as the approximate birth date of Smith based upon his indenture to General Thomas Boude on July 10, 1801 at age five years and three months. Worner reports that Smith's tombstone in Olive Cemetery, Philadelphia reads Rev. Stephen Smith. Died Nov. 14, 1873, aged 76 years 9 months. His date of birth as calculated from the tombstone age at death would have been February 1797. Worner believed that was incorrect, but did not document his sources. A slave list generated in July 1800 for the Dauphin County Prothonotary Office shows a child, Stephen, as a slave in Middle Paxton Township, aged 3 years, which is not inconsistent with the tombstone date of birth. His mother, Nancy, is also listed, although her age is given incorrectly as 65 years, whereas it should have read 35 years. A corresponding record, the 1800 Septennial Census, gives her correct age.
Date of Registry or Record: The slave registration for Stephen Smith remains undiscovered.
Slave Memo: Son of Nance, a slave of the Cochrans. In 1801, Stephen was sold to Thomas Boude of Columbia, Pennsylvania as an indentured servant. His mother, that same year, ran away from the Cochran's to be with her son. (Source Smedley "History of the Underground Railroad") See also Charles L. Blockson's The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania; Flame International, Inc., Jacksonville, N.C., 1981. P. 90-91.
Smith borrowed fifty dollars from John Barber and purchased his freedom from General Boude on January 3, 1816. On November 16, 1817 he married Harriet Lee, a servant to the Jonathan Mifflin family. Mrs. Smith kept an oyster house in Columbia and Smith began a lumber business with some saved money.
Stephen Smith became one of the most famous and successful residents of Columbia, Pennsylvania and at one point was said to be the richest Black man in America. He became a business partner with William Whipper, an African-American lumber merchant and another former slave who rose to prominence, and together they helped many hundreds of Blacks to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
In 1832 he purchased a structure for the use of the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal church in Columbia, and in 1838 became an ordained minister of the A.M.E. church. He moved to Philadelphia in 1842 but continued to operate his lumber and coal business in Columbia. While in Philadelphia he became a member of Mother Bethel church and preached at the A.M.E. churches throughout the city. His philanthropic work continued in Philadelphia as he established the Zion Mission at Seventh and Lombard streets, saved Olive Cemetery, a Black cemetery in danger of being sold after it went bankrupt, and founded the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons. Smith also built an A.M.E. church in Cape May, New Jersey.
Source: Worner "The Columbia Race Riots" | Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807
Counter: 150
Slave Surname, if known: Smith (It is not known if Smith was Nancy's surname before her son Stephen became a prominent lumber merchant under that surname.
Slave Given Name: Nance
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 15
Slave Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Status: Registered at Lancaster in 1780 as a "Negroe Wench," 15 years old, "A Slave."
Slave Memo: In 1804 Nancy was purchased by Thomas Boude of Columbia, Pennsylvania when she ran away from the Cochran farm to join her four year-old son Stephen, who had been purchased by Boude from the Cochrans a short time earlier.
A slave list generated in July 1800 for the Dauphin County Prothonotary Office shows Stephen, age 3, and "Nanc," age 65, as slaves in Middle Paxton Township. The 1800 Septennial Census gives the age of Nanc as 35, indicating a transcription error, as the Prothonotary list seems to have been derived from the Septennial tax listings. The age of 35 agrees with her age as registered in 1780, and the age of Stephen, at 3 is close enough to make it probably that this is her son.
Nancy Smith is buried in Olive Cemetery in Philadelphia, beside her son Stephen and his wife Harriet. One source notes that she died in 1853 at age 94, but that age does not agree with her year of birth as registered in 1780.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Worner "The Columbia Race Riots" | Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807 | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 151
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 12
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Mulattoe Wench," age 12 years, "A Slave."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Slave Given Name: Quah
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 9
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Mulattoe Boy," age 9 years, "A Slave."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Coleman
Owner's First Name: Robert
Owner's City:
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Lancaster
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Ironmaster
Owner--Memo: Registered by Rudolph Kelker, Jr., Lebanon, agent for Robert Coleman. See the Lebanon County and Lancaster County pages for more listings for Robert Coleman.

Counter: 260
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Harriett
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Cook
Owner's First Name: Jacob
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Londonderry
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Registered with the title "Esquire." The child Daphne, the offspring of one of Jacob Cook's slaves, was registered by Joseph Work for the Jacob Cook estate, indicating that Cook had died sometime before she was registered.

Counter: 168
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sampson
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 209
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Daphne
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28. Registered by Joseph Work for the Jacob Cook estate.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 247
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Nell
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 125
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: David
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 17
Date of Registry or Record: 10/27/1780
Slave Memo: From the registration: "Aged 17 years, 3 months, and 17 days." This would put his date of birth at July 10, 1763. Status: Slave for life. Registered at Lancaster as a "Mulattoe Servant."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Cowden
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Location: The 1780 slave registrations list Cowden's township as "Paxton." A slave list generated for the Dauphin County Prothonotary's Office in July 1800 listed his township as Lower Paxton.
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation: Farmer, Justice of the Peace, Associate Judge of Dauphin County
Owner--Memo: Born in 1737, James Cowden commanded a company of men in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Crouch, daughter of James Crouch, on March 20, 1777. In 1793 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Lower Paxton, and in 1795 Governor Thomas Mifflin appointed him an Associate Judge of Dauphin County. In 1809 Cowden was a presidential elector. James Cowden died October 10, 1810 at age 64. In his will, dated September 22, 1804 and proved October 31, 1810, James Cowden leaves his wife Mary her "choice of the black girls." ("Slaves and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills") He is buried in Paxton Presbyterian Church Graveyard.

Counter: 174
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Kate
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: "mulatto;" Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 213
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Lucy
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 222
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28. Lived 1788-1878. Her tombstone gives her date of death as April 1st, 1878. Dinah served the Cowden family as a "Mammy." Buried in Paxton Presbyterian Church Graveyard, (Click here for: a photo of Dinah's gravesite ) Paxtang, PA. ("The Graveyard of Paxton Presbyterian Church") Egle records Dinah's tombstone epitaph as "Dinah / Died April 1, 1878 / In the 90th year of / her age / 'Well done good and faith- / ful servant.' "
Sources: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves" | Egle, Note and Queries, Third Series, Volume I, LII, "Tombstone Inscriptions," page 414.
Counter: 272
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: George
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 39
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Barbara
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 13 years old "or thereabouts"
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Status: "Slave during life." Described as "Negro Wench" in registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sambo
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 70
Slave Date of Birth: 1730 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Status:Slave for life
Slave Memo:
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807.

Owner's Surname: Cox
Owner's First Name: Cornelius
Owner's Location: The 1780 slave registrations list Cox's township as "Paxton." In a July 1800 slave list, his township is listed as Lower Paxton.
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 Registration)
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Born--1737; Died--1803. Born outside of Harrisburg at Coxestown, later called Esterton in honor of his mother Esther, Cornelius Cox held the rank of colonel as a commissary officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He served as an elector from Pennsylvania during the 1792 presidential elections and voted for George Washington. He is buried in the Harrisburg Cemetery. ("Walking Tour of Harrisburg Cemetery: 150th Anniversary Edition.")

Counter: 193
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Gris
Slave Gender: Undetermined
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 194
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Tom
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 227
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 250
Slave Surname, if known: (see memo)
Slave Given Name: Cato
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28. This may be the Cato Broyan {Bryan} who was registered in 1821 by the Borough of Harrisburg in its registry of all free African Americans who were entering the town. The entry notes that "Cato Broyan" lived in Strawberry Alley in "Zeck's House," a house owned by Ezekiel Carter. Broyan was born in Dauphin County, "sarved his time with Mr. Cox," and was a farmer by trade. By 1821 he had a wife named Tama, who was born in Maryland, and a son.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves" | "Harrisburg Registry of Free African Americans, 1821-1826," Archives of the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Counter: 258
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Elizabeth
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 261
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Charles
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 268
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Henry
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 278
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Eve
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 25
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Andrew
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 30
Date of Registry or Record: September 21, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negroe Man" at registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 26
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Eve
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 20
Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: September 21, 1780
Slave Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negroe Wench" at registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Slave Memo: Eve was also recorded as one of two slaves for life belonging to Cornelius Cox in a July 1800 tax list. Her age was recorded as 41 years old. The other slave recorded was Ambrost, age 44.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807 | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 27
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jean
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 20
Date of Registry or Record: September 21, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negroe Wench" at registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Sources: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 28
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dine
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 10
Date of Registry or Record: September 21, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negroe Wench" at registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 29
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Abygal
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 02
Date of Registry or Record: September 21, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described as "Negroe Wench" at registration. Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ambrost (misspelling of Ambrose?)
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 44
Slave Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Status: Not determined, but probably slave for life.
Slave Memo:
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807.

Owner's Surname: Cox
Owner's First Name: Esther
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Lower Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Esterton, also known as Coxestown was named in honor of Esther Cox. It was laid out by her husband and lies just north of Harrisburg in Susquehanna Township. One of Esther's sons is Cornelius Cox, listed above.

Counter: 315
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Esther
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Cox
Owner's First Name: John B.
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Lower Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 323
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Maria
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 356
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Mary
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 357
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Eve
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Crabb
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 205
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ned
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 220
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Susan
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Crain
Owner's First Name: George
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 143
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Tony
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 27 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," age about 27 years, a "slave during life."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 144
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Eve
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 22
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Woman," 22 years old, a "slave during life."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
Counter: 145
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Joe
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 3 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy," age about 3 years, a "slave during life."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Crawford
Owner's First Name: Richard
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Date of Registry or Record: 10/31/1780
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 142
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Arch
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 18
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy," age about 18 years, a "slave during life."
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

Owner's Surname: Cream
Owner's First Name: George
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: West Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 180
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 181
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Madge
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Crean
Owner's First Name: Martha
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: West Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Counter: 264
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Adam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"

Owner's Surname: Croll
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City: Middletown
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:

Slave Surname, if known:Bevis
Slave Given Name: Bill
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record: July 12, 1805
Slave Memo: Status: Ran away on June 12, 1805. Text of runaway ad: "Twelve Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY from the subscriber, living in Middletown, Dauphin county, on the 12th of June last, a negro man named Bill Bevis. He is a strong built fellow, about 5 feet 10 inches high, rather stoop shouldered, is somewhat addicted to drinking and is a tanner by trade. Had on and took with him, one pair check trowsers, a mixed cloth sailor jacket, a striped Marseilles jacket, an old fur hat, and other clothes not recollected.
Whoever secures said negro in any jail, so that the owner get him again, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges. JOHN CROLL.
July 12."
Source: Lancaster Journal

Owner's Surname: Crouch
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: "Paxtang" (Lower Swatara)
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration in 1780)
Owner's Occupation: "Captain"
Owner--Memo: Farmer. Lived 1764-1794. Served in Rev. War. Was captured in Quebec.
James Crouch sold at least two slaves, a Mulatto boy of no more than three years old and an 18 month-old female child, to William Hay of Londonderry Township in or prior to 1780. The boy and girl were to be slaves to age 31. James Crouchs' daughter Mary married James Cowden.

Colonel James Crouch's estate was known as "Walnut Hill," and according to historian William Henry Egle, it was located "one and a half miles east of the village of Highspire." It was also one-half mile west of Col. Burd's estate, Tinian. (Notes and Queries, First and Second Series, Vol. II, LXIII, p.339-341).

In 1780, James Crouch traveled to Lancaster to "enter as his property" his eleven slaves, who ranged in age from 60 years to nine months old.

Counter: 170
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Rachel
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 171
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Samuel
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 172
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Francis
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
Counter: 11
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Bodly
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 60
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Male." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 12
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sambo
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 50
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Male." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 13
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Phillis
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 50
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Woman." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 14
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 30
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Male." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 15
Slave Surname, if known: Lorrett
Slave Given Name: Lucey
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 30 (most likely this is an estimate, and Lucy was actually 33, which would match the date of birth carved into her tombstone. Crouch seems to have estimated the ages of his older slaves, reporting all of their ages to the nearest decade.
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Woman." Registered in Lancaster. Lived 1747-1847. George Lorrett is her son. Buried in Paxton Presbyterian Church Graveyard, (Click here for: a photo of Lucey's gravesite) Paxtang, PA. ("The Graveyard of Paxton Presbyterian Church" )
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 16
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peter
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 15
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Boy." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 17
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Nan
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 12
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Girl." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 18
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ket
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age (Years): 09
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Girl." Registered in Lancaster. This may be the same person who ran away from her owner in Northumberland County in September, 1801. Roan McClure advertised for the return of Kate, age 29, "raised by capt. Crouch deceased late of Paxton." ( Source 09)
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 19
Slave Surname, if known: Lorrett
Slave Given Name: George
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 07
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Registered in Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy." Manumitted sometime prior to 1850. Nicknamed "King George," he lived 1773-1862. His mother was Lucy Lorrett. He is buried in Paxton Presbyterian Church Graveyard (Click here for: a photo of George's gravesite), Paxtang. PA. (Source 21)
Egle (source 120) gives the original burial place for George and Lucy Lorrett as a small farm cemetery plot in Lower Swatara Township near Middletown. He also says that George Lorrett owned the farm and that locals knew it as "Black George's Farm." The following excerpt is from Egle's "Notes and Queries:"

"Some Old Family Grave-Yards"
"The place sought next was the home of a maternal uncle, about one and a half miles from Middletown northwestward, and at one time known as "Black George's Farm," a name very familiar to the old inhabitants of Lower Swatara township and Middletown. A few rods back of the house is a small plot of ground surrounded by a neat iron fence, such as used in railing in cemetery lots, and therein lay the bodies of the following:

In memory of
George Lorrett
Died Aug. 27th, 1862,
Aged 88 years, 11 months and 12 days.
In memory of
Lucy Lorrett
who departed this Life
Feb. 19th, 1847,
Aged 100 years.

"It might be interesting to the readers to say that George Lorrett, or "Black George," as he was called, was an African and a slave of the Crouches and a communicant of old Paxtang church. Lucy Lorrett was his mother."
George Lorrett's ownership of the property is verified in the Census of 1850. The census sheet, page number 194, of Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, lists "George Lorrett" in dwelling number 71, and as the head of family number 71 for the township. He is listed as a 76 year-old male, Black, owning $2500 value in real estate, and having been born in Pennsylvania. The only other person listed in his dwelling is "William Camp," a 14 year-old male, Mulatto, who has "Attended School within the year," and who was born in Pennsylvania.
The census page was dated 21 October, 1850.
Sources: "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780." | "The Graveyard of Paxton Presbyterian Church." | Egle "Notes and Queries" 3rd Series, Volume 1, pages 150-151. | 1850 Census of the United States--Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, page 194, Dwelling #71.
Counter: 20
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Nell
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 03
Date of Registry or Record: September 11, 1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Girl." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780
Counter: 21
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Isaac
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 01
Date of Registry or Record: 9/11/1780
Slave Memo: Actual age at registration was 9 months.
Status: Slave for life. Described at registration as "Negroe Boy." Registered in Lancaster.
Source: "Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780" | Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780

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