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surnames associated with enslaved persons
Documents from the slavery period that record the surnames of enslaved persons are rare. Most enslaved persons are identified in official documents with only a given, or first, name. Frequently, even those names have been shortened into nicknames or familiar names. The following enslaved persons, however, are identified in official documents by both a given and a surname. This is important because it allows us to track them through subsequent census records and other official records.
Slaveholder surnames are clickable for the slave record.
Enslaved person Surname
Given Name
Slaveholder's Surname
Slaveholder's First Name
Barrick
Charles
Henry
Butler
Charles
George
Butler
Hannah
George
Butler
Nathaniel
George
Collins
Harry
Thomas
Craig
James
Archibald
Craig
Lucy
Archibald
Craig (source 22)
Sal(ly)
Archibald
Creag
Eliza
Archibald
Garret
Middleton
Leroy
George
Elmer
Simon
Gray
Hetty
Archibald
Hall
Mary
Samuel
Harris
Jack
Matthew
Hoofnagle
George
Archibald
Jackson
Simon
Robert
Jenkins
Hallie
Archibald
Jenkins
Jack
Archibald
Johns
Joseph (modern Lebanon County)
? (runaway slave)
?
Johnson
Luke
John
Lemons
Dinah
James
Logan
Benn
Robert
Lorrett
George
James
Martin
Andrew
Robert R., Jr.
Martin
John
Patrick
Martin
Robert
Pat
Martin
Thomas
Pat
McClintock
Jenny
Bernard
Miller
Henry
William
Mitchele
Fleming (originally from Philadelphia)
Alexander W.
Murry
Maria
Archibald
Roach (source 26)
Sam
James
Smith
Stephen
John
Stewart
John
John