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Slaveholders listed on this page
- Blackstone, James (Slaves listed: Two un-named slaves)
- Boyd, William (Slaves listed: Two un-named
slaves, Andrew, Millie, Ben, Prissie, Samuel, Alexander)
- Laughlin, John (Slaves listed: One
un-named slave )
- Phillips, Ann (Slaves listed: Sue)
- Phillips, Theophilus (Slaves listed:
Sue, Hana)
- Reed, Thomas (Slaves listed: Unnamed
female)
- Stephens, Elizabeth (Slaves
listed: Bess)
- Stephens, Levi (Slaves listed: Bess)
-
Stouffer, John (Slaves listed: Ned)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Blackstone, James
City or Township: Tyrone Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: The History of Fayette
County, by Franklin Ellis (1882) notes on page 545:
James Blackstone came hither from the Eastern Shore of
Maryland shortly after Col. William Crawford and his comrades found their
way into Yohogania County, Virginia, as the region of which Fayette
County is a part was then called. Mr Blackstone married before he left
Maryland and brought his family and some negroes with him and settled in
what is now Tyrone township on the farm recently owned by Ebenezer Moore.
- Slave Name: Not known
Slave Sex: Not determined
Slave Age: Not determined, but born prior to 1780.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1780.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "negro"
Slave Notes: One of "some negroes" brought to Tyrone Township by
Blackstone from Maryland.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Not known
Slave Sex: Not determined
Slave Age: Not determined, but born prior to 1780.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1780.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "negro"
Slave Notes: One of "some negroes" brought to Tyrone Township by
Blackstone from Maryland.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slaveholder Name: Boyd, William
City or Township: Bullskin Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer, Justice of the Peace
Notes: Died in 1812. The History of Fayette
County, by Franklin Ellis (1882) notes on page 488:
WILLIAM BOYD came from Virginia some time about the close of the
Revolution, making the journey to his new home on the west border of
Bullskin on pack horses. He brought with him several slaves and six negro
children were registered as being born to these slaves from 1795 to 1809,
namely, Andrew, Millie, Ben, Prissie, Samuel and Alexander, but of their
subsequent history nothing can be here said.
- Slave Name: Not known
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined, but born prior to 1782.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1782.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "slave"
Slave Notes: One of "several slaves" brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Not known
Slave Sex: Not determined
Slave Age: Not determined, but born prior to 1782.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1782.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "slave"
Slave Notes: One of "several slaves" brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Andrew
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not determined, but born between 1795 and 1809.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but after 1795.
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 28 years
Slave Description: "negro child"
Slave Notes: One of six "negro children born to slaves brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Millie
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined, but born between 1795 and 1809.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but after 1795.
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 28 years
Slave Description: "negro child"
Slave Notes: One of six "negro children born to slaves brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Ben
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not determined, but born between 1795 and 1809.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but after 1795.
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 28 years
Slave Description: "negro child"
Slave Notes: One of six "negro children born to slaves brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Prissie
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined, but born between 1795 and 1809.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but after 1795.
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 28 years
Slave Description: "negro child"
Slave Notes: One of six "negro children born to slaves brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Samuel
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not determined, but born between 1795 and 1809.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but after 1795.
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 28 years
Slave Description: "negro child"
Slave Notes: One of six "negro children born to slaves brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slave Name: Alexander
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not determined, but born between 1795 and 1809.
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but after 1795.
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 28 years
Slave Description: "negro child"
Slave Notes: One of six "negro children born to slaves brought to
Bullskin Township by Boyd at the close of the Revolution.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slaveholder Name: Laughlin, John
City or Township: Springhill Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Died in 1800. The History of Fayette
County, by Franklin Ellis (1882) notes on page 726:
Laughlin was a bachelor, a farmer of some enterprise, and employed slave labor almost exclusively...He had been an
excellent master to his slaves, and in his will left to each one a substantial reminder of his thoughtful care. Laughlin was not only a
kindly-disposed and gentle master to his servants, he was an earnest and faithful worshipper at the Dunlap's Creek Church, despite the fact that
he was not a member thereof.
- Slave Name: Not known
Slave Sex: Not determined
Slave Age: Not determined
Slave Date of Birth: Not known.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "slave"
Slave Notes: One of several slaves owned in Springhill Township by
Laughlin.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882.
- Slaveholder Name: Phillips, Ann
City or Township: Springhill Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Widow
Notes: Wife of Theophilus Phillips.
- Slave Name: Sue
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1780.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "negro woman"
Slave Notes: Slave of Theophilus Phillips, willed to his wife Ann in 1789.
Date of Record: Will of
Theophilus Phillips, 1789.
Source: Wills:
Theophilus Philips, 1789: Fayette County, PA.
- Slaveholder Name: Phillips, Theophilus
City or Township: Springhill Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Husband of Ann. Elected to the state legislature
in 1789. Died while en route to Philadelphia. The History of Fayette
County, by Franklin Ellis (1882) notes on page 763:
Mr. Phillips enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him and
was often called to fill public positions. It was near his residence that
the courts of Monongalia County, Virginia, were held in the last half of
the eighteenth century. The buildings have long been demolished and
nothing but the foundations of them remain to mark the site.
To the left of the New Geneva and Springhill furnace roads, via Morris
Cross Roads and about two hundred yards from the same, on a long knoll
with direction northeast, stood the Phillips residence with many
outbuildings, including shop, negro quarters, still house and stables.
- Slave Name: Sue
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1780.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "negro woman"
Slave Notes: One of several slaves owned in Springhill Township by
Phillips. Willed to his wife Ann in 1789.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882. Will of
Theophilus Phillips, 1789.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882. | Wills:
Theophilus Philips, 1789: Fayette County, PA.
- Slave Name: Hana
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not determined, but described as a "negro
boy."
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1789.
Slave Status: Not determined
Slave Description: "negro boy"
Slave Notes: One of several slaves owned in Springhill Township by
Phillips. Named as property in his will in 1789.
Date of Record: Township history written in 1882. Will of
Theophilus Phillips, 1789.
Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882. | Wills: Theophilus Philips, 1789: Fayette
County, PA.
- Slaveholder Name: Reed, Thomas
City or Township:
Georges Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Not recorded
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1791.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro wench"
Slave Notes: Willed to his wife Elizabeth in 1791. Excerpt
from will: "I give and bequeath in the following manner (vis) all
my household furniture and negro wench and one mare and two cows give to my said
wife Elizabeth her heirs and assignees while she remains a widow."
Date of Record: Will of
Thomas Reed, 10 May 1791. Will probated 18 April 1794.
Source: Will
of Thomas Reed, Fayette County, Georges Township, Will Book 1, page 26.
- Slaveholder Name: Stephens,
Elizabeth
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Widow
Notes: Wife of Levi Stephens
- Slave Name: Bess
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1780.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Willed to his wife Elizabeth in 1808. Excerpt
from will: "Second I give and bequeath unto my beloved
wife Elizabeth during her natural life the use, rents, profits, benefits and interest
of the land, meadows orchards sugar camp and other premises which have of late been
in my immediate occupancy, also a sufficiency of timber land for the plantation to
keep the premises in complete repair also the Negro woman, named Bess, the eight day
clock, all the grain gathered or growing."
Date of Record: Will of
Theophilus Phillips, 1808.
Source:
Will
of Levi Stephens, 1808: Washington Township, Fayette Co.
- Slaveholder Name: Stephens,
Levi
City or Township: Washington Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Born in 1744. Husband of Elizabeth.
- Slave Name: Bess
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not determined
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but prior to 1780.
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Willed to his wife Elizabeth in 1808.
Date of Record: Will of
Theophilus Phillips, 1808.
Source: Will
of Levi Stephens, 1808: Washington Township, Fayette Co.
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Slaveholder Name: Stouffer, John
City or Township:
Bullskin Township
County: Fayette County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: Husband of Barbara.
- Slave Name: Ned
Slave Sex:
Male
Slave Age: Not determined, but described as "boy."
Slave Date of Birth: Not known, but
after 1780.
Slave Status: "a 28 year servant"
Slave Description: "Negro
Boy"
Slave Notes: Willed to his son John Stouffer in 1820, with the
stipulation that Ned "wait upon his present Mistress my said wife Barbara as
long as she shall remain a widow."
Date of Record: 2 June 1820. Recorded 1822.
Source: Will of
John Stouffer (Sr), 2 June 1820. Book 1, p. 222. Recorded 1822.
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