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Registration Details

Date: 26 October 1780

Registrant: Armstrong, John

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Cumberland

Residence: Carlisle

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Ceasar

Date of Birth: 1744

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Nero

Date of Birth: 1749

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Nan

Date of Birth: 1755

Sex: Female

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Dick

Date of Birth: 1775

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Armstrong, John

Occupation: General

Relation to registrant: self


Document Transcriptions

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27th Octr 1780
Genl Jno Armstrong

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Cezar Aged 36
Nero - Do - 31
Nan  -  -  -  25 -
Dick a boy - 5 Years Old


all Slaves for Life
The Property of John
Armstrong Esqr Carlisle
26th Octobr 1780

To John Agnew Esqrr
Clerk of the Court of
2n Sessions for the County of Cumberland

Registry



27th Octr 1780

256 General John Armstrong Esqr Carlisle
656 Cezar a Male Negro Slave for Life X 36 yrs
657 Nero a Male Negro Slave do X 31 do
658 Nan a Female Negro Slave do X 25 do
659 Dick a Male Negro Slave do X 5 do

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, No. 256, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 69, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA