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Registration Details

Date: 11 October 1780

Registrant: Culbertson, Robert

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Cumberland

Residence: Hopewell

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Nell

Date of Birth: 1760

Sex: Female

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Jurit

Date of Birth: 1778

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Jake

Date of Birth: 1779

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Ben

Date of Birth: 1772 or 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.

Culbertson, Robert

Occupation: Farmer

Relation to registrant: self


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11th October 1780
Robert Culbertson

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Hopewell Township Cumberland County
The 10th Octr 1780
Robert Culbertson Farmer
in the Township & County afosaid
make return of his name occupation
and place of Residence to the Clerk
of the peace of said County ~also~
a return of the Negroes Slaves owned
by him together With their ages & Sexes

Viz: Jerrit a Negroe Man aged 21 years
Nell a Negroe Woman aged 20
Ben a Boy aged 8 years
Jake a Boy aged one year

Robert Culbertson

Registry



11th Octr

64 Robert Culbertson Hopewell Farmer
195 Jarret a Male Negro Slave for Life X 21 do
196 Nell a Female Negro Slave for Life X 20 do
197 Ben a Male Negro Slave for Life X 8 do
198 Jake a Male Negro Slave for Life X 1 do

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, No. 64, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 22, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA