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Registration Details

Date: 21 September 1780

Registrant: Davidson, John

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Cumberland

Residence: West Pennsboro

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Bill

Date of Birth: 1755

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.

Davidson, John

Occupation: Farmer

Relation to registrant: self


Document Transcriptions

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26
21st Sepr 1780
John Davidson
West Pennso
return of 1 Negro

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In Pursuance of the Act for the gradual
Abolition of Slavery: John Davison of the
Township of Westpennsborough in the County
of Cumberland Farmer doth hereby Enter with
the Clark of the Sessions of the said County

Bill a Negro Man aged 25 yrs
years or there Abouts whom he owns as
A Slave During his Life

To John Agnew Esqur
Clerk of the Peace in
for the County of
Cumberland

Septr 21st 1780

Registry



21st Sepr

26 John Davidson West Pennsburgh Farmer
97 Bill a Negro Slave for life X 25

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, No. 26, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 11, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA