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Registration Details

Date: 7 October 1780

Registrant: Davis, James

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Cumberland

Residence: Carlisle

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Simon

Date of Birth: 1735

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Grace

Date of Birth: 1777

Sex: Female

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.

Davis, James

Occupation: Tavernkeeper

Relation to registrant: self


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7th Octr 1780
James Davis

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James Davis of the Town of Carlisle in the County of Cumberland Tavern Keeper

Simon a Negro Slave for Life aged about 45 yrs
Grace a Female Negro Slave for Life 3 yrs

Carlisle 7th October 1780
To John Agnew Clk

James Davis

Registry



7th Octr

54 James Davis Carlisle Tavern Keeper
170 Simon a Male Negro Slave for Life X 45
171 Grace a Female Negro Slave for Life X 3

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, No. 54, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 19, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA