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Registration Details

Date: 23 October 1780

Registrant: Downey, James

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Franklin

Residence: Washington

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Georgie

Date of Birth: 1771

Sex: Female

Race: Mulatto

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.

Downey, James

Occupation: Farmer

Relation to registrant: self


Document Transcriptions

Registry



23d Octr 1780

152 James William [unclear] Downey Antrim Washingtn Farmer
444 George Grace Female Female Negro Mullatto Slave for life X 9 do

Editor’s Note. This registration was written over another in the clerk’s registry, making it difficult to read.

Sources

  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 47, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA