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Registration Details

Date: 10 October 1780

Registrant: Henry, Robert

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Cumberland

Residence: Middleton

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Cynthia

Date of Birth: 1769

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.

Henry, Robert

Occupation: Doctor

Relation to registrant: self


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11th October 1780
Doctr Robt Henry &
Kezia Bainbridge

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Hopewell Township Cumberland County
The 10th October 1780

Robert Henry practitioner in Physic in
the Township and County aforesaid make a
Return of name occupation and place of
residence to the clerk of the peace of said
county - also a retun of the negroe slaves
owned by him together with their ages and
sexes

Viz Cynthia a negroe girl aged 11 years

Robert Henry

Hopewell Township Cumberland County
The 10th October 1780

Kezia Bainbridge in the Township
and County aforesaid makes return of her
name and pace of residence to the clerk of the
peace of said county - also a return of the
negroe slaves owned by her together with
their ages and sexes

Viz Flora a negroe Girl aged 10 years
Kezia Bainbridge

Registry



11th Octr 1780

66 Robert Henry Hopewell Practitioner in Physic
200 Cynthia a Female Negro Slave for Life X 11 years

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, Nos. 66-7, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 23, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA