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Registration Details

Date: 13 October 1780

Registrant: Holmes, William

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Cumberland

Residence: Carlisle

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Jem

Date of Birth: 1770

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


George

Date of Birth: December 1778

Sex: Male

Race: Mulatto

Status: Term Slave (31 Years)

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Bill

Date of Birth: 1754

Sex: Male

Race: Mulatto

Status: Term Slave (31 Years)

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Bett

Date of Birth: 1762

Sex: Female

Race: Mulatto

Status: Term Slave (31 Years)

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.

Holmes, William

Occupation: Forage Master

Relation to registrant: self


Document Transcriptions

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79
12th October 1780
William Holmes

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A Return of Negroes and Mullattoes the
Property of William Holmes. Viz.

A Mullattoe Man, named Bill about twenty six
Years of Age, about five years to Serve.
A Mullattoe Girl named Bett about Eighteen
Yeares of Age, about thirteen years to Serve.
A Mullattoe Boy one year and ten Months Old
named George, a Servant to the Age of thirty one ^ Years
A Negroe Boy named Jem, about ten years
of Age, a Slave for Life.

Carlisle 13th Octr 1780

Wm Holmes

Registry



12th Octr 1780

79 William Holmes Carlisle Forrage Mr
227 Bill a Male Mullattoe Servt about 5 yrs to Serve X 26 yrs
228 Bett a Female Mullatto do about 13 do to Serve X 18 do
229 George a Male Mullatto do to serve till 31 yrs X 1 yr 10 ms
230 Jem a Negro Male Slave for Life X 10 yrs

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, No. 79, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 26, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA