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Registration Details

Date: 12 October 1780

Registrant: Maxwell, James

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Franklin

Residence: Peters

Tags:

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Nicklis

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


Nell

Date of Birth: 1750

Sex: Female

Race: Mulatto

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Grace

Date of Birth: 1755

Sex: Female

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Pompey

Date of Birth: 1763

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: 1773

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Joe

Date of Birth: 1775

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Davy

Date of Birth: 1777

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: 1779

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.

Maxwell, James

Occupation: Farmer

Relation to registrant: self


Document Transcriptions

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To
John Agnew Esqr
Carlisle

77
12th Octr 1780
Jas Maxwell

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A List of Negroes and Mullatto Slaves the Property of
James Maxwell of Peters Township in Cumberland County
With their Names and Ages to be recorded in the Books for
the County afsd Agreeable to an Act of Assembly Issued
in March 1780

Viz years old
Nickles a Negro man Aged About 45
Pompy a Negro Lad Aged About 17
Nell a Mullatto Wench a Slave Do 30
grace a Negro Wench a Slave Do 25
george a Negro Boy a Slave Do 7
Joe a Negro Boy a Slave Do 5
Davy a Negro Boy a Slave Do 3
grace a Negro girl a Slave Do 1

Registry



12 Octr 1780

77 James Maxwell Peters Farmer
216 Nickles a Male Negro Slave for life X 45 yrs
217 Pompey a Male Negro Slave for life X 17do
218 Nell a Female Mullatto Slave for Life X 30 do
219 Grace a Female Negro Slave for Life X 25 do
220 George a Male Negro Slave for Life X 7 do
221 Joe a Male Negro Slave for Life X 5 do
222 Davy a Male Negro Slave for Life X 3 do
223 Grace a Female Negro Slave for Life X 1 do

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, No. 77, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 25, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA