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Registration Details

Date: 30 September 1780

Registrant: Thompson, William (Gen.)

Historical County: Cumberland

Modern County: Cumberland

Residence: Carlisle

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Sam

Date of Birth: July 1779

Sex: Unspecified

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


James

Date of Birth: 1743

Sex: Unspecified

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: 1744

Sex: Unspecified

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Betty

Date of Birth: 1757

Sex: Unspecified

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Venus

Date of Birth: 1760

Sex: Unspecified

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Jacob

Date of Birth: 1774

Sex: Unspecified

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Perus

Date of Birth: 1774

Sex: Unspecified

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.

Thompson, William (Gen.)

Occupation: General

Relation to registrant: self


Document Transcriptions

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30th Sepr 1780
38
Genl Wm Thompson

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James aged 37
Nell aged 36
Betty aged 23
Venus aged 20
Jacob aged 6
Perus aged 6
Sam aged 15

The above is the age and names
of negroes belonging to Wm Thompson

30th Sepr 1780
To John Agnew Esqr

Registry



30th Sepr

38 Genl William Thompson Middleton
129 James a Negro Slave aged X 37
130 Nell a Negro Slave aged X 36
131 Betty a Negro Slave aged X 23
132 Venus a Negro Slave aged X 20
133 Jacob a Negro Slave aged X 6
134 Perus a Negro Slave aged X 6
135 Sam a Negro Slave aged X 15 ms

Sources

  • Enslaver return: Slave Returns, No. 38, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA
  • Clerk registry: Slave and Slaveowner Register, vol. 1, p. 15, Records of the Clerk of Courts, Cumberland County Archives, Carlisle, PA