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Registration Details

Date: 7 October 1780

Registrant: Houston, John

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Lancaster

Tags: surname

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Watson, Ceasar

Date of Birth: May 1779

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Hannah

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: Unspecified


Hannah

Date of Birth: 1758

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.

Houston, John

Occupation: Physician

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Transcript: Handwritten copy of the Register of Enslaved Persons for 1780, p. 16, Black History Collection (MG0240), MG0240_Ser01_F017, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA