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Registration Details

Date: 30 October 1780

Registrant: Johnson, John [Johnston, John]

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Sadsbury

Tags:

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Nero

Date of Birth: 1748

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Cash

Date of Birth: 1768

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.

Gay, William (Sr.)

Occupation: Farmer

Relation to registrant: attorney


Sources

  • Transcript: Handwritten copy of the Register of Enslaved Persons for 1780, p. 50, Black History Collection (MG0240), MG0240_Ser01_F017, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA