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Registration Details

Date: 18 December 1813

Registrant: Lightner, John (Jr.)

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Strasburg

Tags: surnamehereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Date of Birth: 15 August 1813

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Dinah

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Term Slave (28 Years)

Description of mother: "servant till she arrive at the age of 28 years"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Lightner, John (Jr.)

Occupation: Unspecified

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Transcript: J. B. Eshleman, comp., "Record of the Returns Made in Writing"As Clerk"By Possessors of Negro or Mulatto Children Born After March 1, 1780"John Hubley, clerk, June 7, 1788," p. 38, unpublished manuscript, 1913, Call Number 326 R294p Oversized, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA