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Registration Details

Date: 15 August 1794

Registrant: Porter, William

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Little Britain

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

James

Date of Birth: 28 May 1794

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Jane

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "slave"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Porter, William

Occupation: Farmer

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Clerk"By Possessors of Negro or Mulatto Children Born After March 1, 1780"John Hubley, clerk, June 7, 1788," p. 16, unpublished manuscript, 1913, Call Number 326 R294p Oversized, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA