doc_lanc0614

Registration Details

Date: 10 January 1810

Registrant: Smith, Charles (Esq.)

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Lancaster

Tags: hereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Stella

Date of Birth: 24 October 1809

Sex: Female

Race: Negro

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Mary (Polly)

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Term Slave (28 Years)

Description of mother: "servant for 28 years"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Smith, Charles (Esq.)

Occupation: Attorney

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Clerk"By Possessors of Negro or Mulatto Children Born After March 1, 1780"John Hubley, clerk, June 7, 1788," p. 34, unpublished manuscript, 1913, Call Number 326 R294p Oversized, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA