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Registration Details

Date: 9 January 1789

Registrant: Spears, Robert [Spear, Robert]

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Hempfield

Tags:

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Prince

Date of Birth: 9 May 1783

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Debe

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "Slave"


David

Date of Birth: 3 May 1786

Sex: Male

Race: Mulatto

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Debe

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "Slave"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Spears, Robert [Spear, Robert]

Occupation: Yeoman

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Enslaver return: Return of Robert Spear of Hempfield Twp, 9 January 1789, Black History Collection (MG0240), MG0240_Ser01_F002_It02, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
  • 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Clerk"By Possessors of Negro or Mulatto Children Born After March 1, 1780"John Hubley, clerk, June 7, 1788," p. 3, unpublished manuscript, 1913, Call Number 326 R294p Oversized, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA