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Registration Details

Date: 29 August 1809

Registrant: Withers, John

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Sadsbury

Tags: hereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Peet

Date of Birth: 25 April 1809

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Dorcas

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Term Slave (28 Years)

Description of mother: "servant, liable to serve till she arrives at the age of 28 years"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Withers, John

Occupation: Ironmaster

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Clerk"By Possessors of Negro or Mulatto Children Born After March 1, 1780"John Hubley, clerk, June 7, 1788," p. 34, unpublished manuscript, 1913, Call Number 326 R294p Oversized, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA