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Registration Details

Date: 6 March 1818

Registrant: Bunyan, James

Historical County: Washington

Modern County: Washington

Residence: Cecil

Tags: hereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Betsey

Date of Birth: 15 October 1817

Sex: Female

Race: Mulatto

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Indentured Servant

Description of mother: "indented servant"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Bunyan, James

Occupation: Farmer

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Enslaver return: Enslaver returns and correspondence, 1782-1865, Folder 1, Box XV-j-238, Historical Collection, Washington & Jefferson College Special Collections, Washington, PA
  • Clerk registry: Washington County Negro Register From 1782 to 1851, p. 78, Box XV-j-238, Historical Collection, Washington & Jefferson College Special Collections, Washington, PA