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Registration Details

Date: March 1820

Registrant: McGiffen, Thomas

Historical County: Washington

Modern County: Washington

Residence: Washington

Tags: hereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

William

Date of Birth: 18 December 1819

Sex: Male

Race: Mulatto

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Phebe

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Term Slave (28 Years)

Description of mother: "negress Servant until 28 years"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

McGiffen, Thomas

Occupation: Attorney

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Clerk registry: Washington County Negro Register From 1782 to 1851, p. 81, Box XV-j-238, Historical Collection, Washington & Jefferson College Special Collections, Washington, PA