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Registration Details

Date: 21 September 1809

Registrant: Smith, Thomas

Historical County: Washington

Modern County: Unspecified

Residence: Unspecified

Tags: hereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Abraham

Date of Birth: 5 April 1809

Sex: Male

Race: Unspecified

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Chloe

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Term Slave (28 Years)

Description of mother: "negro woman, servant until 28 years"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Smith, Thomas

Occupation: Esquire

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Enslaver return: Original Slave Record of Washington County, 1782, Box XV-j-238, Historical Collection, Washington & Jefferson College Special Collections, Washington, PA
  • Clerk registry: Washington County Negro Register From 1782 to 1851, p. 69, Box XV-j-238, Historical Collection, Washington & Jefferson College Special Collections, Washington, PA