doc_wash0323

Registration Details

Date: 31 January 1809

Registrant: Ward, Thomas

Historical County: Washington

Modern County: Washington

Residence: Somerset

Tags: hereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Andrew

Date of Birth: 11 August 1808

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Rachel

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Term Slave (28 Years)

Description of mother: "negro slave until the age of twenty eight years"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Ward, Thomas

Occupation: Unspecified

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. 68, Box XV-j-238, Historical Collection, Washington & Jefferson College Special Collections, Washington, PA