Elizabeth Seaton 1782
Elizabeth Seaton of
Cumberland
Township
registered the following slaves on
July 17, 1782:
PATRICK a male slave aged 30 years
STEPHEN a do. do. do. 20 years
MOSES a do. do. do. 20 years
JUDE a female do. do. 40 years
LUCE a do. do. do. 40 years
PENDY do. do. 8 years
Her brother, James Seaton, also of Cumberland Township registered
one slave:
Mr. James Seaton
JOE a male slave aged 14 years
Of the slaves listed above, the only one (I) have definite knowledge
of is PENDY (Penday, Pendey, Penn). PENDY, as you can see above, was
the slave of Elizabeth Seaton of
Cumberland
Township
in
Greene
County
. Sarah Seaton, her daughter, inherited PENDY when she married John
Boreman. Sarah Seaton Boreman died young, so PENDY helped Mr.
Boreman rear their children.
In 1814, PENDY was manumitted by John Boreman. The following is her
manumission paper:
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Thomas Roach to Richard - 1801
Deed of
Manumission
Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania
MANUMISSION..THOMAS ROACH to RICHARD a MULATTO MAN
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Roach of the township
of Cumberland County of Greene and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for
divers good causes and consideration me - the said Thomas Roach
hereunto moving, have liberated and discharged, and by these
presents do liberate, discharge, and forever quit claim to all right
interest or claim I have, or ever had in and to a certain MULATTO
named RICHARD, so that thereafter for ever he may act transact and
contract as another free man. In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this fourteenth day of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and one.
In presence of Henry Swan
Greene County Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Thomas Roach (seal)
(seal) Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the
said county came Thomas Roach and acknowledged the above instrument
of writing to be his Act and Deed for the purposes therein
mentioned. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal
November 14, 1801.
Ex Recorded 19 Nov 1801
Wm. Seaton
John Boreman
Recorder
Contributed
by: Bill Davison
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Indentured
Sal
From
Benjamin J. Brice to Rachel Brice - 1799
Greene
County, PA
This
indenture made this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord
One thousand and seven hundred and ninety nine. Witnesseth that
Benjamin J. Brice of Harrison County and State of Virginia hath
bound and by these presents does bind NEGRO SAL (who was borne a
Slave for life, and as such could still have been held by the said
Brice in the State of Virginia) to Rachel Brice her heirs or assigns
of Green County and State of Pennsylvania with her or them to dwell
and to serve until she arrives at the full age of twenty eight years
during all which times the said above mentioned NEGRO SAL shall
faithfully serve her said mistress her heirs or assigns in all
lawful commands according to the best of her power and ability and
the said Rachel Brice doth on her part agree to find the said NEGRO
SAL in everything suitable to her Station and to prevent her from
becoming a publick charge during the time of her service in witness
whereof the parties have hereunto set their hands and affixed their
Seals the day & year above written.
Signed
Sealed & Delivered Benj. J. Brice (Seal)
in presence
of Rachel Brice (Seal)
Rebeckah Hyde
George Evans
Greene County ss.
This day
came
Benjm. J.
Brice (Seal) and Rachel Brice each personally before me the
Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and
for the said County and acknowledged the above Indenture to be their
Act and deed and desire the same may be recorded as such. Given
under my hand and seal this 4th of September 1799
Samuel Hyde
Recorded 7th March 1803.
Examd.
John Boreman Recorder
Source: Green Co., PA message board
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Deed of Manumission
William
Gunnell to Xenophen - 1839
Greene
County, Pennsylvania
The bearer
hereof Xenophen Lee a bright mulatto about thirty-five years of
age, five feet ten inches has a scar on the forehead and a scar on
the finger of the left hand, no other perceivable marks or scars.
Also the following children with him to wit Ralph Williams a mulatto
aged about twelve years & Clara Ellen aged about ten years and are
the same persons who were liberated by the Will of William Gunnell
on record in the above mentioned Court as appears by the affidavit
of George Gunnell on file in my office Whereupon & Given under my
hand this 16 day of September 1839.
1839 Sep. Ct. Examd. by the Court Thos. Mss C. Alf: Moss D.C. This
Xenophen Lee was the same Rev. Zenophon Lee who united in marriage
in 1866 Mary Etta Morris and Perry Noble in Carmichaels, Greene
County, Pennsylvania. In 1850 Xenophen/Zenophon Lee was in the
census for Fayette County.
Contributed
by: Bill Davison
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Thomas
Hughes to Moses - 1824
Deed of
Manumission
Greene
County, Pennsylvania
Know all men
by these presents whereas Thomas Hughes of the County of Greene in
the Commonwealth of Penna. lately purchased of William G. Yerby of
Farquier County in the State of Virginia, a certain NEGRO BOY, a
slave for life named MOSES aged ten years in the month of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Now know ye that the said Thomas Hughes moved by philanthropy and
benevolence towards the said MOSES for this and divers good causes
and valuable considerations doth by these presents release and
acquit to the said MOSES and grant to him all claim to the service
of the said MOSES, to which he would be entitled after the said
MOSES shall attain the age of twenty eight years, and as the
particular day in September which the said MOSES was born is not
known by the said Thomas Hughes, the said Thomas Hughes releases,
acquits and gives and remits to the said MOSES all claim and title
to the residue of the life time and all claim he has in the said
MOSES from and after the last day of August in the year 1841, after
which day the said MOSES shall be free from all claim of the said
Thomas, who retains only the right to the said MOSES or his services
till the day last mentioned. In testimony whereof the said Thomas
Hughes has to these presents set his hand and seal this 16 day of
January 1824.
Wm. Hays