The Conestoga Area Historical Society
In Pennsylvania a borough is a small mucipality with its own government. In 1823 the village of Washington, part of Manor Township became Washington Borough. In 1972 Washington Borough ceased to exist, it gave up its borough charter and reverted again to the village of Washington in Manor Township.
I've included the information on African Americans from the 1850 census because I thought it important we have information about
them on our pages and I was afraid the 1850 census was the only reliable source we had. I've since learned that there are a few
other sources that will be included on the web page in the future.
I'm not planning a complete listing of everyone in the 1850 census, that would be far too time consuming a process. I may
try to look at the number of students who attended school in 1850s, both black and white.
About these Pages: Most of the information presented here is pretty straight forward, the one exception is what I have
labled Misc., this replaces three columns in the original census that asked "over 20 and can't read or write", "married in the
last year"and attended school. I consolidated these three columns into one and also included the name of the head of household
when an African American was living with a white family. When a White was living with an African American family he was just listed as part of the family. I've included the house and family numbers since family are sometimes split up because by break in pages, you can use the house and family number to determine if they are part of the same familly. It also gives you a sense of who was living nearby.
One shouldn't place too much stock in what is reported here, for example, the census takers instructions was to report all
people over 20 who couldn't read or write but he often included children who couldn't read and write. This source isn't perfect
but its the best we have in trying to get some understanding of African Americans from our area in this time period.
African Americans in Washington Borough
House#/Family # | Name | Age | Gender | Race | Occupation | Property | Place/Birth | Misc. |
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Page 194a | | | | | | | | |
House 4 Family 4 | Samuel Bom | 80 | Male | Black | | 40 | Pa. | Can't Read |
| Isabella Bom | 70 | Fem. | Black | | | Pa. | Can't Read |
| Samuel Bom | 14 | Male | Black | | | Pa. | Attended School |
| Clara Bom | 40 | Fem. | Black | | | Pa. | |
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Page 194b | | | | | | | | |
House 16 Family 16 | Edward Stevenson | No Age | Male | Black | Laborer | 300 | Pa. | |
| Maria Stevenson | No Age | Fem. | Black | | | Pa. | Can't Read |
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House 17 Family 17 | Christian Hardeman | 32 | Male | Mul. | Laborer | 350 | Pa. | |
| Ann Hardeman | 24 | Fem. | Mul. | | | Pa. | |
| Henry Hardeman | 1/12 | Male | Mul. | | | Pa. | |
| Catharine Morris | 8 | Fem. | Mul. | | | Pa. | |
| Henry Williams | 46 | Male | Mul. | | | Pa. | Blind |
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Dwelling 17 Family 18 | Jane Hardeman | 5 | Fem. | Mul. | | | Pa. | Can't Read |
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Page 195a | | | | | | | | |
House 17 Family 18 | Ephraim Hardeman | 20 | Male | Mul. | | | Pa. | Can't Read |
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Page 196a | | | | | | | | |
Dwelling 35 Family 41 | Sulphey Ann Stevenson | 54 | Fem. | Black | | | Maryland | Can't Read |
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Totals | 14 | | | | | | | |
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