Report of Blacks in Springfield and New Hanover · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier

NJS-SRC-02864

Source Type

Census or Register

Author

New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

Location Created

Springfield

New Hanover

Date

1797

Description

This document is a report enumerating free and enslaved Black people in the townships of Springfield and New Hanover in Burlington County, New Jersey. This information was collected by the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The report is undated. Other documents in the same file suggest that the society collected these reports circa 1797–1798.

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The Condition of Sum of the People of Color in the Townships of Springfield & New-hanover

….. | Householder | Freeholder | Slave | Industrious | Sober | No. in Family | Worth in Dollars

Thomas Word - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 5, Worth in Dollars 80

Peter Gutteree - Worth in Dollars 10

Joseph Darcus - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 2, Worth in Dollars 100

Fortin Hough - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 4, Worth in Dollars 20

Samuel Pigeon - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 4, Worth in Dollars 100

Paris Richards - is Industrious

Adom Mintus a Lad -

Dino Mintus - is Industrious, is Sober

Pompy Newbold - is Householder, No. in Family 2

Andrew Stevenson, a Lad - is Industrious

Jack Cox a Lad -

Delilah - is Industrious, is Sober

Richard Miller -

Joseph Miller -

Miff Hearod - is Industrious

Charles Hearod -

David Miller - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 3

Benjamin - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 3

Eanus Hearod - is Industrious, is Sober, Worth in Dollars 530

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Sip Budd - is Industrious

Enos Budd - is Industrious, is Sober, Worth in Dollars 80

Gaberal Pope Quan - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 5, Worth in Dollars 40

George Sulsy -

John Arney -

Aaron Myers - is Industrious, is Sober, Worth in Dollars 200

John Stevenson - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 3, Worth in Dollars 200

Jacob Coonus - is Industrious, is Sober

Aaron Green at Isah Budd’s - is Slave, is Industrious, is Sober

Peter Davis, Superannuated - is Slave, is Industrious

Peter Thorn - is Householder, is Freeholder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 6, Worth in Dollars 1500

Enoch - is Freeholder, is Industrious, is Sober, Worth in Dollars 200

Pompy at Joshua Shreves - is Slave

James Racken - is Industrious

Troshy - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 3

Roly Cole - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 4

James Cole [or Cob] - is Householder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 5

Charles Jones -

Lester Tony - is Householder, is Sober, No. in Family 2

Tom - is Householder, is Freeholder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 1, Worth in Dollars 160

Herculus Ivens - is Householder, is Sober, No. in Family 4

Samuel Brown - is Householder, is Freeholder, is Industrious, is Sober, No. in Family 2, Worth in Dollars 300

George Waterforde - is Industrious, is Sober, Worth in Dollars 300

Language

English

Format

Handwritten list, single sheet, double-sided

Sequence Number

2003.5.5