Peter Tiernan
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00477
- Given Name
- Peter
- Family Name
- Tiernan
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- Peter Tiernan was an enslaver who bought an enslaved woman named Salley in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1818 and then took her to Virginia. It is unclear from the historical record related to this sale whether Tiernan was a resident of Middlesex County who was preparing to relocate to Virginia or a long-term resident of Virginia who was passing through New Jersey temporarily when he bought Salley.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Enslaver of
- Salley (b. 1793)
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1818-06 Sale: Salley (Role: Enslaver, Buyer)
- 1818-06-01 Removal Registration: Salley (Role: Enslaver)
- Resource class
- Agent