Chester County and its people .. . s, as it cannotnow be found. What is here presented in regard to this registryis therefore taken mainly from the excellent History of ChesterCounty by Judge J. Smith Futhey and Mr. Gilbert Cope, who prac-tically exhausted the subject. The entries in tJiis registn were inthe following form: Thomas Potts of Coventry Township returns: 1. A negro man named Cudge, aged fifty-eight years, a slaveior life. 2. A negro man named Ben, aged twenty-four years, a slavefor life. 3. A negro boy named Peter, aged seventeen years, a slavefor life. 4. A negro child named (ieor
Chester County and its people .. . s, as it cannotnow be found. What is here presented in regard to this registryis therefore taken mainly from the excellent History of ChesterCounty by Judge J. Smith Futhey and Mr. Gilbert Cope, who prac-tically exhausted the subject. The entries in tJiis registn were inthe following form: Thomas Potts of Coventry Township returns: 1. A negro man named Cudge, aged fifty-eight years, a slaveior life. 2. A negro man named Ben, aged twenty-four years, a slavefor life. 3. A negro boy named Peter, aged seventeen years, a slavefor life. 4. A negro child named (ieorge, aged nine months, a slavefor life. 5. A negro woman named Moll, aged thirty-four years, aslave for life. 6. A negro woman named Sail, aged nineteen years, a slavefor life. Evans Evans of London, Britain Township, returns: 1. A negro woman named Kachel, aged thirty-eight years, aslave for life. 2. A mulatto boy named Ca>sar, aged sixteen years, a slavefor life. 3. A negro girl named Sue, aged thirteen years, a slavefor AXD /7\S PEOPLE. 337 4. A negro hoy named Samp, aged nine years, a slave for life. 5. A negro boy named Frank, aged seven years, a slavefor life. G. A mulatto female child named Sal, aged four years, aslave for life. Abel Hodgson of East Xottiugbam returns: 1. An Indian servant man, till be attains tbe age of thirty-one years, named Jam, aged twenty-eight years. 2. An Indian girl named Sarah, aged twenty-four years, aslave for life. 3. A negro man named Csar, aged twenty-five years, aslave for life. Samuel Futbey of West Fallowtield Township returns: 1. A mulatto woman named Jince, aged twenty years, aslave for life. 2. A mulatto girl named Dinah, aged one year and ninemonths, a slave for life. 3. A mulatto girl named Sail, a slave until she attains theage of thirty-one years. At tbe time of this registration Delaware County was stiUa part of Chester County. In Chester County there were 205 slave-holders who made returns, and of these 140 resided in
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