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The Negro Entry Book : a document of Lancaster City's antebellum Afro-American community

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1984
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1984
Physical Description
142-180 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 4
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
African Americans
Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 4 (1984), p. 142-180Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88
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Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1986.
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4
Subjects
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90
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Black Eldorado on the Susquehanna : the emergence of Black Columbia, 1726-1861

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1985
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
110-132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 4
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 4 (1985), p. 110-132Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89
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Ludwig Bottner and his sons : the beginning of the Boatner family in America

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Author
Felder, Paula S.
Date of Publication
©1985.
Call Number
929 B7515f
Responsibility
by Paula S. Felder.
ISBN
0960840818
9780960840816
Author
Felder, Paula S.
Place of Publication
Fredericksburg, Va
Publisher
Historic Publications of Fredericksburg,
Date of Publication
©1985.
Physical Description
viii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (page 248) and index.
Summary
Ludwig Bottner (ca.1722-1801) immigrated from Germany to Amelia Town- ship, Orangeburg County, South Carolina during or before 1755 (he possibly immigrated to Pennsylvania and moved by 1755 to South Caro- lina), and later moved to land in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere. Includes chapter entitled "Black Boatners," particularly those living in South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Subjects
Bottner family.
Boatman family.
Bottner, Ludwig, - 1723-1801 - Family.
Bottner, Ludwig, - 1723-1801
Boatner.
Bottner.
Botner.
DeLee.
Garig.
Jelks.
McCauley.
Maxey.
Pursley.
Families.
African Americans
Southern States - Genealogy.
Southern States.
Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B7515f
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Blacks in Pennsylvania history : research and educational perspectives

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Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
326 B631m
Responsibility
David McBride, editor.
ISBN
0892710276 (pbk.)
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
ix, 129 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"... Proceedings of the Black History in Pennsylvania Conference held in Pittsburgh on April 5 and 6, 1979"--Introd.
Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Part 1. Early Black education -- Part 2. Black life and labor in modern industrial Pennsylvania -- Part 3. Black genealogy and historiography -- Part 4. Curriculum development in Pennsylvania Black history.
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - History - Congresses.
Additional Author
McBride, David,
Hopkins, Leroy.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 B631m
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New freedoms, old miseries the emergence and disruption of black communities in southeastern Pennsylvania, 1780-1860

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Author
Oblinger, Carl D.
Date of Publication
1988
Call Number
301.451 O12
Responsibility
by Carl Douglas Oblinger
Author
Oblinger, Carl D.
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, MI
Publisher
UMI
Date of Publication
1988
Physical Description
261 p. ill., maps 22 cm.
Notes
Dissertation for Lehigh University
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans - Pennsylvania.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
301.451 O12
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Black courage, 1775-1783 : documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution

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Author
Greene, Robert Ewell,
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
973.346 G811
Responsibility
Robert Ewell Greene.
ISBN
0960252843 (pbk.)
Author
Greene, Robert Ewell,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
xi, 141 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 121-124.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
African Americans
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, African American.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.346 G811
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Notes and documents : Chattel with a soul : the autobiography of a Moravian slave

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Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Date of Publication
1988.
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Alternate Title
Chatle with a soul.
Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
433-451 p.
Summary
This journal article describes how an African male came to be sold into slavery in America and how he became a member of the Moravian church community in Bethlehem , Pa. Also included is the autobiography of this man named Andrew which as a member of the church he was required to write. While he remained in slave status, his membership in the church provided him a life more normal than a slave would ordinarily endure.
Subjects
African Americans
Moravian Church
Slaves
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, circa 1600-1775.
Contained In
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 112, number 3 (July 1988), p. 433-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.112
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Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township
Title
Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township
Object ID
MG0982
Date Range
ca. 1751 - 1869
Collection
Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township
Title
Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township
Description
Deeds, patents, letters, family papers of the Warfel, Bachman, Hess, Herr, Haverstick families of Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp., c. 1751 to 1860s:
11 deeds, deed polls, patents, property records - ten are for property in Conestoga Twp., most at Slackwater; one is for land in Manor Twp.
Land drafts
Property records
Probate records: Estate inventory for Abraham Warfel, 1851; Administrators' account for Abraham Warfel, 1853
Personal papers of Jacob Warfel, 1833-1852
Abraham Warfel correspondence (Ohio and Iowa), 1846-1862
Martin B. Warfel correspondence (Indiana), 1856-1864
Lewis A. and Rachel Warfel Geiger correspondence (Pennsylvania and Texas), 1850s, 1862, 1869
J. Warfel correspondence (Illinois), 1860
Aaron Goode Bachman correspondence (Kansas), 1862
Benjamin R. Bachman correspondence (Tennessee), 1866
Hiram W. Bachman correspondence (Texas), 1865
John Bachman correspondence (Conestoga), 1842
David Bair correspondence (Ohio), 1840
J. C. Geiger correspondence (Texas), 1858
Samuel Hess correspondence (Salunga), 1869
John and Margaret Good, birthdates of their children, 1818-1842
Agreement for Conestoga Schoolhouse, 1828
Advertising for Thomas W. Evans & Co., Philadelphia, no date
Store account for Miss E. C. [Hess] from Fondersmith & [Son], Lancaster, 1851
Some Warfel and Haverstick genealogy, mostly copied from published sources with annotations
"Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, of the National Finance," 20 January 1863
Date Range
ca. 1751 - 1869
Year Range From
1751
Year Range To
1869
Date of Accumulation
ca. 1751-1869
Creator
Warfel family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 13
People
Bachman, Aaron Goode
Bachman, Benjamin
Bachman, Benjamin R.
Bachman, Hiram W.
Bachman, John
Bachman, Susan A. Barton
Bair, David
Breneman, Adam
Buchanan, James
Charles, Henry
Charles, Jacob
Dayton, William Lewis
Dunkle, George
Fillmore, Millard
Fremont, John Charles
Geiger, John C.
Geiger, Lewis A.
Geiger, Rachel H. Warfel
Good, Adam
Good, Catharine
Good, Christian
Good, Elizabeth
Good, Fanny
Good, Jacob B.
Good, John E.
Good, Margaret
Good, Margaret Brunner
Good, Valentine
Gramer, Peter
Harnish, Martin
Haverstick, Anna B. Miller
Haverstick, Charles Arthur
Haverstick, Clara May
Haverstick, Elvina C. Warfel
Haverstick, Florence Ray
Haverstick, Harry Hoyt
Haverstick, John M.
Haverstick, Levi H.
Hess, Christian
Hess, Elizabeth
Hess, John
Hess, Joseph
Hess, Samuel
Hess, Susan Good
House, John
Kaigey, Henry
McClelland, William Bloomfield
Mennert, Frederick
Mennert, Jacob
Morgan, John
Musser, John
Puterbaugh, Elizabeth Warfel Bachman Mennert "Lizzie"
Ross, Indiana McClelland Warfel
Schoch, Jacob
Shank, Michael
Shenk, John
Stauffer, Abraham
Stevens, Thaddeus
Stoner, Christian
Sweigart, Jacob H.
Taylor, Zachary
Warfel, Abraham
Warfel, George W.
Warfel, Jacob
Warfel, John Brenneman
Warfel, Leah Good
Warfel, Martin B.
Warfel, Mary B. Good
Wissler, Jacob
Worley, Caleb
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans--History
Deeds
Family archives
Letters
Real property
Slavery
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Real property surveys
Search Terms
Accounts
Agriculture
Cedar Grove, Kaufman County, Texas
Civil War
Clermont, Marion County, Indiana
Conestoga Schoolhouse
Conestoga Twp.
Correspondence
Crops
Deeds
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Elections
Family archives
Finding aids
Galveston, Texas
Genealogy
Ice
Iowa
Land drafts
Letters
Manor Twp.
Manuscript groups
Martic Twp.
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Mexico
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad
Ohio
Persons of color
Politics
Postal service employees
Presidential candidates
Presidential elections
Real estate
Real property surveys
Rocky Mountains
Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Tennessee
Texas
Thomas W. Evans and Company
Washington County, Iowa
Wayne County, Ohio
Wayne Twp., Marion County, Indiana
Weather
Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana
Extent
66 items
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0982
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
This collection was given in memory of the donor's maternal grandparents, David S. Warfel and Clara Haverstick Warfel.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
This collection has not been cataloged. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.053
Other Numbers
MG-982
Classification
MG0982
Description Level
Fonds
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Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #038
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0008
People
Book, Charlotte
Book, Jacob
Booth, David
Boot, David
Booth, Mary
Boot, Mary
Booth, Valentine
Boot, Valentine
Glutz, Mary
Glutz, Susanah
King, Martha
McNeil, Harriotte
Moor, Samuel
Moor, Slater
Peck, Samuel
Sharsz, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Colerain Twp.
Drumore Twp.
Poor children
Teachers
African Americans
Persons of color
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Colerain Twp.
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #038
Box Number
008
Notes
Entered into Q & A 1994/02/24.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Colerain and Drumore townships.
Book, Charlotte
Book, Jacob
Booth, David. Alias Boot, David.
Booth, Mary. Alias Boot, Mary.
Booth, Valentine. Alias Boot, Valentine.
Glutz, Mary
Glutz, Susanah
King, Martha
McNeil, Harriotte
Moor, Samuel
Moor, Slater
Peck, Samuel. African American.
Sharsz, Samuel. Teacher.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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