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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Bill of sale of an enslaved woman
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F005
Date Range
1779, 1780
  1 document  
Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Bill of sale of an enslaved woman
Description
Bill of sale of an enslaved woman, Nann (Ann). To Thomas Dewers by James Crawford, 1779. On reverse: To David Potts by Thomas Dewers, 1780.
Date Range
1779, 1780
Creation Date
1779, 1780
Year Range From
1779
Year Range To
1780
Creator
Crawford, James
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Crawford, James
Dewers, Thomas
Potts, David
Nann (Ann)
Other Creators
Dewers, Thomas
Subjects
African Americans--History
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Bills of sale
Enslaved persons
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Bill of Sale
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F005
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 2
Other Number
MG-240, Series 2, Folder 5
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 24 January 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Documents

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Date Range
1778
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1778
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bart Twp.
Bethel Twp.
Brecknock Twp.
Colerain Twp.
Conestoga Twp.
Derry Twp.
Distillers
Enslaved persons
Hanover Twp., Lancaster County
Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County
Hempfield Twp.
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Lebanon Twp., Lancaster County
Little Britain Twp.
Martic Twp.
Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Quarter Sessions
Sadsbury Twp.
Salisbury Twp.
Strasburg Twp.
Taverns
Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Additional Notes
List of tavernkeepers, distillers, and slaves by townships:
Lebanon Twp., Derry Twp., Salsbury Twp., Martic Twp., Hanover Twp., Lancaster Borough, Conestoga Twp., Warwick Twp., Little Britain Twp., Strasburg Twp., Bart Twp., Lancaster Twp., Hempfield Twp., Lampeter Twp., Colerain Twp., Bethel Twp., Brecknock Twp., Sadsbury Twp., Heidelberg Twp., Paxton Twp., Upper Paxton Twp.
21 items, 21 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1770 F001 QS
Date Range
1770/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1770/02
Year
1770
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bickham, James
Boyd, Robert
McKillip, Charles
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Orders
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1770 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Robert Boyd.
Order to Overseers of the Poor in Drumore Twp. to receive Charles McKillip.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1770 F010 QS
Date Range
1770/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1770/02
Year
1770
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Cairns, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Orders
Overseers of the Poor
Lancaster
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1770 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Order to Overseers of the Poor in the Borough of Lancaster, regarding John Cairns.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1770 F011 QS
Date Range
1770/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1770/02
Year
1770
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Elliot, Joseph
McCormick, James
Berry, Mary
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Bart Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1770 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Also: McCormick, James.
Expenses of Overseers of Bart Twp. regarding Mary Berry.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1770 F006 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1770
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Bethel Twp.
Taverns
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1770 F006 QS
Additional Notes
Return of tavernkeepers in Bethel Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Order to tear down illegal fishing dams
Object ID
OCT 1770 F001 QS
Date Range
1770
  1 document  
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Order to tear down illegal fishing dams
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1770
Year
1770
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Frey, George
Gilchrist, Robert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Supervisors of the Roads
Dams
Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OCT 1770 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Gilchrist, Robert.
Occupation: Supervisors of High Roads for Paxton Twp.
Order to tear down illegal fishing dams.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1771 F006 QS
Date Range
1771/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1771/02
Year
1771
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
McCellep, Charles
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Orders
Martic Twp.
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1771 F006 QS
Additional Notes
Copy of order of removal from Martic Twp. to Drumore Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1771 F003 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1771
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Sties, Frederick
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Supervisors of the Roads
Elizabeth Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1771 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Appointment of Supervisor of the Roads of Elizabeth Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1772 F001 QS
Date Range
1772/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1772/02
Year
1772
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Singer, Casper
Zank, Henry
Lighty, Henry
Hanley, Jane
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Drumore Twp.
Orders
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1772 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Henry Zank, Henry Lighty.
Overseers of Poor of Lancaster Borough and Twp.
Order to Overseers of Poor of Donegal Twp. quashed to remove Jane Hanley.
1 item, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1772 F002 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1772
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hewes, Edward
Martin, John
Jenkins, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Caernarvon Twp.
Inventories
Taverns
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1772 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Also: John Martin, William Jenkins.
Inventory of the tavernkeepers in Caernarvon Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1773 F003 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1773
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Kumbel, Fredrick
Rigler, Jacob
Netherhold, Susana
White, William
McKee, Robert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Derry Twp.
Taverns
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1773 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Jacob Rigler, Susana Netherhold, William White, Robert McKee.
Possible list of tavernkeepers of Derry Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1773 F004 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1773
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Meetck, John
Seitz, Patrick
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Taverns
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1773 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Date not given.
Also: Seitz, Patrick.
List of tavernkeepers of Upper Paxton Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1773 F007 QS
Date Range
1773/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1773/08
Year
1773
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
White, Robert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Donegal Twp.
Orders
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1773 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Order of removal to Donegal Twp. Order quashed.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1773 F009 QS
Date Range
1773/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1773/08
Year
1773
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Kerr, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Orders
Derry Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1773 F009 QS
Additional Notes
Order of removal to Derry Twp. Order Quashed.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1775 F001 QS
Date Range
1775/04
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1775/04
Year
1775
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Richardson, Edward
Richardson, Frances
Richardson, James
Kuhn, Adam Simon
Henry, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Leacock Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1775 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Additional names: Frances Richardson, James Richardson.
Order of maintenance to Overseers of Poor of Leacock Twp.
Signed by Adam Simon Kuhn, William Henry.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JUN 1778 F001 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bennet, Joshua
Brisben, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Lampeter Twp.
Oaths of Allegience
Teachers
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JUN 1778 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Charged with teaching at a school in Lampeter Twp., not having taken the oath of allegiance as required by law.
Recognizance of John Brisben.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1778 F002 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Patterson, Margaret
White, Thomas
Black, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Bonds
Martic Twp.
Overseers of the Poor
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1778 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Bond to the Overseers of the Poor of Martic Twp. from Thomas White and James Black.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JUL 1779 F007 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1779
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
McCally, John
McColly, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Constables
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JUL 1779 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Or: McColly, John.
Recognizance, charged with not serving as Constable.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
OCT 1779 F001 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1779
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hartman, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Constables
Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OCT 1779 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, to appear at court to abide by its determination for not taking the Office of Constable for Lampeter Twp. as appointed.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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