I have found listings for Carothers in Cumberland Co. Pa
from Slave list.
John Carruthers Esq.
Indicted in Cumberland Co court in 1800 as follows: Negro Romeo the
slave of James Pollock, Negro Phil the slave of William Blair and Negro
Dick the property of John Carothers , Esq, for riot & mayhem and knocking out of Jacob
Jacob's foreteeth, as he was going to his lodging
down Hanover St. at ( March 17 ) Tent : William Blair ( March 17th )
Date of Record 3-17-1800 source: 94 Item #2163
Andrew Carothers & Mary Carothers : Slave Chloe 19 b-12-1782
slave status Registered as a slave to age 28, Hanged for the murder in
1801 . Chole was arraigned in the March term, 1801, Court of Oyer
and Terminar, Cumberland Co. Pennsylvania, for the murder of two
children of Andrew and Mary Carothers, She was accused of drowning
one child and killing another, following an argument with Mary, her
owner's wife. She also reportly threathened the third child in her charge
The trial was heard before Judge John Joseph Henry and Chole was convicted of first degree
murder and sentenced to be hanged in June, 1801
The sentence was carried out at noon on July 18 1801. Chloe had been
originally registered by William Kelso in 1789 as a seven yr old Negro
child. Upon Kelso's death, possession of Chloe passed to Kelso's minor
daughter Rebeckah. In 1794 Rebeckah tranferred Chole to Philadelohia
merchant John Harland. Chloe was subsequently sold by Harland and resold by later owners ,
as follows.
8-11-1794 sold to Peter Gerandan for 118 Spanish Milled dollars
10-6-1794 sold to L . Crousillat for same
3-6-1795 sold to Oliver Pollack for same
11-21-1796 sold to Anderw Carothers for 60 pounds .
My thoughts on this is that I can't imagine what this child went through
from the time of seven until her death at 19, I know too kill someone is
wrong, but at some point in time the pain and suffering must have been
so great that this was away out and away to return the pain.
I have read so many stories of what was done to the black people at this
time , some times I fine it hard to read that these people ( Whites ) called
them selfs christians . after what some had done. I know that William
Howell had slaves it talks about them and shows them on census records
I hope and pray that he was a good man . I do know on one census record
it dose show two elder black women living in the his home as broaders
they list there ages as Lidea 90, Violet 85 and that they were being
supported by him. I must believe that some put of him was good in that.
Thomas Carothers : East Pennsboro Township : 1808 Registrationsm Thomas Carothers was
listed in Carlisle
Slave Charles , b- 4-1-1808 , Description Mulatto ,slave to age 28 , date of record 1808
.
slave Ellen b-1-27-1813 , Description Negro ,slave to age 28 , date of record 1813
slave Hannah b-2-11-1800 , date of record 1789
slave Molch b- 4-1781 ( gender undetermined ) slave to age 28. date of
record 1789.
slave Ham b-10-1782 (gender undetermined ) slave to age 28 , date of record.
source for all Registrations of Children of Slaves.
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