Warren County Genealogical Society
Warren County, Ohio
Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society
Black & Mulatto Records

 

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Intro
Index by Page number in original records
Every Name Index

 

 

Introduction

These black & mulatto records come from the original records filed in the Warren County Common Pleas Court with a duplicate file gifted to the Warren County Historical Society and available at the Warren County Historical Society Resource Center and museum. 

Early in the history of the statehood of Ohio an act regulating the black & mulatto persons went into effect where non-caucasian people had to register their status to show they were free individuals.  This process took time and many people registered depositions and produced certificates of emancipation at the Common Pleas Court in Warren County, Ohio.  This particular record covers people who registered from about 1804 to 1851.  Included information varies but sometimes contains: birth dates; a description of the individual and any distinguishing feature such as a scar; and sometimes other family members such as a spouse or children were listed.  Parents are sometimes mentioned as well as prior owners when the individual was previously a slave.  If they were freed upon the death of their owner via the owners will, the county court of origin was contacted to prove they were emancipated in the will. 

There is an alphabetical list of the primary individuals who applied for recognition as free people.  Following this section is the typed abstract from the original records.  The upper right hand corner of the box refers to the page and position on the page (s) from the original Common Please Court Record.  We have a copy of these in our library.  These abstracts have been listed as originally written with its mistakes.  Illegible words have been marked with the “ …” symbol.  Sometimes whole words were clipped from the copy and can’t be distinguished.  We've done our best to transcribe the words correctly, however, there may still be some transcription errors due to the difficulty in reading the records.  For copies of these records, please contact our research department. 

 

 

Index by Page Number

Surname Given Name Color M / F Year Page Others listed
AL George & family Black M 1804 1 Wife, Sarah; children: Patty, Rebekah, Rachel, Sylvan & George
  Cualah & family Black M 1805 1 Age 19.  Prior owner- Samuel Hitt. Listed with birth dates: Culah, Charles & Susannah
ALBERT Thomas Black M 1805 2, 3 Prior owner- Jack Albertson of Perquimans Co. NC.  Witnesses: Josiah Albertson, James Morgan & Joseph Nicholson
  Nell Black F 1806 3 Age between 50 and 60 years old.Prior owner- Samuel Goode.
WARREN Daniel Mulatto M 1806 3  
  Pat Black F 1807 4 About 50 years old. Prior owner- Barbara Cain (widow of Jonathan Cain)
  Vix Black F 1807 4 Prior owner- Barbara Cain (widow of Jonathan Cain)
  Chany Black F 1807 4 About 33 yrs old. Prior owner- Barbara Cain (widow of Jonathan Cain).  Has 5 children: Dinah (dau 15 yrs); Dealor (dau 10 yrs); Limbrick (son 8 yrs); Barbara (dau 3 yrs); Delilah (dau ~ 1 yr)
  Cook Black M 1807 4 Age 37.  Prior owner-  Abner Cain
  Caesar / Sesar Black M 1807 4, 5 Prior owner-John Haskit of Perquimans Co., NC.  Witness: Jonathan Cain; Signed Joseph Haskit, Thomas Jordan, Joseph Draper
  Canvus / Canvis Black F 1809 6 Prior owner- Hamilton Reed.  Also listed - Jack (black boy 6 1/2 yrs)  & Enoch (mulatto boy 4 yrs)
  Jack Black M 1809 6 Prior owner- Hamilton Reed.  Also listed -Canvus  (black girl)  & Enoch (mulatto boy 4 yrs)
  Enoch Mulatto M 1809 6 Prior owner- Hamilton Reed.  Also listed - Jack (black boy 6 1/2 yrs)  & -Canvus  (black girl)
  Isaac Black M 1808 6 Age 15 years.  Prior owner- Amos Valentine.  Signed Amos Valentine & Francis Bedle
CLAY Esquire Black M 1806 7, 8 Indentured as blacksmith, 1806 in Wayne Twp to Jonathan Newman.  Also mentioned- Robert Burns, Charles Monrow, Iona Newman, John Buckles, David Sutton.  
WILLIAM Figarro / Fegarro Black M 1811 9,10 Prior owner- Andrew Rigues. Also mentioned: William Higgins, Levi White, Thomas Moun ; Judges- Francis Dunlavy, Philip Gatch, John Wood, Ambrose Ransom,  George Tod, Daniel Symmes , Samuel Huntingon. Clerks -  Isaiah Morris,  Roger W. Warring
HAMPTON John Black M 1811 10 of Waynesville.  Also mentioned- David Pugh, John Miller, David Holloway, David Sutton (Clerk)
HAYWOOD Peter Mulatto M 1816 11 Prior owner- Ebenezer Scroggs of Fleming Co., KY.  Witness: Alexander S. Lyle
TANNER Hosea Black M 1816 12 Also mentioned- Cornelius Westfall (Clerk), John McCorkle & Robert Hays.
  Jacob Black M 1816 13 Prior owner- Eli Truitt of Warren Co., Ohio.  Signed: Mathias Corwin Jr., Jacob Hallock, and Ignatius Brown (Assoc. Judge)
  Gabriel Black M 1817 14, 15 Prior owner- Adam Sellars of Rockingham Co., VA. Witnesses: Joseph Mauzey, Henry Mongar; Clerks - L. M. Williams & H. J. Gambill, John Eiser (Magistrate)
  James Black M 1817 15, 16 Prior owner- Gasper Clements of Augusta Co. VA. Freed at his death from last will & testament in 1813 of Gasper Clements.  Also listed: Erasmus Strikling (clerk) & Alexander St. Clair (Justice)
CHAMBERS James Indian M 1818 17 Mother: Martha Chambers; Sister, May Chambers
MOORE Daniel   M 1818 17, 18 Age 14 years old. Released slaves at owners death. Prior owner-John & Elizabeth Ariss.  Also listed- W. B. Spoons of Barkley Co. VA; Daniel Collett (exec) of Jefferson Co. VA, Henry Bedinjer (clerk), George Stiles
GREEN Gabriel Mulatto M 1817 19, 20 Prior owner- Adam Sellars & John Aughe of VA. Assigned: William Miner, Matthias Corwin Jr.; Others mentioned: Wife and child named Charles Green. Signed by Adam Zellars, John Aughe, Gabriel Green, James W. Clements, Dolly Green & Daniel
CLEMENTS James Mulatto M 1817 19, 20 Prior owner- Adam Sellars & John Aughe of VA.  Assigned: William Miner, Matthias Corwin Jr.; Others mentioned: Wife: Sophiah Clements & 5 minor children: Lucinda, Charles, Polly, Nancy & John. Signed by Adam Zellars, John Aughe, Gabriel Green, James W. C
GREEN Daniel & Dolly Mulatto   1817 19, 20 Prior owner- Adam Sellars & John Aughe of VA.  Assigned: William Miner, Matthias Corwin Jr.; Signed by Adam Zellars, John Aughe, Gabriel Green, James W. Clements, Dolly Green & Daniel
HANOVER John Black M 1818 21 From Virginia.  George Hansberger & Nathaniel McLean helped to pay for his support.  Witness: M. Corwin Jr.
DOUGLASS William R. Black M 1819 22, 23 Wife Nancy Ball (white) and child, James Veach (Mulatto)- 16 yrs who now resides in Lebanon).  Signed: William Buck, Othaniel Looker, William R. Douglass, Daniel Gano (clerk)
VEACH James Mulatto M 1819 22, 23 Lived with Jonah Thompson, merchant in Alexandria, District of Columbia.  Parents: William R. Douglass & Nancy Ball.  Signed: William Buck, Othaniel Looker, William R. Douglass, Daniel Gano (clerk)
FREEMAN John   M 1819 23, 24 Prior owner- John Roads bought them from South Carolina.  Witnesses: Caleb Roads, George Evans, Thomas Bunting, Benjamin Barnhart
GREEN Daniel & Dolly     1819 24, 25 From Virginia.  Prior owner- Adam Sellers / Zellars.  Others listed: Sophia Clements; Lucinda Clements; Charles Clements; Polly Clements; Nancy Clements; John Clements; Leyton Clements.  Witnesses- Adam Zellers, Jeremiah K. Blackford (J. P.), Noah Bunnell
HANOVER John Black M 1820 26, 27 Prior owner-Conrad Harnsberger of Rockingham Co., VA.  Also mentioned: George Harnsberger of Warren County, OH, John N. Houston (J. P.)
  Roger Black M 1821 27 Age 28 years.  Prior owner- Alexander Black (dec'd) of Bourbon Co. KY. Witness/ Signed: Thomas P. Smith
THOMPSON Benjamin   M 1823 27, 28 Age 16 years. Of Jefferson Co. Prior owner- Daniel Collett
  Hollett aka Hall Black M 1825 28 Age 23 years. Born Suffolk Co., NY. Lists Egbert T. Smith
  Isaac Black M 1826 28 Prior owner- William Nichols of Shelby Co. KY
THOMAS Samuel Black M 1826 29, 30 Settled in Union Village. Prior owner- Archibald Anderson of Wood Co. VA.  Heirs of Archibald Anderson, dec'd: Samel Anderson; Molly P. Anderson, Clarissa E. Anderson, Cloe N. Anderson & Zelia C. Anderson. Signed -Abijah Hill, James Cowan
ANDERSON Loudon Black M 1828 30, 31 Between 25 and 30 yrs old. Parents: John & Chloe Anderson.  Mother was pregant with Loudon when she became free.  Prior owner (of parents) - Richard Williams of Albemarle Co. VA.  Also listed John Williams, John M. Houston (JP)   
THOMPSON Silas Black M 1830 31 Age 21 years.  Also listed- Assoc. Judge  - Michael H. Johnson.  Signed Robert Wilson, John Hopkins.
WARD Daniel Black M 1827 32 Age 21 years. Prior owner- John Ward Sr., dec'd of Pittslvania Co., VA. Exec. John Ward & Lynch Dilliard.  Signed by Will / William Tunstale (clerk) and David H. Clark (J. P.)
WARD David Mulatto M 1827 32, 33 Age 30 years. Prior owner- John Ward Sr., dec'd of Pittslvania Co., VA. Exec. John Ward & Lynch Dilliard. Signed by Will / William Tunstale (clerk) and David H. Clark (J. P.)
FERGUSON Pharis Mixed M 1814 33 Note: Wife is Black; 2 children from Fredell Co. NC.  Signed by Samuel Wales (J. P.), Samuel Welch, John J. Johnson, John Nisbet, Isaac Waley, & John Moody
BUSTER Charles Black M 1833 34 Resided with Derick Barkalow. Signed James McEwen (J. P.)
BUTCHER James Mulatto M 1833 34 Indian descent of 4th generation.  Age 21 years. Signed by James Hunnicutt of Springborough.  Signed by Micajah Butler, Jonathan Stanton, Joseph Stanton, Joshua B. Hunnicutt.  
MOSS John Mulatto M 1835 35 Age about 21 years (hard to read).  His mother was white.  Signed by Jabish Phillips, J. C. Harrison, David J. Hopkins, Isaiah M. Corbly, Jabish Phillips Jr., Eason Fitzgerald and A. H. D. Harlan
DAVIS Alexander Black M 1836 35 Signed by Levi D. McKay, William Eulass (J. P.)
PHILLIPS Ann Black F 1836 36 Prior owner- L. Whiteman of Warren Co. OH
COURTNEY Mary Black F 1836 36 Prior owner- L. Whiteman of Warren Co. OH
  Minta Black F 1834 36 Age 43 years.  Signed/ Filed by Samuel Misan, Presby Cordell, Horace Luckett, Jno. J. Matthias.  Also mentioned: her sister, Amy Grupson. 
LEWIS Edgar Black M   36 Age 23 years. Signed by Lewis Drake
WILSON Frederick  Black M 1838 37 About 25 years old. Acquaintance, Thomas B. Venable of Springboro & Joshua Baily.  Mentions his mother who was living in Springboro.  Signed (J.P.'s) - W. Sellers & Jacob Fox 
WILSON Dick Black M 1838 38 Age 38 years.  Wife -Sally Wilson , Prior owner-  Ann Wilson , dec'd of Dinwiddie Co., VA. Signed by J. Alexander Whitemore of Fayette Co., TN.  Signed L. Crump, Benj. Johnson (J. P.)
WILSON Sally Black F 1835 38, 39 Husband is Dick Wilson.  Signed- Alexander Whitemore of Fayette Co., TN, John C. Brooke, William D. Williams, James C. Hanelson
BROWN Eleazor / Eliazer Mulatto M 1836 39, 40 Age 21 years of Springboro. Parents: William & Eliza Brown.  Prior owner-  Micajah Butler of Dinwiddie Co. VA. Signed by Micajah Butler of Dinwiddie Co. VA & Joseph Stanton.  Signed H. S. Thomas Mayor. 
HODGES Luckey Black F 1840 41 Also listed, her three children: Bob, Isaac & Jordon Hodges (all black).  Prior owner- William Davis of Hastings Court of Lynchburg, VA.  Signed James Benash (clerk)
PRICE William Mulatto M 1838 41 Age 22 years. From Bedford Co., VA.  Mentions N. Robutson (J.P).  Signed - William Price, R. C. Mitchell, Jno. R. Stephens
HARVEY Jesse, Dr. White M 1831 42 Note: Dr. Jesse Harvey & wife Elizabeth established the first free school for colored children in 1831 with teacher, Henry Woodward.  From Will of Stephen Wall of Richmond Co. VA, Bk 3 p. 28
WORNALL George & family Mulatto M 1851 43 Age 40 years. Listed: George Wornall, late slave of Silas Wornall.  Children all mulatto as follows: Jerry (10 yrs); Emily (9 yrs); Mary (8 yrs); Fanny (age not legible); Henrietta (4 yrs); Sarah Elizabeth (3 yrs--dark copper color).  Also listed Matilda Woornall

 

Every Name Index

SURNAME Given Name Page (2nd Edition)
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Barbara 10
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Bess 71
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Caeser 11, 13
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Canvis 15
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Canvus 15
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Chaney 10
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Charles 4
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Cook 9
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Cualah 4
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Dealor 10
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Delilah 10
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Dinah 10
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Enoch 15
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Gabriel 28, 29
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Hall 56
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Hollett 56
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Isaac 14, 57
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Jack 15
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Jacob 26, 27
**UNKNOWN SURNAME James 31, 33
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Limbrick 10
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Minta 74
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Nell 7
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Pat 10
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Roger 54
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Secer 11, 12, 13
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Sesar 11, 12, 13
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Susannah 4
**UNKNOWN SURNAME Thomas 5, 6
**UNKNOWN SURNAME William M. 42
AL George 3
AL George Jr. 3
AL Patty 3
AL Rachel 3
AL Rebecka 3
AL Sarah 3
AL Sylva 3
ALBERT Tommy 5, 6
ALBERTSON Jacob 5, 6
ALBERTSON Josiah 5, 6
ANDERSON Archibald 58, 59
ANDERSON Chloe 60, 61
ANDERSON Chloe N. 58, 59
ANDERSON Clarissa E. 58, 59
ANDERSON John 60, 61
ANDERSON Loudon 60, 61
ANDERSON Molly P. 58, 59
ANDERSON Samuel 58, 59
ANDERSON Zelia C. 58, 59
ARISS Elizabeth 36, 37, 38
ARISS John 36, 37, 38
AUGHE John 39, 40, 41
BAILY Joshua 77, 78, 79
BALL Nancy 44, 45
BARKALOW Derick 70
BARNHART Benjamin 47, 48
BEDINJER Henry 36, 37, 38
BEDINJER W. 36, 37, 38
BEDLE Francis 14
BENAGH James 88
BLACK Alexander 54
BLACKFORD Jeremiah K. 49, 50, 51
BROOKE John C. 82, 83, 84
BROWN Ealiazer 85, 86, 87
BROWN Eleazor 85, 86, 87
BROWN Eliza 85, 87
BROWN Ignatius 26, 27
BROWN William 85, 86, 87
BUCKLES John 16, 17
BUNNEL Noah 49, 50, 51
BUNTING Thomas 47, 48
BURK William 44, 45, 46
BURKS Charles 16, 17
BURNS Robert 16, 17
BUSTER Charles 70
BUTCHER James 71
BUTLER Micajah 71, 85, 86, 87
CAIN Abner 9
CAIN Barbara 10
CAIN Jonathan 10, 11, 13
CHAMBERS James 34, 35
CHAMBERS Martha 34, 35
CHAMBERS Mary 34, 35
CLARK David B. 64, 65, 66, 67
CLAY Esquire 16, 17
CLEMENTS Charles 39, 41, 49, 51
CLEMENTS Gasper 31, 33
CLEMENTS James 39, 40, 41
CLEMENTS John 39, 41, 49, 51
CLEMENTS Layton 49, 51
CLEMENTS Lucinda 39, 41, 49, 51
CLEMENTS Nancy 39, 41, 49, 51
CLEMENTS Polly 39, 41, 49, 51
CLEMENTS Sophia 49, 51
CLEMENTS Sophiah 39, 41
CLEVINGER Adin 16, 17
COLLETT Daniel 36, 37, 38, 55
CORBLY Isaiah M. 72
CORDELL Presby 74
CORWIN Matthias Jr. 26, 27, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
COURTNEY Mary 75
COWAN James 58, 59
CRUMP John P. 80, 81
DAVIS Alexander 73
DAVIS William 88
DILLIARD Lynch 64, 65, 66, 67
DOUGLASS William R. 44, 45, 46
DRAKE Lewis 76
DRAPER Joseph 11, 12, 13
DUNLAVY Francis 18, 19
EISEIN John 28, 29, 30
EULASS William 73
EVANS George 47, 48
FERGUSON Pharis 68, 69
FITZGERALD Easom 72
FOX Jacob 77, 78, 79
FREEMAN John 47, 48
GAMBILL Henry J. 28, 29, 30
GANARD William 91, 92, 94
GANO Daniel 44, 45, 46
GATCH Philip 18, 19
GOODE Samuel 7
GREEN Charles 39, 41
GREEN Daniel 39, 40, 41, 49, 51
GREEN Dolly 39, 40, 41, 49, 51
GREEN Gabriel 39, 40, 41
GREEN Sarah 39, 41
GRUPSON Amy 74
HALLOCK Jacoby 26, 27
HAMPTON John 21
HANELSON James C. 82, 83, 84
HANOVER John 42, 43, 52, 53
HANSBERGER George 42, 43
HARLAN A. H. D. 72
HARNSBERGER Conrad 52, 53
HARNSBERGER George 52, 53
HARRISON I. C. 72
HARRISON William H. 82, 83, 84
HARS Robert 24, 25
HARVEY Elizabeth 90
HARVEY Jesse 90
HASKIT John 11, 12, 13
HAYWOOD Peter 22, 23
HIGGINS William 18, 19
HILL Abijah 58, 59
HITE George 36, 37, 38, 55
HITT Samuel 4
HODGES Bob 88
HODGES Isaac 88
HODGES Jordon 88
HODGES Luckey 88
HOLLOWAY David 21
HOPKINS David J. 72
HOPKINS John 62, 63
HOUSTON John M. 60, 61
HOUSTON John N. 52, 53
HUNNICUTT Joshua B. 71
HUNNUCUTT James 71
HUNTINGTON Samuel 18, 20
JOHNS Thomas 39, 40, 41
JOHNSON Benjamin 80, 81
JOHNSON John 68, 69
JOHNSON Michael H. 62, 63
JONES C. 91, 93, 94
JORDON Thomas 11, 12, 13
LEWIS Edgar 76
LOOKER Othaniel 44, 45, 46
LUCKETT Horace 74
LYLE Alexander S. 22, 23
MATTHIAS John J. 74
MAWZEY Joseph 28, 29
McCORKLE John 24, 25
McEWEN James 70
McKAY Levi D. 73
McLEAN Nathaniel 42, 43
MILLER John 21
MINER William 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
MISAN Samuel 74
MITCHELL R. C. 89
MONGAR Henry 28, 29
MONROE Charles 16, 17
MONROW Charles 16, 17
MOODY John 68, 69
MOORE Daniel 36, 37, 38
MORGAN James 5, 6
MORRIS Isah 18, 19, 20
MORRIS Thomas 18, 19
MOSS John 72
NEWLAND Jno. 57
NEWMAN Jonathan 16, 17
NICHOLS William 57
NICHOLSON Joseph 5, 6
NISBET John 68, 69
PARKER Henry 76
PHILLIPS Ann 75
PHILLIPS Hazel S. 90
PHILLIPS Jabish Jr. 72
PRICE William 89
PUGH David 21
RANSOM Ambrose 18, 19
REED Hamilton 15
RIGUES Andrew 18, 19
ROADS Caleb 47, 48
ROADS John 47, 48
ROADS Thomas 47, 48
ROBERTSON N. 89
SCROGGS Ebenezer 22, 23
SELLARS Adam 28, 29, 39, 40, 41, 49, 50, 51
SELLERS Adam 51
SELLERS W. 77, 78
SHARP Nathan 58, 59
SMITH Egbert T. 56
SMITH Thomas P. 54, 91, 92, 94
SPOONS George W. B. 34, 35
ST. CLAIR Alexander 31, 32, 33
STANTON Jonathan 71
STANTON Joseph 71, 85, 86, 87
STEPHEN John R. 89
STRIBLING Erasmus 31, 32, 33
SUTTON David 16, 17, 21
SYMMES Daniel 18, 20
TANNER Hosea 24, 25
THOMAS H. L. 85, 87
THOMAS H. S. 85, 86, 87
THOMAS Samuel 58, 59
THOMPSON Benjamin 55
THOMPSON Jonah 44, 45, 46
THOMPSON Silas 62, 63
TOD George 18, 20
TRUITT Eli 26, 27
TUCKER Unknown 71
TUNSTALL Will 64, 65, 66, 67
TUNSTALL William 64, 65, 66, 67
VALETINE Amos 14
VEACH James 44, 45, 46
VENABLE Thomas B. 77, 78
WALES Isaac 68, 69
WALES Samuel 68, 69
WALL Stephen 90
WARD Daniel 64, 65
WARD David 66, 67
WARD John 64, 65, 66, 67
WARD John Sr. 64, 65, 66, 67
WARING Roger W. 18, 19, 20
WARREN Daniel 8
WELCH Samuel 68, 69
WESTFALL Cornelius 24, 25
WHITE Levi 18, 19
WHITEMAN L. 75
WHITMORE Alexander 82, 83, 84
WILLIAM Figarro 18, 19
WILLIAMS Eli 85, 86, 87
WILLIAMS John 60, 61
WILLIAMS L. M. 28, 29
WILLIAMS Richard 60, 61
WILLIAMS William D. 82, 83, 84
WILSON Ann 80, 81
WILSON Dick 80, 81, 82, 83
WILSON Frederick 77, 78, 79
WILSON Robert 62, 63
WILSON Sally 82, 83, 84
WOOD John 18, 19
WOODWARD Henry 90
WORNALL Emily 91, 93
WORNALL Fanny 91, 93
WORNALL George 91, 93, 94
WORNALL Henrietta 91, 93
WORNALL Jerry 91, 93
WORNALL Mary 91, 93
WORNALL Matilda 91, 92, 93, 94
WORNALL Sarah Elizabeth 91, 93
WORNALL Silas 91, 92, 93, 94
ZELLARS Adam 39, 40, 41, 49, 50, 51

 

 


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