Sept. Census Slave Surnames Misc. The State of Pennsylvania took an enumeration of taxable inhabitants every seven years. Known as the Septennial Census, this enumeration also listed slaves in each county, by township, for some of the years. The amount of information on the slaves varies greatly.
Some townships list the names of the slaves, others give only age and sex.
Children of slaves born after that date were to be freed upon their 28th birthday, according to the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780. Townships Listed Spellings are preserved from the original document. Slave children are not enumerated in this census. 1800-Cumberland County, 1800. Reel No. 0242.