Sheriff John Carothers

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• Name	Sheriff John Carothers  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Slaveholder/Master	​ Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA  –  Yes: Last slaveholder of "Aunt" Hannah DeWitt.
  Residence	​ Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	Funeral Obsequies ok Hannah DeWitt. The Mechanicsburg Journal says : The funeral obsequies of Hannah DeWitt, more generally known and hailed as "Aunt Hannah," took place on Sunday last, in the lecture room of the Church of God. The spacious room was filled with our best and most intelligent citizens, who came to do honor to the memory of one whom they had known for so long a time, and respected as a "good, honest old soul." "Aunt Hannah" was the daughter of Boston and Peggy Loudon, the slaves of John Galbreth, who afterwards sold them to Christian Coleman, the grandtather ot our esteemed townsman of the same name. " Aunt Hannah" was sold to Sheriff John Carothers, who held her as his property until she was twenty-eight years of age, when in compliance of the Act of March, 1780, she was declared free. She has been for many years a resident of this place, and weil known to the last three generations. Her bodily Infirmities and old age for the last decade, necessitated her being dependent on the public for subsistence. and it is needless to say that she never suffered for anything. Revs. D. A. L. Laverty and A. Swartz were the officiating clergymen. She was interred in the colored Cemetery, a few miles south of town. The deceased was about 109 years of age. (Note: If she was freed by the gradual emancipation act she would have been no older than 90.)
  Person ID	I20540 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Family	Hannah Loudon (Age 66 years) b. Abt 1805, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. Feb 1871, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)
  Slaveholder	Last owner of Hannah Loudon Dewitt. Purchased the remainder of her term from John Galbraith. [1]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F6911 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S3120] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph - 1871-02-10 - Page 3, (Name: Harrisburg Telegraph; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1871-02-10;), Hannah Loudon DeWitt Obituary and Family History of Slavery 1871-02-10. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111903262/hannah-loudon-dewitt-obituary-and/?xid=637