Samuel Peaton

first name

Samuel

last name

Peaton

gender

male

birth, death year

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first, last year in records

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confidence level

confirmed identity

freed status (year freed)

unknown

enslaver(s)

location(s)

Deerfield, MA

place of origin

Bio

Samuel appears in the 1790 census for Deerfield, Massachusetts with 5 people listed in the "All other free Persons" column. From "Town of Deerfield, Warnings Out of Town" (Box 4): "Samuel Peaton a Negro" was warned out on September 10, 1792. Many New England towns preferred to make those who couldn't support themselves leave, rather than take on the expense of their care.

Entry	Source	Vol Name	Date	entry id
• Warrant to warn sundry Persons to depart the town July 1792	Town of Deerfield, MA, Warnings out of town	Box 4	1792 Jul	2133
• Hampshire Js To either of the Constables of the town of Deerfield in said county Greeting You are in the name of the commonwealth of Massachusetts directed to warn & give notice unto... Samuel Peaton a Negro..... all of Deerfield in the County of Hampshire who have lately come into this towne for the Purpose of abiding therein not having obtained the town's Consent therefore: that they severally depart the Limits thereof with their Children respectively & all other's under their respective Care within fifteen days and	Town of Deerfield, MA, Warnings out of town	Box 4	1792 Sep 10	1345
• And of this Precept with our doings thereon, you are to make return into the Office of the Clerk of the town within twenty Days next coming that such further Preoceedings may be had in the Premises as the Law directs Given under our hands & Seals at Deerfield aforesaid this [twenty ninth crossed out] tenth day of Sep^t Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & ninety two Jonathan Arms Amzi Childs Joseph Barnard Selectmen of Deerfield [written sideways] Seth Nims Asahel Wright Ju^r Hampshire Js In obedance to the within warrant I warned the within Named to Depart the Limits of this town within fifteen Days from there warning they received from me with there Childring & all under ther Care to wit Deerfield Sep^t 28 1792 Amasa Smith Constable of Deerfield ...Sam^l Peaton Negro	Town of Deerfield, MA, Warnings out of town	Box 4	1792 Sep 10	2132

Entry

Source

Vol Name

Date

entry id

• Warrant to warn sundry Persons to depart the town
July 1792

Town of Deerfield, MA, Warnings out of town

Box 4

1792 Jul

2133

• Hampshire Js
To either of the Constables of the town of Deerfield in said county Greeting
You are in the name of the commonwealth of Massachusetts directed to warn & give notice unto...
Samuel Peaton a Negro.....
all of Deerfield in the County of Hampshire who have lately come into this towne for the Purpose of abiding therein not having obtained the town's Consent therefore: that they severally depart the Limits thereof with their Children respectively & all other's under their respective Care within fifteen days and

Town of Deerfield, MA, Warnings out of town