Abolitionist Database

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Last Name	First Name	Source	Petition / Town	Church / Anti Slavery Society Affiliation	Office Held / Year	Residence Town
Gage	Abel	I		WMN Stockholm	Trustee
Gahy?	George W. N.	P	Lisbon		1845
Galbraith	John	P	Morristown		1854
Galbrath	John	I		WM Macomb	Trustee
Gemerson	William	P	Lisbon		1845
Geonell?	Joel	P	Canton / Morley		1845
George	Richard	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Oswegatchie
Gibson	J.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Gibson	Jason	P	St Law Co		1850	Stockholm
Gibson	John	P	St Law Co		1850	Stockholm
Gibson	Timothy	P	H&L		1850	Lawrence
Giffen	Paul	P	Potsdam		1838	Lawrence
Giffin	J. Nathan E.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Giffin	John	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Gilbert	Henry	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Gilbert	S. B.	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Gillmore	Aaron	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Gilman	?	P	Potsdam		1839
Gilmore	Harvey	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Gimlet?	Peter	P	Morristown		1854
Glass	James H.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Glass	Wm.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Glass	Wm. W.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Gleason	George W.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Gleason	Harriet	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Glines	Abigail	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Glines	Benj. Jr	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Glines	Martha D.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Glynn	James	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Godard	H.	P NP-St. L. Rp.	DK		1850	De Kalb
	Misc: Freesoil Dem. Member NYS asembly 1848 Help
Godden	H.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Goodale	F. C.	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Goodale	Frank C.	P	St Law Co		1839	Parishville
Goodale	Ruth	P	St Law Co		1839
Goodale	Wm. H.	P	St Law Co		1839	Colton
Goodell	Chauncey	NP-FoM		slass 1841	LP chair Pm	Potsdam
Goodell	Joel Jr.	P	H&L		1850	Hopkinton
Goodnoe	Hiram	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Goodnow	N.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Goodrich	Wm. B.	NP-St.L.Rp.		Friends Fr. Mad.	1850	Madrid
Goodwin	Gilbert	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Goodwin	Nathan	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Goolden	James	P	Lisbon		1845
Gordon	Cynthia	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Gordon	Wm.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Oswegatchie
Goswing	Jacob	P	Canton / Morley		1845
Goucher	Elizabeth	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Goucher	Richard H.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Gould	Edward	P,H	CL / s,f		1850	Canton
Gould	Edward	P	CL / s,f		1850	Lisbon
Gould	Jacob T.	P	H&L		1850	Hopkinton
Gould	Ruth	H				Lisbon
Goulding	Loren	P	St Law Co		1850	Stockholm
Goulding	W. W.	P	Potsdam		1839	Potsdam
Gower?	Diana	P	St Law Co		1839
Graham	Andrew	P	Lisbon		1845
Graham	John	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Grandy	Makenzie	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Grant	D. M.	P	Morristown		1854
Grave	Peter M. G.	P	Lisbon		1845
Graves	Allen	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Graves	Edward	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Graves	Edwin	P	H&L		1850	Lawrence
Graves	Eliza	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Graves	John H.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Graves	Lewis	P	CL / s,f		1850
Graves	Orvilla	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Graves	Seth	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Graves	Thaddeus	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Gray	Almon	P	St Law Co		1839	Oswegatchie
Gray	George	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Lisbon
Gray	George	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Lisbon
Gray	John	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Gray	John R.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Gray	Timo. M.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Gray	Worlin	P	Lisbon		1850	Lisbon
Green	David H.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Green	Henry	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Green	John	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Greene	Abner H.	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Greene	H. G.?C.	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Greene	Henry	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Greene	Nathan	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Greene	Rev. Henry	NP-FoM		slass	1837	Parishville
	Misc: V-President Help
Gregory	D M	NP-St.L.Rp.		Freesoil mt	1850	Hammond
	Misc: Sec. Help
Gregory	David	P	Lisbon		1845	Hammond
Gregory	Joshua	P	CL / s,f		1850	Lisbon
Grennel	Joel	I		WME Stockholm	Chair
	Misc: WM Minister Morley Help
Groves	I. N.	P	Flr	slass 1841	LP chair Fl	Fowler
Grow	Lorin	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton

Records retrieved: 90

Underground Railroad woodcut

Sources

P = petition
I = incorporation (usually church should indicate somewhere in column)
H = Morley WM Church History
HH = Hopkinton Town History
NP = newspaper (should be followed by abbreviation for paper.)
FBR = Free Will Baptist Register
FoM = Friend of Man
St.L.Rp. = St Lawrence Republican

Petition / Town

Should be self explanatory except:

CL = Canton / Lisbon
Nk or NK = Norfolk
HL = Hopkinton / Lawrence

The s stands for signatory as in they signed an abolitionist petition. f is for founder as in they were founding members of an antislavery church; in this case usually the Morley Wesleyan Methodist or the Hopkinton Free Will Baptist church.

Church Affiliation / Antislavery Society Affiliation

FWB = Free Will Baptist +town
FB = Free Will Baptist
WM = Wesleyan Methodist +town
- Ie E Stockholm = East Stockholm, N. Stockholm = North Stockholm, Prpt. = Pierrepont
slass = St Lawrence County Antislavery Society, usually followed by year of record
LP = Liberty Party
Freesoil mt. = Freesoil Democrat meeting
Friends Fr. M. = Friends of Freedom Meeting
LPC = Liberty Party Convention followed by year
LP cand. = Liberty party candidate
FDC = Free Democratic Convention
LP Speaker = Speaker at Liberty party meeting

Office held or year of petition:

Due to space restrictions this column either holds office held by person or year of petition signature. These should be self explanatory I hope.

Residence

I have checked each signature on the 1850 or 1840 US Census. This line shows the town where each signatory resided. Some petitions have signatures from many places. ie. The 1845 petition from Lisbon was signed by William Barnheart of Massena. Some are blank because either there was no person of that name on the census or because there were so many of that name in the county but none from the town of the petition making it impossible to determine who the actual signatory was.

Misc

A space for miscellaneous notes on the person such as years the person served as minister, Office or title, office that individual was a liberty candidate for etc.