Abolitionist Database

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Last Name	First Name	Source	Petition / Town	Church / Anti Slavery Society Affiliation	Office Held / Year	Residence Town
Race	Ambro	P	CL / s,f		1850	Lisbon
Ralph	D. D.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Ramsay	Cuthbert	P	Morristown		1854
Rand	I.?	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Randeles	W. H.	P	Lisbon		1845
Randle	James	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Ranney	G H	NP-FoM		slass 1841	LP chair NK	Norfolk
Rathburn	T. F.	P	Canton / Morley		1845	Canton
Rawley	Dudley	P	Morristown		1854	Hammond
Ray	Testullus	P	CL / s,f		1850	Lisbon
Raymond	E. S.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Read	Austin	P	St Law Co		1839	Pierrepont
Read	Austin	P	Potsdam		1838	Pierrepont
Read	Benjamin F.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Read	Eliza Ann	P	St Law Co		1839
Read	Isaac	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Read	Lucy	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Read	Lucy E.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Reader	William	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Reagan	Phillip C.	P	Canton / Morley		1845
Redington	C. R.	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Redington	GEO.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Redington	James	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Redington	N. A.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Reed	Jacob	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Reed	Manfred	P	DK		1850	De Kalb
Reeve	Benjamin	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Reeve	Benjamin	P	St Law Co		1851	Stockholm
Remington	Aurelius	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Remington	S. C.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Reynolds	J. W.	P	St Law Co		1839	Pierrepont
Reynolds	Lucius B.	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Reynolds	Sophrona	P	St Law Co		1839
Reynolds	Wm. H.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Rice	James	P	Lisbon		1845
Rice	Orin	P	Canton / Morley		1845
Rich	John C.	P	DK		1850	De Kalb
Rich	Malorin	P	Potsdam		1839	Potsdam
Rich	Moses	P	DK		1850	De Kalb
Rich	Wm. R.	P	Potsdam		1838	Lawrence
Richardson	David	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Richardson	Elliot	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Richardson	F. W.	P	Morristown		1854	Hermon
Richardson	Henry	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Richardson	L.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Richerson	J? W	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Riggs	P.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Ring	G. H.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Lewiston
Risdon	Elisha H.	P	H&L		1850	Hopkinton
Ritchie	John	P	Lisbon		1845
Ritchie	Stephen	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Roberts	Ephriam	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Roberts	Msr.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Robinson	Alba	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Robinson	Arba	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Robinson	Daniel	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Robinson	David	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Robinson	John	P	Lisbon		1850	Lisbon
Robinson	John	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Mayville
Robinson	Joseph	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Robinson	JY?	P	CL / s,f		1850	Canton
Robinson	Lucy R.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Robinson	Nathan	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Robinson	R.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Robinson	Seth C.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Robison	Samuel	P	Lisbon		1850
Robson	Adam(Alvin?)	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rockwell	Chester	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Rockwell	Edwin	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Rockwell	Lawson M.	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Rodee	Mary	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Rodgers	Alex	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Rogers	D. M.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Rogers	Francis W.	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Rogers	William	P	Morristown		1854	Hammond
Rogers	Wm.	P	Lisbon		1845
Rollins	Jas. L.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Rolph	John	P,I	Flr	FWB Fowler	Trustee/1839	Fowler
Rose	Richard	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Rowan	Abram	P	Lisbon		1845
Rowan	Robert	P	Lisbon		1845	Madrid
Rowland	Michael	P	Morristown		1854
Rowley	Geo. B.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Royie?	Hiram	P	Potsdam		1839
Rule	John	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rumrill	H.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Runah	Joseph	P	Canton / Morley		1845
rung?	James	P	Morristown		1854
Runnions	George	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Rusell	James	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Russell	Alujah	P	St Law Co		1839	Colton
Russell	Henry	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Russell	Isaac	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Russell	Isaac	P	St Law Co		1839	Parishville
Russell	Lucinda	P	St Law Co		1839	Parishville
Russell	Mercy Ann	P	St Law Co		1839	Colton
Russell	Polly Malida	P	St Law Co		1839
Russell	Zilia/Ziba?	P	St Law Co		1839	Parishville
Rutherford	A.?(H.)	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	John 2nd	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	John A.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	John D.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	John F.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	John H.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	John T.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	Robert	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	S.	P	St Law Co		1851
Rutherford	Thomas	P	Lisbon		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	Thos.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Rutherford	Wm.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Rutherford	Wm. T.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid

Records retrieved: 111

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.