Abolitionist Database

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Last Name	First Name	Source	Petition / Town	Church / Anti Slavery Society Affiliation	Office Held / Year	Residence Town
Wait	Allen	P	Potsdam		1838	Lawrence
Wait	Belinda	P	Brasher		1839	Brasher
Wait	Calvin	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Wait	Eliza	P	St Law Co		1839	Stockholm
Wait	Willet	P	Brasher		1839	Brasher
Wait	Wm. E.	P	Brasher		1839	Brasher
Waite	Samuel	P	St Law Co		1839	Lawrence
Wakefield	Wm. H.	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Walbridge	Orlow	H				Madrid
Walcott	A. P.	NP-FBR		FWB Brash.	Minister
	Misc: 1850-55 Help
Waldron	Silas	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Walker	Joseph	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Walker	Lou	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Wallace	Ira	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Wallace	Nathan	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Wallace	O. W.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Wallace	Reuben	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Walrath	Cornelius	P	Morristown		1854
Walrath	Hiram	P	Morristown		1854
Walrath	William	P	Morristown		1854
Ward	Geo.	P	H&L		1850	Hopkinton
Warner	A. L.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Warner	A. L.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Warner	Enos S.	I		WM Parishville	Secretary	Parishville
Warner	Wm.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Warrell?	Michael	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Warren	Arastus	NP-FoM		Russell ASS	tresurer 1838	Russell
Washborn	Petar	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Watkins	Ira	P	Lisbon		1850
Watson	Joshua	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Watson	Samuel	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Weathersford	Henry	P	Lisbon		1845
Webster	Noah	NP-FoM		slass 1841	LP ch Ham	Hammond
Weed	John	I		WM Morley	Trustee
Weller	Philander	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Wellington	Avery	P	Potsdam		1838	Lawrence
Wellington	Avery	P	Potsdam		1838	Lawrence
Wells	A. R.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Wells	Abraham		Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Wells	Hannah	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Wells	Henry	P,I	CL / s	M/FB Morley	Trustee 1850	Canton
Wells	Hury	P	Canton / Morley		1845	Canton
Wells	John	P	Lisbon		1845
Wells	Lucinda	HH		FB Hopkinton	Charter Member	North Lawrence
Wells	Marvin	P	CL / s		1850	Canton
Wells	Reuben	P	St Law Co		1851	Hopkinton
Wells	Robert	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Wells	Rueben	HH		FB Hopkinton	Charter Member	North Lawrence
Wenfinian?	Wm.	P	Canton / Morley		1845
Wentworth	M. H.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
West	Eleanor	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
West	Elkanah S.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
West	R.M	NP-FBR		FB Lawrence	Minister	Lawrence
Westaway	Simon W.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Westen ? Westurn	Daniel P.	P	St Law Co		1850
Weston	Hannah	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Weston	John	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Wheeler	Joseph	P	CL / s,f		1850	Lisbon
Wheeler	Mary	H				Canton
Wheeler	Peter	H				Canton
Wheeler	S.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Whelock	Charlotte	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Whitaker	Eben	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Whitcomb	A.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
White	Chle?	P	St Law Co		1839
White	Cyrus	P	DK		1850	De Kalb
White	David	P	St Law Co		1839	Stockholm
White	David	P	St Law Co		1839	Lawrence
White	David	P	Potsdam		1838	Lawrence
White	E. W.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
White	John	P	Potsdam		1838
White	Laura S.	P	St Law Co		1839	De Kalb
White	Nelson	P	H&L		1850	Hopkinton
White	Orson	P	DK		1850	De Kalb
White	Walter	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
White	William	I		M/FB Morley	Chairman
Whitefield	Wm.	NP-FBR, HH		FB Lawrence	Minister	Lawrence
	Misc: 3152 Help
Whitfield	M.	NP-FBR		FB Potsdam	Minister	Potsdam
Whitfield	M.	NP-FBR		FWBPotdm	Minister
Whitney	Congdon	P	CL / s,f		1850
Whitney	Hiram	P	CL / s,f		1850	Canton
Whitney	Luther	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Whitney	Marilla	H				Canton
Whitney	Nathan E	P	CL / s,f		1850	Ogdensburg
Whitney	Wm P	P	CL / s		1850	Canton
Whitney	Zelatus	P	Canton / Morley		1845	Canton
Whitney	Zelotus	P,H,I	CL / s,f	WM Morley	Trustee	Canton
Wicks	M.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Wight	Alexander	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Wight	Ann	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Wight	John	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Wight	L.S.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Wilder	Peter	P	Brasher		1839	Brasher
Wilis?	Emily	P	Potsdam		1839
Wilkinson	William N.	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Willcox	Charles	P	CL / s		1850	Madrid
Williams	J. H.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Williams	James	NP-FoM		slass 1841	secretary	Russell
	Misc: Russ. ASS president Help
Williams	Owen	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Willis	Electa	P	Brasher		1839	Brasher
Willis	John	NP-FBR		FWB	Minister
	Misc: Pshvl./Prpt. Help
Willis	Lois P.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Willis	Louisa	P	Brasher		1839	Brasher
Willis	Lydia	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Willis	Otis	NP-FBR, I		FB Potsdam / WP	Minister / Trustee	Potsdam
Willis	Otis	NP-FBR		FWB Potsdam	Minister
Willson	Hiram	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Wilsom	P.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Lisbon
Wilson	Don A.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Wilson	Edson J.	P	St Law Co		1851	Hopkinton
Wilson	Ezra S.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Wilson	Hercules W.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Wilson	James	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Wilson	James	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Wilson	John A.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Wilson	P. S.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Wilson	Pattey	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Wilson	Samuel	P	H&L		1850	Hopkinton
Wilson	T.	P	St Law Co		1851
Wilson	Walter	p	Mad		1845	Madrid
Wilson	William	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Wilson	William	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Wing	Samuel	P	St Law Co		1839	Louisville
Wiser	Darius	P	DK		1850	De Kalb
Witherbee	S. B.	P	CL / s,f		1850
Witherell	Joel	P	Hopkintn		1850	Hopkinton
Witherell	Nelson	P	H&L		1850	Hopkinton
Withersby	Reuben M.	P	CL / s,f		1850	Canton
Witters	John W.	P	St Law Co		1851	Lawrence
Wood	E. A.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Wood	E. Jr	P	H&L		1850	Lawrence
Wood	Elijah	NP-FoM		slass 1841LP chair Br		Brasher
Wood	Ostin	P	Canton / Morley		1845
Wood	S.S.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Wood	W. W.	NP-ERA		FDC 1852	V-P	De Kalb
Wood	Wm.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Wood	Wm. Jr.	P	Lisbon		1845	Lisbon
Woodcock	Hiram	P	Flr		1839	Fowler
Woodcock	wm.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Woodman	Saml.	P	NK		1854	Norfolk
Woodruf	Fosia E.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Woodruf	Mary A.	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Woodruf	Orfa	P	Pierrep		1839	Pierrepont
Woodruff	Lorenzo	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Woodward	A. N.	NP-FBR		FWB Brash.	Minister
	Misc: 1856-59 Help
Woodward	A.N	NP-FBR		FB Lawrence / Brasher	Minister	North Lawrence
Woodward	James	P	St Law Co		1850	Stockholm
Woodward	Lewis	P	Parishv.		1838	Parishville
Woodward	Nelson	P	St Law Co		1850
Woolley	Joel M.	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Oswegatchie
Wooly	??JP	P	Osw / Ogd		1854
Word	Hiram	P	Morristown		1854
Worden	Albert	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Worden	Nathaniel	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Worden	Ramsom	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Worden	Ransom Jr.	P	Morristown		1854	Morristown
Worthing	Martin	P	Canton / Morley		1845
Wright	Caleb	P	St Law Co		1851	Hopkinton
Wright	Caleb	P	St Law Co		1850	Hopkinton
Wright	Eliphus L.	P	Lisbon		1845
Wright	George S.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Wright	H.?	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Wright	James	P,H	CL / s,f		1850	Canton
Wright	James	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Oswegatchie
Wright	James S.	H				Canton
Wright	Jas.	P	Mad		1845	Madrid
Wright	Rachael	H				Canton
Wright	Robert	P	Osw / Ogd		1854	Oswegatchie
Wright	Thomas	P	CL / s,f		1850	Oswegatchie
Wright	Wayne	P	CL / s		1850

Records retrieved: 170

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.