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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1791Verified surname passageofficials listPossible match
Samuel Glasgow
Washington County, Pennsylvaniab. by c. 1773 adult estimate
Listed among Pennsylvania justices of the peace in commission on 1 September 1791.
Birth estimate / source
Adult role: justice of the peace in 1791; age unstated; estimate assumes the role holder was at least 18.
Occupation / trade
Published 1791-09-21 · Aurora General Advertiser · p. 2
Original downloaded scan or supported original viewer screenshot, faithfully cropped; no reconstruction; long s normalized in the maintained reading. Issue metadata follows Newspapers.com unless noted. Source reference: Aurora General Advertiser · 1791-09-21 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.Additional excerpts from this issue — 1Separate original-page heading establishes Pennsylvania justice-of-peace commissions on 1 September 1791. Original excerpt page ↗
What the notice says
Samuel Glasgow is listed under Washington in the names of Pennsylvania justices of the peace in commission on 1 September 1791.
Evidence and identity limits
The separate saved heading establishes office and date. Glasgow-3175 is the strongest contextual candidate through his uncertain Hanover Township, Washington County death locality. Identity, tenure and family are not proved. Identity review (6 October 2026): Samuel Glasgow is listed under Washington County among Pennsylvania justices of the peace in commission on 1 September 1791. County records identify him as Samuel Glasgow, Esquire, of Hanover Township: commissioned 7 May 1788, previously a Peters Township wheelwright, and still a JP in the 1800 Hanover assessment. Glasgow-3175 (died 1801, Hanover Township) is the better candidate, but Glasgow-1134 (later of Hanover, Beaver County) has not been excluded, so the match stays possible.
[b. c. 1740; d. c. 1801] · justice of the peace in commission, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1791Why this candidate?
Independent county records fix the office-holder's identity and locality. Crumrine's History of Washington County (1882) lists 'Hon. Samuel Glasgow, commissioned May 7, 1788' among county justices, and puts him first in the Hanover Township justices' list ('Samuel Glasgow, May 7, 1788'). The 1800 Hanover Township assessment, quoted by Crumrine, lists 'Samuel Glasgow, justice of the peace'. The county slave register, as transcribed by Afrolumens, records Samuel Glasgow of Peters Township, wheelwright, in 1782, 'Samule Glasgow Esquire of Hanover township' on 2 June 1792, and Hanover through the 1800 septennial census. Glasgow-3175 (Samuel, c.1740 Ulster – 1801 Hanover Township, Washington Coun
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