1811-05-17 Birth: Sam
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01632
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 115
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Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part I, Series 2, Item 3
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 115. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1805-1817. Series 2 (1809-1811), Item 3. Somerset County Clerk's Office. - Event Description
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Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:
Book A, page number: 115
Child: Sam
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: Rev. Peter Labagh
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 17 May 1811
Reported date: 7 Sep 1812
Clerk: Samuel Swan (Somerset County Clerk)
The township was not listed on the birth certificate, but the Rev. Peter Labagh was well-known as the pastor of the Harlingen Reformed Church in Montgomery township. Thus, it can be inferred that the child was born in that area. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- May 17, 1811
- Location of Event
- Harlingen, Montgomery
- Primary Participants
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Sam (b. 1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03999
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Labagh (1773-1858)
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child named Sam" - Additional Participants
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Samuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County ClerkPeter Labagh (1773-1858)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03249
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam