1833-12-10 Manumission: Flora Stryker

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01696
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 232
Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 233

Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 232. Archival location: Somerset County Clerk's Office. Manumission and Register of Blacks, Book B.

Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 233. Archival location: Somerset County Clerk's Office. Manumission and Register of Blacks, Book B.
Event Description
Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 232, contains a manumission record for Flora Stryker, who was released from slavery on 10 December 1833 in Princeton in Montgomery Township. Flora Stryker was manumitted by John Joline. The manumission document states that Flora Stryker was 39 years old at the time of this event.

The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (John M. Mann) on 8 January 1834. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (Ralph Johnson and John Simonson) and Justices of the Peace for Somerset County (John Lowrey and Peter Voorhees).
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 10, 1833
Location of Event
Montgomery
Princeton
Related Event
1818 Manumission: Clara Voorhees
Primary Participants

Flora Stryker (1793-1882)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02534
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 39
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Joline (1769-1839)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Flora Stryker of the age of thirty nine years or thereabouts"
Additional Participants

John Joline (1769-1839)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02533
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

John M. Mann
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03401
Role: County Clerk

Ralph Johnson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04159
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Simonson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04160
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Lowrey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04158
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County

Peter Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03481
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event