1820-08-16 Manumission: Susan

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01700
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 265

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 265. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 265, contains a manumission record for Susan, who was released from slavery on 16 August 1820 in Franklin (Somerset County). Susan was manumitted by David Nevius Jr.. The manumission document states that Susan was 34 years old at the time of this event.

The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (Samuel Swan) on 4 September 1820. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (Andrew Brown and Jeromus Rappleyea) and Justices of the Peace for Somerset County (John Terhune and Andrew Brown).
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 16, 1820
Location of Event
Franklin (Somerset County)
Primary Participants

Susan (b. ca. 1786)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04162
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 34
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Nevius Jr. (1787-1843)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Susan of the age of thirty four years or thereabouts"
Additional Participants

David Nevius Jr. (1787-1843)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04105
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Samuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk
Comment: Somerset County Clerk

Andrew Brown (d. 1822)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02554
Role: Overseer of the Poor
Comment: Signed as both Overseer of the Poor of Franklin township and Justice of the Peace for Somerset County

Jeromus Rappleyea (d. 1831)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02449
Role: Overseer of the Poor
Comment: Overseer of the Poor of Franklin township

John Terhune
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01771
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event