1817-04-17 Manumission: Sarah Green

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01703
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 191
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 192

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 191. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 192. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Pages 191-192, contain a manumission record for Sarah Green, who was released from slavery on 17 April 1817 in Basking Ridge, Bernards. Sarah Green was manumitted by Robert Finley. The manumission document notes that Sarah Green was the wife of a free man named George Green, and that Robert Finley had recently purchased Sarah from a man named Joseph Annin. The document states that Sarah Green was an adult between 21 and 40 years old, but her exact age was not recorded.

The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (Samuel Swan) on 1 May 1817. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (Nathan Dalglish and John Jobs) and Justices of the Peace for Somerset County (Edward Lewis and George Anderson).
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 17, 1817
Location of Event
Basking Ridge, Bernards
Preceding Event
1817 Sale: Sarah Green
Primary Participants

Sarah Green
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04139
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman named Sarah wife of a colored man named George Green said Green being a free man / a woman of colour lately purchased of Joseph Annin"

George Green
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04138
Role: Mentioned Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Free
Additional Participants

Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01508
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

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

Nathan Dalglish
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04140
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Annin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01505
Role: Former Enslaver Mentioned
Comment: former enslaver of Sarah Green who sold her to Robert Finley prior to this manumission event

John Jobs
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Edward Lewis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04135
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County

George Anderson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04142
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event