1823-04-21 Manumission: Caesar

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01704
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 305
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 306

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 305. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 306. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 305, contains a manumission record for Caesar, who was released from slavery on 21 April 1823. Caesar was manumitted by David Kirkpatrick Jr., who lived in the area of Mine Brook in Bernards township. The manumission document states that Caesar was 38 years old at the time of this event.

The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (Isaac Southard) on 7 February 1824. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (John McMurtrey and John Parsells) and Justices of the Peace for Somerset County (William Van Deren and Thomas Whitenack).

The certificate of manumission appears on p. 305 and was recorded on 26 May 1823. The deed of manumission signed by David Kirkpatrick (and witnessed by his sons Walter and Hugh) appears on p. 320 and was recorded on 7 February 1824. The certificate and the deed were both executed on 21 April 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 21, 1823
Location of Event
Bernards (formerly Bernardston)
Mine Brook, Bernardsville
Primary Participants

Caesar (b. ca. 1785)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04144
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 38
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Kirkpatrick Jr. (1758-1828)
Verbatim description from source:
"his slave named Caesar / my negro slave named Caesar of the age of thirty eight years or thereabouts"
Additional Participants

David Kirkpatrick Jr. (1758-1828)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04143
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Walter Kirkpatrick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04151
Role: Witness

Isaac Southard (1783-1850)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03397
Role: County Clerk

Hugh Kirkpatrick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04152
Role: Witness

John McMurtrey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04147
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Parsells
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04148
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Van Deren
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04149
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County

Thomas Whitenack
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04150
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event