1818-04-07 Removal Registration: Sarah Ann

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01706
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 212

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 212. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
A removal certificate is a document authorizing an enslaver to relocate (remove) an enslaved person out of the state of New Jersey. The following removal certificate was found among Somerset County Clerk's records.

Record location: Book A, Page 212
Reason for relocation: enslaved person is sold out of the state and will be taken away by the buyer
Enslaved person: Sarah Ann, aged 21
Enslavers involved: Elijah Chamberlin, who sold Sarah Ann to Thomas Nesbitt Jr.
Original place of residence: Middlesex County
Destination: Mississippi
Judges who authorized this removal: Andrew Howell and Dickinson Miller
Date signed by the judges: 7 April 1818
Date recorded by the county clerk: 20 April 1818
County clerk: Samuel Swan

Note that the seller, Elijah Chamberlin, was from Middlesex County, but the buyer, Thomas Nesbitt, was originally from Bridgewater, Somerset County. The certificate was authorized by the Somerset County Court of Common Pleas.

The previous page (p. 211) has a related certificate for Mark who was also taken away by Thomas Nesbitt.
Event Type
Removal Registration
Date
April 7, 1818
Location of Event
Middlesex County
Bridgewater
Mississippi
Primary Participants

Sarah Ann (b. ca. 1797)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04165
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elijah Chamberlin
- Thomas Nesbitt Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"Sarah Ann a negro woman slave for life the property of Elija Chamberlain of the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, she the said Sarah Ann being of the age of Twenty one years"
Additional Participants

Elijah Chamberlin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03420
Role: Enslaver, Seller
Comment: resident of Middlesex County

Thomas Nesbitt Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04123
Role: Enslaver, Buyer
Comment: going to the Mississippi Territory with enslaved people that he bought in New Jersey

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

Andrew Howell (ca. 1768-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03087
Role: Judge

Dickinson Miller
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04122
Role: Judge
Resource class
Event