1786-07-24 Manumission: Gabriel Quon
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01712
- Source
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 163
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 163. Archival location: New Jersey State Archives, Department of State. Burlington County Clerk's Office, Deeds, 1785-1901 and Indexes, 1785-1921 & 1948 (CBUCL007).
- Event Description
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 163, contains a manumission record for Gabriel Quon, who was released from slavery on 24 July 1786 in Mansfield. Gabriel Quon was manumitted by John Pope. The manumission document states that Gabriel Quon was an adult between 21 and 35 years old, but the exact age was not recorded. Considering that he was described as a "lad," he was probably a young man in his 20s.
The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (John Phillips) on 13 February 1787. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (Joseph Shreeve and Abednego Wright) and Justices of the Peace for Burlington County (Thomas Fenimore and Israel Shreeve).
The source document was scanned by the New Jersey State Archives, which houses the original deed book.
Records on page 164 and 165 in the same book indicate that Gabriel Quon's family members, Sip Quon and Adam Quon, were also manumitted by the Pope family on the same day. - Event Type
- Manumission
- Date
- July 24, 1786
- Location of Event
- Mansfield (Burlington County)
- Primary Participants
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Gabriel Quon {Pope}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04172
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Pope
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Lad Named Gabriel Quon between the ages of twenty one years & thirty years of age / Gabriel Quon formerly a slave to John Pope" - Additional Participants
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John Pope
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04060
Role: Enslaver, ManumitterJohn Phillips
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02923
Role: County ClerkJoseph Shreeve
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04062
Role: Overseer of the PoorAbednego Wright
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04063
Role: Overseer of the PoorThomas Fenimore
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02938
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington CountyIsrael Shreeve
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04061
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington County - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker