Identifier

NJS-PER-04200

Given Name

Peter

Family Name

Voorhees

Sex

Male

Biographical Description

Peter Voorhees was an enslaver who resided in Montgomery, Somerset County, New Jersey. He died sometime before April 1811. He freed a Black man named Charles by his last will and testament. The executors for Peter Voorhees were Peter P. Voorhees, Martin Voorhees, and Abraham Voorhees, and they filed manumission paperwork for Charles in 1811.

Keywords

white person

enslaver

Places

Montgomery

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker