Pero Fisher (b. ca. 1783)
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This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-05382
- Given Name
- Pero
- Family Name
- Fisher
- Birth Date
- 1783
- Biographical Description
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Pero Fisher was a Black person, born circa 1783, who lived in Newton, Gloucester County (in present-day Camden County), and was enslaved by Jacob Stokes, who died before May 1805. Gloucester County records indicate that Pero Fisher and another person named Fanny Smothers were manumitted and released from slavery by the heirs and executors of the estate of Jacob Stokes in 1805.
Another person with the same last name, Nences (or Nenus) Fisher was manumitted several years later. - Keywords
- African descent person
- Enslaved by
- Jacob Stokes (d. ca. 1805)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Primary Participant in:
- 1805-05-14 Manumission: Fanny Smothers, Pero Fisher (Role: Manumitted Person)
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