1806-05-14 Manumission: Margaret

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01759
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 31
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 33
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 34

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 31. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 33. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 34. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Pages 31 and 33-34, contain a manumission certificate and manumission deed for Margaret, who was released from slavery on 14 May 1806 in Bridgewater. Margaret was manumitted by Daniel La Tourrette. The manumission document states that Margaret was 25 years old at the time of this event.

The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (Joseph Doty) on 24 June 1806. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (Gilbert A. Lane and Joseph Mollison) and Justices of the Peace for Somerset County (James Van Duyn and Cornelius Van Horne). Judge Jacob DeGroot notarized the deed of manumission.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 14, 1806
Location of Event
Bridgewater
Primary Participants

Margaret (b. ca. 1781)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04474
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Daniel La Tourrette
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Margaret of the age of twenty five years or thereabouts"
Additional Participants

Daniel La Tourrette
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03246
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03365
Role: County Clerk

Gilbert A. Lane
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03467
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Mollison
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04473
Role: Overseer of the Poor

James Van Duyn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03168
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County

Cornelius Van Horne
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03550
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Somerset County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Kelsey Heflin
Resource class
Event