1789-10-22 Manumission: Jane Shores

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01761
Source
Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents

New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration. Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents. Newark: Historical Records Survey, 1940.
Event Description
The following manumission record from Gloucester County was transcribed by the Historical Records Survey Project of the Works Progress Administration. The transcript was originally published in 1940 in the book titled Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents. The transcript is reproduced below as it appeared in that book.

According to the transcript, a notation on the reverse side of the manumission certificate said "Manumission of Wm. Taylers Slave." However, note that the text of the actual certificate from 1789 and the related affidavit notarized in 1791 do not mention a William Tayler/Taylor. The manumission was performed and signed by Susannah Taylor.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 10

TRANSCRIPT:

[DOCUMENT 10]

I do hereby Certify that on the twenty-second day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, my Slave named Jane Shores was brought before Garret Groff and Jacob Lippincott two of the Overseers of the Poor of the Township of Greenwich in the County of Gloucester, and was Manumitted according to Law in the presence of John Wilkin and Jeffery Clark Esquires.

Witness my hand & Seal this 11th day of October 1791.

Susannah Taylor (Seal)

[Verso]

Manumission Recorded in the Clerks Office of
Gloucester County in Lib A folio of Manumission of Slaves.

E. Clark Clk

[DOCUMENT 11]

New Jersey ) We do hereby certify that on this Twenty second
Gloucester ) day of October in the year of our Lord one Thou-
County SS ) sand seven Hundred & Eighty nine Susannah Taylor
[.................] of the Township of Greenwich in the sd. County of
Gloucester, brought before us, two of the overseers of the poor of
sd. Township and two of the Justices of the peace of sd. County
her Slave named Jane Shores who on view & examination appears to
us to be sound in Mind, and not under any Bodily Incapacity of
obtaining a support, and also is not under the age of Twenty one
years, nor above Thirty five; IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto
set our hands & Seals the day above written.

Overseers

Garret Groff (Seal) Jacob Lippincott (Seal)

Justices: -

John Wilkins (Seal)
Jeffery Clark (Seal)

[Verso]


Manumission of Wm. Taylers Slave Recorded in the Clerks Office of Gloucester County in Lib A of Manumission of Slaves.

E. Clark, Clk.

1/4 dol. each
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 22, 1789
Location of Event
Greenwich
Primary Participants

Jane Shores
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04482
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Susannah Taylor
Verbatim description from source:
"Slave named Jane Shores"
Additional Participants

Susannah Taylor
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04481
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Elisha Clark
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04438
Role: County Clerk

Garret Groff
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04478
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Jacob Lippincott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04479
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Wilkins
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04476
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County

Jeffery Clark
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04480
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Kemy Rodriguez
Resource class
Event