1795-02-16 Manumission: Adam

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01836
Source
Manumission deed and certificate for Adam, manumitted by James Sterling of Burlington

Manumission deed and certificate for Adam, manumitted by James Sterling of Burlington, February 16, 1795. Archival location: Burlington County Historical Society. Miscellaneous Documents (MSS 220). File 6.
Event Description
Adam was manumitted on February 16, 1795, by James Sterling of the City of Burlington, Burlington County. The original manumission deed and certificate are held at the Burlington County Historical Society. The document indicates that County Clerk Lawrence entered a copy of the manumission record into Deed Book B, folio 182.

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Transcript of the source document:

"City of Burlington State of New Jersey

To whom it may Concern

These are to Certify that I James Sterling
Esquire Recorder of the said City of Burlington
have Manumitted and set free, and by these
presents do Absolutely Manumit and set
free my Negroe man Adam he being not
under twenty one Years of Age, nor above
thirty five.— In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
Sixteenth day of February in the Year of
our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and
Ninety five 1795.—

Jams Sterling

Sealed and Delivered }
in the presence of }
Wm Coxe junr }

County of Burlington ss.
We do hereby Certify that on this sixteenth
day of February in the Year of our Lord one
Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety five
James Sterling Esquire of the City of
Burlington in the said County of
Burlington, brought before us, two of the
Overseers of the Poor of said City and Township
of Burlington, and two of the Justices of
the Peace of said County, his slave named
Adam, who on view and Examination
appears to us to be sound in mind, And
not under any Bodily Incapacity of
Obtaining a support, And also is not under
twenty one Years of Age, nor above thirty
five, In Witness whereof we have here-
unto set our hands, the Sixteenth day of February
in the Year of our Lord one Thousand
Seven Hundred and Ninety five. 1795.

Wm Coxe junr }
Thos Adams } Justices of the Peace of the County of Burlington

John Hendry }
John Stockton } Overseers of the Poor of Burlington Township

[verso]
Manumission
of
Adam formerly
a Slave of James Sterling's
Esquire

Burlington 1795
Burlington

Recorded in the Clerk's Office for
the County of Burlington in Lib:
B of Deeds fol: 182

Lawrence Clk"
Event Type
Manumission
Date
February 16, 1795
Location of Event
Burlington
Primary Participants

Adam {Sterling household}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04766
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Sterling (1742-1818)
Verbatim description from source:
"Negroe man Adam he being not under twenty one Years of Age, nor above thirty five"
Additional Participants

James Sterling (1742-1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04761
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Lawrence
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04760
Role: County Clerk

John Hendry
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04764
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Stockton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04765
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Coxe Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04762
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington County

Thomas Adams
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04763
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event