1794-04-18 Manumission: Susanath

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01936
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.

Note that, based on this transcript, the manumitter Daniel Bates also appears to be one of the Overseers of the Poor for Gloucester Township, and he signed the document in his capacity as Overseer of the Poor.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 17

TRANSCRIPT:

Gloucester County ss State of New Jersey.

We Doe hereby Certify that on this Eighteenth Day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand and Seven hundred and ninty four Denil Bates of the Township of Gloces in the county aforsd Brought Before us Two of the overseers of the poor of the sd Township of Glouester and Two of the Justices of the peace of Said County - his Slave named Susanath who on View and Examination appears to us to be Sound in mind and not under any Bodily Incapacity of obtaining a support and allso is not under Twinty one years of age nor above Thirty five in Wittness Whereof we have hereunto Set our hands and Seals, the Day and yoar above Written.

Nathan Lippincott (Seal)
Daniel Bates (Seal)

We the underwritten two of the Justices of said County Do approve of the above.

John Sparks
Jo. Hugg

[Verso]

Manumission of Dane Bates & Susanath

Recorded in Clerks Office of Gloucester County in Page - 24th April 1794

E. Clark Clk
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 18, 1794
Location of Event
Gloucester Township
Primary Participants

Susanath
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05339
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Daniel Bates
Verbatim description from source:
"Slave named Susanath"
Additional Participants

Daniel Bates
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05337
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

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

Nathan Lippincott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05338
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Sparks
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04475
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County

Joseph Hugg
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04437
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County
Record Contributor
Kemy Rodriguez
Resource class
Event