1798-03-09 Manumission: Joe

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01938
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 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 the place mentioned in the document is Kent County, Maryland. It is not clear from the transcript why this document was filed in Gloucester County. The original manumission was performed in 1798, but this copy of the document was notarized 11 years later in 1809. It is possible that Joe came to Gloucester County after he was manumitted and filed this notarized copy of the document with county officials there to record his status as a freed man.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 19

TRANSCRIPT:

Kent County State Maryland.

To all whom these presence shall come Greetings:-

Know ye that I Ann Cobourn of the County and State aforesaid, for whom good Causes and Consideration me thereto moving do hereby declare free, Manumitt, and Enfranchise a negro man called Joe and hereby Acknowledge [. .] Said Joe, is charged from all claim of Survice and right of property, Whatever from me my heirs Executors administrators [. .] As Witness my hand and seal this Ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Ninty Eight

Ann Coburn (Seal)

Witness William Harris and Joseph William

In Test [...] whereof [. . .] have this [. . .] in the
year of Lord Eighteen hundred and nine and [. . .]
affixed the seal of my office.

Attest Ben Chambers
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 9, 1798
Location of Event
Kent County, Maryland
Related Place
Gloucester County
Primary Participants

Joe
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05345
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ann Coburn
Verbatim description from source:
"a negro man called Joe"
Additional Participants

Ann Coburn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05342
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

William Harris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05343
Role: Witness

Joseph William
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05344
Role: Witness

Ben Chambers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05346
Role: Witness
Record Contributor
Kemy Rodriguez
Resource class
Event