1804-09-05 Manumission: Caesar Smith

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01944
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.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 24

TRANSCRIPT:

Gloucester County to wit:- We do hereby Certify that on this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & four Samuel W. Harrison of the Town of Gloucester in the said County of Gloucester brought before us two of the overseers of the poor of the said Township, and two of the justices of the peace of the said. County, his Slave named Ceasar Smith 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 the age of twenty one years, nor above the age of forty years. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, the day and year above written.

John Heritage ) Overseers of the poor of the
Saml Bricke ) Town of Gloucester.

Jonathon Harker ) Justices of the peace for
James Matlack ) the said County of Gloucester

[Verso]

Manumission of
Cesar Smith.

Recorded in the Clerks Office of Gloucester
County May 8, 1805

Clark Clk
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 5, 1804
Location of Event
Gloucester City (Gloucestertown)
Related Event
1804-09-08 Manumission: Thomas Smithers
Primary Participants

Caesar Smith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05372
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel W. Harrison
Verbatim description from source:
"Slave named Ceasar Smith"
Additional Participants

Samuel W. Harrison
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05370
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

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

Samuel Brick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05371
Role: Overseer of the Poor
Comment: Overseer of the Poor of Gloucestertown

John Heritage
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04472
Role: Overseer of the Poor
Comment: Overseer of the Poor of Gloucestertown

Jonathan Harker
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05359
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County

James Matlack
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04448
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County
Record Contributor
Kemy Rodriguez
Resource class
Event