1804-09-08 Manumission: Thomas Smithers

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01945
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: 25

TRANSCRIPT:

Gloucester County to wit, We do hereby Certify that on this Eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Fifth hundred & four Samuel W. Harrison of the Town of Gloucester in the County of Gloucester brought before us (two of the Overseers of the poor of the said Town and two of the Justices of the peace of the said County.) his slave named Thomas Smithers 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
Sam Brick ) Town of Gloucester.

Jonathan Harker ) Justices of the peace for the
James Matlack ) County of Gloucester.

[Verso]

Manumission of
Thomas Smithers

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

Clark Clk
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 8, 1804
Location of Event
Gloucester City (Gloucestertown)
Related Event
1804-09-05 Manumission: Caesar Smith
Primary Participants

Thomas Smithers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05373
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel W. Harrison
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Thomas Smithers"
Additional Participants

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

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

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

Samuel Brick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05371
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