1804-09-05 Manumission: Cupied Still

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01946
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: 26

TRANSCRIPT:

Gloucester County to wit - We do hereby Certify that on this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred a four George W Hugg of the Town of Gloucester in the said 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 Cupied Still who in view and examination appears 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 subscribed our hand 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 of the
James Matlack ) County of Gloucester

[Verso]

Manumission of Cupied Still

Recorded in Clerk's Office of Gloucester County May 8, 1805
Clark Clk
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 5, 1804
Location of Event
Gloucester City (Gloucestertown)
Primary Participants

Cupied Still
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05375
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George W. Hugg
Verbatim description from source:
"Slave named Cupied Still"
Additional Participants

George W. Hugg
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05374
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