1824-07-01 Manumission: Levina Jackson

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01964
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.

The transcript has several sections that are represented with dotted lines, which are assumed to represent damaged or illegible sections of the document.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 47

TRANSCRIPT:

1824

Gloucester County: [ .......] hereby certify that on this first day of
July in [..........................
.......] Rachel Ireland of the Township of Eggharbour in 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 her slave named Levina Jackson 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 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.

Joseph Scull ) two of the overseers of the poor for the
Edward Risley ) Township of Eggharbour.

Jos: Risley ) two of the Justices of the peace
Daniel Baker ) for Gloucester County

Recd March 14 1825
J.J. Foster C1k

[Verso]

Manumission Rachel Ireland
Event Type
Manumission
Date
July 1, 1824
Location of Event
Egg Harbor (formerly Great Egg-Harbour)
Primary Participants

Levina Jackson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05463
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rachel Ireland
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Levina Jackson"
Additional Participants

Rachel Ireland
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05459
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Jeremiah Foster
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04441
Role: County Clerk

Joseph Scull
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05460
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Edward Risley
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05419
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Risley
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05461
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County

Daniel Baker
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05462
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event