John Smith {Overseer of the Poor}
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00116
- Given Name
- John
- Family Name
- Smith
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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John Smith was a resident of East Windsor, New Jersey. He served as the Overseer of the Poor of East Windsor and Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County in the early 19th century. In these official roles, he issued manumission certificates for residents of East Windsor whose enslavers agreed to set them free.
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See also a potentially related record for a man named John Smith [Identifier NJS-PER-00635], who was a Judge of Common Pleas for Middlesex County and signed several apparently falsified removal certificates issued in South River in 1818. It is possible that this is the same man. The relationship between these records has not been confirmed. - Keywords
- white person
- government official
- Places
- East Windsor
- Related Person
- John Smith {Judge of Common Pleas}
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1805-07-20 Manumission: Martha Richards (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1818-01-02 Manumission: Flora (Role: Judge)
- Resource class
- Agent