1818-08-21 Manumission: Samuel Lane

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Title: 1818-08-21 Manumission: Samuel Lane
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00012
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 274; Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 275; Manumission of Samuel Lane (certificate dated 1818-08-21, deed dated 1818-08-21), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 274-275. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description: Slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick manumitted Samuel Lane on August 21, 1818. Samuel Lane was between 21 and 40 years old, but his exact age was not recorded by the county officials. Kirkpatrick noted that he manumitted Lane "especially in consideration of his services for several years to me rendered." Kirkpatrick described Lane as "negro man named Sam, but who calls himself Samuel Lane."

The Middlesex County Book of Manumissions and Removals contains two records related to Samuel Lane's manumission. The Certificate of Manumission, issued on August 21, 1818, by officials Abraham Van Arsdalen (Overseer of the Poor of the township of North Brunswick), Thomas Hance and John Gillman (two Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County), appears on page 274. The Deed of Manumission signed by Andrew Kirkpatrick on August 21, 1818, appears on pages 274-275. These documents were recorded in the book by Middlesex County Clerk William P. Deare on August 24, 1818.
Event Type: Legal: Manumission registration
Date: 21 August 1818
Location of Event: New Brunswick
County (Modern): Middlesex
County (Historical): Middlesex
Primary Participant: Samuel Lane
Enslaver: Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)
Additional Participant: Thomas Hance; John Gillman; Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca 1825); William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Participant Details: DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Samuel Lane ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Sam, but who calls himself Samuel Lane"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Thomas Hance
Role: Judge

John Gillman
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca 1825)
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter
Research Guide: Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker

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