New Jersey Slavery Records · 1800, Peter Randolph, Manumission

1800, Peter Randolph, Manumission

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Title: 1800, Peter Randolph, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00043
Event Description: Peter Randolph was manumitted by Rune F. Randolph of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Edward Griffith, David Coriell Jr.) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Alexander Dunn, Samuel F. Randolph) on February 11, 1800. The document stated that Peter Randolph was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. Peter Randolph's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk on February 12, 1800.
Event Type: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 11 February 1800
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Primary Participant: Peter Randolph
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Peter F. Randolph
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Rune Fitz Randolph
Officiator: Edward Griffith; David Coriell Jr.
Judge: Alexander Dunn; Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 11; Manumission of Peter Randolph (certificate dated 1800-02-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 11. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker