New Jersey Slavery Records · 1801, Richard Little, Manumission

1801, Richard Little, Manumission

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Title: 1801, Richard Little, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00048
Event Description: Richard Little was manumitted by Garret Schenck of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Mr. Morford, Elijah Voorhees) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Daniel Agnew, William Tindall) on May 16, 1801. The document stated that Richard Little 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. Richard Little's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 17, 1801.

West Windsor was part of Middlesex County at this time, but it would later become part of Mercer County in 1838.
Event Type: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 16 May 1801
Location: West Windsor, NJ
Primary Participant: Richard Little
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Richard Little
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Garret Schenck
Officiator: Mr. Morford; Elijah Voorhees
Judge: Daniel Agnew; William Tindall (1745-1816)
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 24; Manumission of Richard Little (certificate dated 1801-05-16), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 24. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker