1801-05-16 Manumission: Richard Little

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00048
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.
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
Manumission
Date
May 16, 1801
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Richard Little
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00443
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Garret Schenck (ca. 1742-1810)
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Richard Little"
Additional Participants

Daniel Agnew
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00044
Role: Judge

William Tindall (1745-1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00045
Role: Judge

Mr. Morford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00042
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Elijah Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00043
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Garret Schenck (ca. 1742-1810)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00041
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event