1803-01-27 Manumission: Charles Hawkins

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00066
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 42

Manumission of Charles Hawkins (certificate dated 1803-01-27), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 42. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Charles Hawkins was manumitted by Abel Slayback and Jesse Slayback of West Windsor, New Jersey, on January 27, 1803. It appears that Abel Slayback and Jesse Slayback jointly held legal ownership over Hawkins, and they appeared jointly before the court in order to manumit Hawkins.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (John Jones, Elijah Voorhees) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Jonathan Combs, Daniel Agnew) on January 27, 1803. The document stated that Charles Hawkins 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. Charles Hawkins's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on February 5, 1803.

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
January 27, 1803
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Charles Hawkins
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00511
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abel Slayback
- Jesse Slayback (1765-1810)
Verbatim description from source:
"their slave named Charles Hawkins"
Additional Participants

Jonathan Combs
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00061
Role: Judge

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

John Jones
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00495
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

Abel Slayback
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00070
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Jesse Slayback (1765-1810)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00196
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event