1801-04-23 Manumission: Gilbert Wallace

Research Tips

See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
Identifier
NJS-EVE-00073
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 46

Manumission of Gilbert Wallace (certificate dated 1801-04-23), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 46. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Gilbert Wallace was manumitted by Samuel Minor of East Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of East Windsor (Joshua Ely, Jonathan Brown) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Robert Willson, Jonathan Combs) on April 23, 1801. The document stated that Gilbert Wallace 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. Gilbert Wallace's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 23, 1803.

East Windsor was part of Middlesex County at this time, but it would later become part of Mercer County in 1838.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 23, 1801
Location of Event
East Windsor
Primary Participants

Gilbert Wallace
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00518
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Minor
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Gilbert Wallace"
Additional Participants

Robert Willson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00062
Role: Judge

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

Joshua Ely
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00059
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Jonathan Brown
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00060
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Samuel Minor
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00086
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event